Ngenkathi u-Chuck Tryon ethatha izintambo njengomongameli weBushel Boy Farms ezinze e-Owatonna ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba 2020, i-US yayisenezinyanga ezimbalwa ukuthi ithole umuthi wokugomela i-Covid-19. Njengawo wonke amabhizinisi ngaleso sikhathi, uBushel Boy wabhekana nokungaqiniseki okukhulu. Kodwa lokho akukhona nje ngenxa yalolu bhubhane. Ukukhathazeka okucindezelayo okwengeziwe? Ukushoda kwabasebenzi abazosebenzela ezindlini zokugcina izithombo zika-Bushel Boy e-Greater Minnesota nase-Iowa.
“Izisebenzi zasepulazini e-US ziyinselele, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungaphakathi noma ungaphandle,” kusho u-Tryon engxoxweni yakamuva ne-TCB. "Kudala izinselelo zansuku zonke."
Izizathu zokushoda ziyinkimbinkimbi, kodwa, ezweni lonke, ukwehla okukhulu kwabasebenzi bokufika kube yimbangela yokukhathazeka kwabanye abalimi. Ngisho nangaphambi kwalolu bhubhane, ukushoda kwabasebenzi bekuvele kuyinkinga kwezinye izimboni eziningi eGreater Minnesota. NgoNovemba 2020, izingxenye zasemakhaya zezwe “zazithunyelwe imisebenzi eminingi kunezimangalo zokungasebenzi,” kubike iFinance & Commerce ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, icaphuna imininingwane evela enhlanganweni yezemisebenzi yaseMinnesota.
UTryon uthe inkampani yakhe ibibheka izindlela “zokuthuthukisa ikhono lethu lokuqasha abantu” eMinnesota nase-Iowa. Lokho kuhilela ukubambisana ne-Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce namanye amabhizinisi edolobheni. Igumbi libe nempumelelo ekuletheni izimboni ezintsha nemisebenzi esifundeni, kusho u-Tryon. Kepha manje, ukukhathazeka ukuthola abasebenzi abenele ukugcwalisa leyo misebenzi.
"Kukhona ukubambezeleka kancane," kusho u-Tryon. “Sisebenza kanzima nenhlangano yezohwebo kanye namanye amabhizinisi ukuze sikhuthaze ukuthi akuyona nje indawo yokwakha nokuthuthukiswa okusha, kodwa futhi yindawo yokuhlala abantu, basebenze futhi baphumelele.”
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