Quebec restaurants are reopening, but some former workers don't plan to go back
CTV
Restaurants in Quebec will be allowed to reopen Monday for the first time in more than a month, but some former workers say they won't be looking for new jobs in the industry.
Milovan Danielou said he decided to start looking for a new job during the province's second closure of restaurant dining rooms in the fall of 2020, when his then-employer, taco restaurant Grumman '78, closed its main location permanently.
With dining rooms closed and no tourists in the city, there was little work to go around. "Everybody was fighting to find even part-time jobs," he said in a recent interview.
Danielou, who now does data entry, said his new job is less interesting, but the $30-an-hour pay is better, and he's not worried about losing his job if the COVID-19 situation worsens.
"Nothing compares to restaurant work, the rush, the drive, the energy, the team, the people you meet. Nothing compares to that," he said. But it's not enough to draw him back. "You have to pay your rent, you have to survive."
