06/09/2021

Cedar Point Raises Pay

CEO says it received high-quality job applicants

Offering a high wage apparently brings in job applicants. Cedar Point says it should have its staffing issues resolved later this month.

Cedar Point started offering $20 an hour when it couldn’t get people to apply. Park officials say the higher wage is actually attracting higher-quality job applicants.

“This is the most challenging labor market I’ve seen in 20 years," said Cedar Fair CEO Richard Zimmerman. "This is not a typical economic slowdown, this is a pandemic-caused shutdown and now reopening the economy with an economic impact. That makes it uniquely different.”

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