Restaurant workers are heading out of the kitchen and into different careers - a podcast by Marketplace

A record number of workers have been leaving their jobs either voluntarily or for new jobs offering better money or hours. In many cases, it’s been for whole new careers. The restaurant industry has been one of the hardest hit. Lindsey Piegza joins us to discuss how there’s been a drop in the buying of durable goods such as factory machines and home washers and dryers. Appliances are actually becoming harder to get for home builders. Google’s parent company Alphabet is having a good year, reporting its third straight quarter of record profit. 

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