Nghe An: Many jobs attract seasonal workers at the end of the year

With many years of experience in taking care of ornamental plants, Ms. Hanh easily found a seasonal job with a high salary at a flower and ornamental plant dealer on Le Nin Street. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Experiencedflower and plant careWith many years of experience in potting and pruning, Ms. Bui Hanh (Kim Chi village, Nghi An) easily found a seasonal job for a flower and ornamental plant dealer on Le Nin street with a salary of 10 million VND/month from the 10th lunar month to the 26th of December. Currently, this dealer is hiring up to 7 seasonal workers specializing in transporting, caring for and consulting on flowers and ornamental plants with a salary ranging from 300,000 - 450,000 VND/person/day.

Ms. Phan Tuyet Nhi, owner of a flower and ornamental plant dealer, said: “Normally, there are only 2 husband and wife and 2 employees. During this time, the demand for flowers and ornamental plants is high, so we have to hire 7 seasonal workers to transport plants, plant plants for customers and take care of plants in the garden.”

The demand for flowers and ornamental plants has increased, so workers in Kim Chi flower and ornamental plant craft village (Nghi An, Vinh City) have a lot of work. Photo: Thanh Phuc

This is also the business season for skilled workers, experienced in arranging orchids in pots. Many skilled workers earn millions of dong every day from arranging orchids for agents and gardeners. Mr. Phan Huu Hieu, a skilled orchid arranger in Hung Dong said: "Currently, the work is still scattered, starting from mid-December, sometimes we have to work overnight to arrange to meet customer demand. In return, the income is quite high, there are some Tet seasons when we earn tens of millions of dong."

In theseafood processing facilitiesin Nghi Hai ward (Cua Lo town) is also in the production season to serve Tet. According to estimates, on the occasion of this year's Lunar New Year, Mr. Truong Nhu Hung's grilled mackerel processing facility (Hai Giang 2 block) will supply the market with about 10 tons of mackerel. Therefore, to ensure timely delivery, at this time, Mr. Hung has hired more workers to ensure the following steps: purchasing fish, freezing fish, washing fish, cutting fish, grilling fish, vacuum packaging and market connection staff.

To supply 10 tons of grilled mackerel to the market, Mr. Truong Nhu Hung's grilled mackerel facility currently has to hire seasonal workers. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Mr. Truong Nhu Hung said: “Since the beginning of the year, due to the impact of the epidemic, the grilled mackerel consumption market has been affected to some extent, forcing us to cut down on labor. Now, Tet orders have increased, so we have to hire more workers, paying wages by the day and hour. Currently, the facility has 8 seasonal workers with a salary of 200,000-450,000 VND/person/day depending on the specific job.”

Items such as fried shrimp, shrimp skewers, squid rolls, seafood spring rolls... also sell well at the end of the year. In addition to supplying restaurants and hotels for weddings, festivals, year-end parties..., this is also an item chosen by many people to eat at home, as gifts and to decorate the Tet tray, so it is expected that in the last 2 months of the year, the consumption output will increase 3 times compared to normal days. To prepare a supply source for the market, in addition to stocking raw materials, Son Huyen seafood processing facility (Nghi Hai, Cua Lo Town) also has to hire 15 seasonal workers for preliminary processing and processing.

Each worker packing products at this seafood processing facility is paid 200,000-250,000 VND per day. Photo: Thanh Phuc

To supply the market with nearly 10 tons of mushrooms for Tet, this time, the Hoa Son clean mushroom production facility in Linh Son (Anh Son) must grow 60,000 bags of mushroom spawn. All stages of mushroom growing require additional workers, even overtime at night to keep up with production progress. Ms. Le Thi Hoa, owner of the mushroom production facility, said: "Normally there are 10 regular workers, now in addition to taking care of and harvesting to serve the daily market, we also focus on producing Tet goods, so we have to hire 5-7 more people and work overtime at night. Wages are paid by the hour or by product. On average, 200,000 - 250,000 VND/person/day".

According to owners of production and business establishments this year, theflexible seasonal laboreasier than previous years because many workers working in other places returned to their hometowns to avoid the epidemic, besides, other business and service industries are still "frozen", so there is a lot of surplus labor. However, the salary does not decrease but increases slightly, seasonal workers during this time are paid from 200,000 - 500,000 VND/day/person (depending on the job).

In addition to maintaining the daily production pace, this mushroom factory has to hire more workers to make Tet goods. Photo: Thanh Phuc

According to the recommendations of the authorities, at this time, grasping the "thirst" for work of many workers, social networking sites and job brokerage centers have offered "easy work, high salary" offers to trick workers into falling into traps: paying brokerage fees, mortgaging documents, even forcing them to "deposit" money to receive work... Therefore, workers need to carefully research job information and should only look for jobs at reputable addresses and official channels to avoid "losing money and getting sick".