5,000 butcher positions to be filled in France

Epeeling a flank steak, boning a sirloin or tying a roast, these are skills that can be snapped up at exorbitant prices today. Of the 10,000 vacancies for butcher jobs to be filled each year, 3,000 do not find takers. Among them, those that Laurent Gaignard posted eight months ago. A butcher for 25 years, he has 5 employees and his business is progressing. He therefore seeks to recruit two to three additional butchers. “Not a single CV, not a single candidate, nothing at all“, he laments.

Laurent Gaignard offers up to 3,000 euros net for 39 hours per week. Yvan Minvielle, on a permanent contract for five years, is not complaining, but he understands that some people are reluctant to come into this profession. “It’s a tough job all the same, we work in the cold. We work weeks at maybe 60 hours, it slows people down“, he admits. The boss says he is exhausted, and does not rule out radical decisions. In large retailers too, stores are struggling to recruit.