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b'This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.\\n\\nThis episode contains strong language.\\n\\nBartenders, sous chefs, wait staff \\u2014 back in August, managers in the U.S. hospitality industry were struggling to fill a range of roles at their establishments.\\n\\nOne owner of a gourmet burger restaurant in Houston said that before the pandemic, a job opening could easily get 100 applicants \\u2014 but that was no longer the case; applications were in the single digits. \\u201cI had never seen it like this before in my career,\\u201d he told us. \\u201cI\\u2019ve been doing this for over 25 years.\\u201d\\n\\nManagers blamed pandemic unemployment benefits for the dearth of job seekers. Employees said that the pandemic had opened their eyes to the realities of work.\\n\\nToday, we return to the country\\u2019s labor shortage to find out why so many Americans have left their jobs, and whether the people we spoke to back in August are working again.'