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Palo Alto hotel laid off full-time staff and brought in contract workers
When dozens of service workers at Hilton’s Graduate Hotel in downtown Palo Alto were suddenly laid off in April, some were told it was because management planned to close down the restaurant on the ground floor. To the surprise of former employees, the hotel’s restaurant is still bustling and staffed — with temporary contract workers.... The post Palo Alto hotel laid off full-time staff and brought in contract workers appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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According to San Jose Spotlight’s source item, Palo Alto hotel laid off full-time staff and brought in contract workers, When dozens of service workers at Hilton’s Graduate Hotel in downtown Palo Alto were suddenly laid off in April, some were told it was because management planned to close down the restaurant on the ground floor. To the surprise of former employees, the hotel’s restaurant is still bustling and staffed — with temporary contract workers…. The post Palo Alto hotel laid off full-time staff and brought in contract workers appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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