TL;DR: I work an awful grocery store job that leaves me physically and mentally exhausted. I'm starting College soon and need money. Is waiting/serving a good fit? I have no prior experience other than the 1 year of customer service from my grocery job
right now I work at a grocery store making $9.50, soon to be $10 an hour. The job is grueling, with non-stop 10 hour shifts, no breaks, no benefits, no flexibility, and my position is dead-end. It's so grueling that every day I get home I'm so physically and mentally exhausted that I can barely stand, let alone think. I wind up just falling asleep for a few hours straight. this is a problem as I'm starting College in a few weeks' time.
I'm seriously considering switching to being a waiter/server. I live in a Florida resort town so I doubt finding a job would be too difficult. I have no experience as a server, but the grocery store job has given me experience with customer service.
How much do you guys make? I bring home roughly $260-280 weekly. My mom told me she brought home what I make in a week every night during busy nights.
Is the workload alright for someone going to college?
I'm mostly worried about carrying trays of food and dropping them
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Matthew Mitchell
You're going to get a variety of answers, mate.
People who are majoring in EE/CPE/CS/SE will typically get an internship during their second year that pays like 3-7K per month.
People are majoring in IT/Customer Service will probably make like 15.
You should post your City, State and major.
Carter Cox
Sarasota, Florida. I'm starting at a CC so right now my major is "Network Systems Technology". I'm not 100% retarded and I can figure out math, I'll start at a uni and get a degree in CompSci.
Evan Ross
>I'm not retarded IF I'm not retarded
not looking bright for me huh
David Perez
Yeah so they might hire you as an IT intern if you can show them you are currently enrolled in such a field.
You're looking at the $15-$20/hr range depending on what position you get. Usually, their schedules are a bit flexible.
You can work at a fast food joint in the meantime while you're looking for IT jobs.
Dylan Price
imho would take job at dog kennel
Oliver Hill
When I was in university I did beta testing for a games developer for $8 an hour in early 2000's how the fuck is it 2016 and you're making only $1.50-$2.00 more now? Fucking hell, we really fucked you kids over.
Ryder Baker
I'm a bar supervisor in a busy venue with a restaurant attached. I'd be happy to answer any of your questions regarding what it's like to work in the industry. I will say that most of the bar staff and about 1/2 the floor staff that we employ are full time students and that working in the evenings and nights is more comparable with studying than most retail jobs.
also are male or female? If you're getting into this for the tips this will be important
Nathaniel Gonzalez
Waiting is something that can get you a lot of money, but if you plan on doing this, you need to search around. Obviously you should go where you get hired, but you should apply to restaurants in your area that are independent/not chains (i.e. not fucking Friday's, unless that's the only bar in your area that gets business). I work in a restaurant that's busy all year, with a bar outside open for the summer. I don't even serve at the place or bartend and I've made thousands just working two days a week, over this amount of time.
