restaurant jobs

[amietron]

i'm looking for a job that i might be able to take from 7pm to around midnight. the only ones i could think of are at restaurants as a hostess. i was wondering if they made a share of the tips that waiters make too, or if they're paid at a flat rate. do you have any suggestions as to what i might do?

[sOKaLiBoY]

Originally posted by amietron@May 28 2003, 08:49 AM
i'm looking for a job that i might be able to take from 7pm to around midnight. the only ones i could think of are at restaurants as a hostess. i was wondering if they made a share of the tips that waiters make too, or if they're paid at a flat rate. do you have any suggestions as to what i might do?
most of the time the hostess only makes a flat wage. only runners and servers make tip. and i don't know of many restaurants that are open that late. except for a 24hr dennys or something.

[lethal]

At most restaurants, hostesses make a flat wage. The servers and busboys split the tips.

Did you consider trying to wait tables?

[windup]

From my experience, having worked a few restaurants, the host/hostess make a flat wage. Unless the place is fancy and requires you to kiss extra ass, you don't get tipped out. If you want more money and the associated work, then try waiting tables. The pay is substantially more and you don't have to report it all *wink* *wink*. Of course I worked in the kitchen so I hate waitstaff. :P

[Emperor_Mike]

How about telephone support for a local ISP? Or a nightshift Customer Service Rep? You'll get paid a lot more and it's a relatively easy job since at most ISPs all employees at Help Desk usually have a binder full of the most common problems and you just look them up. :)

[coagulated fat]

I was a hostess last year and I thought it sucked. All of the work of being a server in that you are supposed to supervise everything, I had to help the bussers clear empty tables at the same time, and I was in charge of the cash register. So when the hostess before me forgot to add a few $100s to her final count, I got accused of stealing/losing it and was yelled at for about 20 minutes until my boss realized she'd made a mistake. But anyway.

And no tips.

[angel nympho]

At CPK, you get tips as a host, but it's definately not worth it. You BARELY get tipped.

[moschikat]

be a cocktail waitress, I got a flat rate of $2.50/hr, but tips were usually $1 a drink :lol:

[tommyhtown]

I have a friend who is a hostess at Benihana. She gets like 2% from the tip pool.

I like restaurant jobs, especially waiting table. I did that in college. Easy money -- all you gotta do is be nice and friendly to people to get fat tip.

[Faithless]

Originally posted by Emperor_Mike@May 28 2003, 10:14 AM
How about telephone support for a local ISP? Or a nightshift Customer Service Rep? You'll get paid a lot more and it's a relatively easy job since at most ISPs all employees at Help Desk usually have a binder full of the most common problems and you just look them up. :)
Computer operator for a midrange or mainframe shop.

[amietron]

Originally posted by ChottoMatte@May 28 2003, 11:26 PM
Computer operator for a midrange or mainframe shop.
but where could i get a job like that?

[Chester]

Originally posted by moschikat@May 28 2003, 09:56 PM
be a cocktail waitress, I got a flat rate of $2.50/hr, but tips were usually $1 a drink :lol:
Cocktailing ain't a bad idea in that you can often start off with no prior experience. If you haven't waited tables before, getting a job as a waiter would normally be tough, and I'd imagine it to be impossible in this economy.

Just make sure you go to a place a few times as a customer first, to get a handle on the place and the clientele. Some places attract grabby guys, some places attract cheapskates. Some attract both. Avoid all.

[angel nympho]

Originally posted by Chester@May 29 2003, 05:55 PM
Cocktailing ain't a bad idea in that you can often start off with no prior experience. If you haven't waited tables before, getting a job as a waiter would normally be tough, and I'd imagine it to be impossible in this economy.

Just make sure you go to a place a few times as a customer first, to get a handle on the place and the clientele. Some places attract grabby guys, some places attract cheapskates. Some attract both. Avoid all.
I always thought bar jobs were harder to get than restaurant jobs.

[amietron]

Originally posted by moschikat@May 28 2003, 09:56 PM
be a cocktail waitress, I got a flat rate of $2.50/hr, but tips were usually $1 a drink :lol:
someone else mentioned cocktail waitress. but how? i'd be 18. is that old enough?

[lethal]

I'm not sure what the age laws are in California, but when I graduated HS, I worked as a waiter in Virginia. I couldn't serve alcohol till I turned 18 later that sumemr though.

[angel nympho]

in CA, you can't serve until you're 18. at least for a corporate restaurant, I'm sure there's privately owned places out there that dont give a shit.

[Chester]

Originally posted by amietron@May 30 2003, 08:57 AM
someone else mentioned cocktail waitress. but how? i'd be 18. is that old enough?
Oop, my bad. Forgot your age.

In CA, you need to be 21 to be a bartender or cocktail server. At 18, you can serve alcohol in a restaurant.

[Chester]

Originally posted by angel nympho@May 29 2003, 10:07 AM
I always thought bar jobs were harder to get than restaurant jobs.
Bartending jobs are probably harder to come by than waiter positions -- because of sheer numbers, if for no other reason. But my impression has been that cocktail waitressing jobs are relatively easy because of turnover...and because the job, while not easy, doesn't really require any experience.