Can you stop recommending restaurant jobs to every unemployed person?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the white collar government workers won’t last a single day in a restaurant.

are they really "white collar"?

[Anonymous]

You could pick up host/hostess hours to make some quick cash while job searching. A friend of mine who was an unexpectedly widowed broke housewife went to work at chick fil a at 45. She was treated respectfully and rose through the ranks to a corporate position. Companies like that and wegmans and Costco are not bad to mid career workers because they hire up from within. It’s a legitimate path and should not be looked down upon. We should all get uncomfortable with the white collar pedestal because it’s getting very shaky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could pick up host/hostess hours to make some quick cash while job searching. A friend of mine who was an unexpectedly widowed broke housewife went to work at chick fil a at 45. She was treated respectfully and rose through the ranks to a corporate position. Companies like that and wegmans and Costco are not bad to mid career workers because they hire up from within. It’s a legitimate path and should not be looked down upon. We should all get uncomfortable with the white collar pedestal because it’s getting very shaky.

Hostess need to be young and beautiful, I would get shuffled to take the trash out and I can’t beat the illegal bro on hourly rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could pick up host/hostess hours to make some quick cash while job searching. A friend of mine who was an unexpectedly widowed broke housewife went to work at chick fil a at 45. She was treated respectfully and rose through the ranks to a corporate position. Companies like that and wegmans and Costco are not bad to mid career workers because they hire up from within. It’s a legitimate path and should not be looked down upon. We should all get uncomfortable with the white collar pedestal because it’s getting very shaky.

Hostess need to be young and beautiful, I would get shuffled to take the trash out and I can’t beat the illegal bro on hourly rate.

Truth. I would never get hired as hostess. I’m 51. My neighbor’s 16 year old daughter was hired as a hostess. I’m destined for trash duty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could pick up host/hostess hours to make some quick cash while job searching. A friend of mine who was an unexpectedly widowed broke housewife went to work at chick fil a at 45. She was treated respectfully and rose through the ranks to a corporate position. Companies like that and wegmans and Costco are not bad to mid career workers because they hire up from within. It’s a legitimate path and should not be looked down upon. We should all get uncomfortable with the white collar pedestal because it’s getting very shaky.

Hostess need to be young and beautiful, I would get shuffled to take the trash out and I can’t beat the illegal bro on hourly rate.

Truth. I would never get hired as hostess. I’m 51. My neighbor’s 16 year old daughter was hired as a hostess. I’m destined for trash duty.

Most of those pretty 16 year-old girls can't stay off their phone while at the hostess stand and quit/get pushed out after their first paycheck.

At our local Thai restaurant in DC, the hostess stand is manned by a mid-60s Jewish lady. She's handling phone calls, seating in-person parties, and handing out delivery orders.

[Anonymous]

Does everyone here think you can just get any job you apply to? Without experience in that field? Working retail 18 years ago is not going to make me a shoe-in for restaurant jobs (though if I get RIFed, I'm absolutely willing to try). There is competition for all jobs right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you Feds showed some solidarity and RTOwd to save our downtowns, you could have transitioned to a restaurant job. But nooooo, you wanted to WFH and kill the restaurant business.

I'm frugal. I take lunch with me. But at least twice a month when I am in eat at my favorite restaurant. It sucks and I agree with you, WFH killed the restaurant business. And it also killed human relationships

no. the phone did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you Feds showed some solidarity and RTOwd to save our downtowns, you could have transitioned to a restaurant job. But nooooo, you wanted to WFH and kill the restaurant business.

Suburban restaurants thrived during covid and WFH. Because they are near where people live as well as where they work.

Feds have never been the customers keeping DC restaurants afloat. There aren't enough of us, we don't buy meals often, and we aren't there at night. It is and always has been DC residents, tourists, and corporate types.