Balancing School and Work Juggling work and school, finding time for having fun, and liking what someone does, these are some of the problems that plague young adults today. If a person that fits those requirements is looking for a little extra income, this writer knows just what the doctor ordered. Working as a waiter is a very fulfilling job, especially for a young adult student. With flexible hours and uniforms, decent pay, and working in a fun atmospherewith many different types of people, being a waiter is an excellent job for a student. Being a waiter at a trendy restaurant is like being a host at a party, making money all the while.If a young adult have a difficult time trying to find time to do their homework and other things like partying, being a waiter is very convenient. Most restaurants offer flexible hours in which one only has to work five to six hour shifts. Waiters can also request what type of schedule they would like to work. Most restaurants' waiter staff is usually comprised of college and high school students, thus, they are more than likely willing to schedule you conveniently around classes. Plus, most nights, waiters will be out in time to do homework and other important things.Another thing, which might seem menial, is the casual guidelines for uniforms in most places. A lot of restaurants allow waiters to wear regular blue jeans and the restaurant's tee shirt to work. This might not seem like a big deal, but when one gets out of class an...
Getting your first job as a teenager can be an exciting time in a teenager’s life. Most teenagers start working in a retail stores or a fast food restaurant. One place that can pop into someone’s mind when looking for a job is Old Navy. There are hundreds of locations across the nations making it available to most teenagers. The flexible hours, good management, and discounts make Old Navy a wonderful place to start working as a teenager although not receiving enough hours to work is a downside.
The point has been made is that, when salary has going up and tipping is something that isn’t obligated, customers is the one who gonna get worse service, since the waiters not gonna try hard anymore to please customer for tipping money, therefore indirectly making the service quality going down. The customers, who should have felt good since they didn’t need to bother with “How should I tipped this right?” question, are now actually get a worse service because the waiters don’t even have a reason to care anymore. And it really raise a question: should we ban tipping practice or not? Even though Eater has made an extremely solid point that need to be considered, I still believed that the tipping system should be banned since it’s hurting the society on many other perspectives, and as the waiters now got what they think they’re deserved, they may actually perform a better job and provide better services. After all, you can’t give your 100% if you think you’re robbed by your employer, and we can only see how it gonna turns out if we beginning to treat the matter by applying solutions into real life instead of theorizing about
Although tips can often lead to servers making well over regular minimum wage per hour, overall, tips are very inconsistent and are completely dependent on restaurant customers. Not only does the customer decide how much to tip based on his/her enjoyment of the dining experience, but also servers need busy restaurants in order to make good money.
Students spend four years of their lives attending high school. Going through high school is mandatory as it prepares them for college and strength to face “the real world.” Having part-time jobs has become the phenomenon among high school students and many students follow this trend as well. Moreover, there are some pros and cons attached with it. Though it may seem like working throughout high school is a bad idea, it could better prepare students for “the real world.” Although some people believe that the primary duty of a student is studying, I am of the opposite position. I strongly support the idea that high school students should work throughout high school. This is because they can earn money, become responsible and get experience.
I work at a restaurant that has twenty-four tables that are seated during each shift. The other waitresses and I each have a section of tables each shift and we refer to different tables to address which people have food. We have had to memorize the menus and learn a simple way to take peoples order in a way that suits our memory. Some waitresses can abbreviate words and have memorized each abbreviation like a code. I have very small handwriting and can generally write fast so that I can understand the orders I took as I record them into the touch-screen computer to send into the kitchen. From there the line-workers decipher when which orders can be cooked and the ingredients that go into each dish. Waitressing has also allowed me to read patrons facial expressions and mannerisms to tell whether they might be looking for something or how they feel about the food and service. This job has especially helped me learn how to utilize my time appropriately and
There seems to be a large amount of people who tend to think that having a job in fast-food is terrible, especially for teenagers. Also that the money that their making is of little to no importance to them because they spend it on items of no value. “Large amounts (of teens paychecks) seem to flow to pay for an early introduction into the most trite aspects of American consumerism: flimsy punk clothes, trinkets, and whatever else is the last fast-moving teen craze” (Etzioni 160) However working in a fast food restaurant as a teenager isn’t only about getting a paycheck to spend on those things, but to develop good employment skills, and good people skills that will be used
“I’ve been here for ten minutes and my server hasn’t taken my order yet!” This is a direct quote from me before I worked at a restaurant. I never looked to see how many tables my server actually had or how much running I made them do. The sad truth is most people do not notice these details either, which may affect the tip their server will receive. By looking at the attitude and maintenance of restaurant customers, you can classify them into three categories according to their tipping patterns: the “hmm…how good were they? tippers,” “the “stick-to-the-fifteen-percent tippers,” and the “I-am-or-once-was-a-server tippers”.
As a 17 year old girl in high school, I’ve faced many hurdles that I’ve had to overcome. We’ll just balancing out school work with after school activities is hard enough for some people, I also maintain a job where I work almost every day after school. Not only am I working and doing school, but I also maintain mostly A’s in all my classes and am on the National Honors Society. Doing this good in school and being a hard worker are very important to me and I plan to keep it up. Having a job and keeping up with school is not easy, but with the right motivation an individual can get through it.
Many businesses have begun using a casual dress policy on certain days. Implementing dress-down days may be an effective way to boost employee morale. The question that seems to pop up too often is whether dress-down days are a benefit or burden to the company. Many companies have adopted Friday as a casual or dress-down day, while others have made casual business attire a full-time policy. Some employees view wearing casual business clothing as an employee benefit. To others, it is a disaster. Both men and women are often confused about what "casual" means and about how to dress casually and still look professional. Some people in management positions feel employees goof off on casual dress day. This report will look at all these issues as well as a conclusion about the effectiveness of casual dress days.
The interviewee made sure to explain to me the how challenging her job can be and didn’t leave out much detail. There are long hours, especially when working in a hospital or work the night shift. The schedule of nurses takes a toll on their life and is ironically unhealthy and can drain them psychologically. Nurses work long and tiring twelve hour shifts while mostly being on their feet and have lots of overtime hours. Balancing work and family life is an everyday struggle for nurses, especially when adding the physical and mental exhaustion from work. Nurses continuously get skills-training and ongoing-learning while working at the same time. There is always something new to learn in the nursing field no matter how many years you have worked
In the food and Hospitality industry, Working with Colleagues and Customers is an important part of the job. Customer relations and interpersonal skills are the two most important skills that a person working in that industry will need to know about.
All in all, it is strongly suggested that teenagers to work while in high school. They obtain a lot of benefits from working, such as becoming more responsibe, practicing time effectively, and providing some experiences that will prepare for their future. Having a job while attending school is quite hard. However, a self motivated and well organized person may find it easy to balance work and school.
Begin early at jobs that may not pay especially well but help to establish a working track record: delivering newspapers, babysitting, mowing lawns, assisting with gardening, and the like. Use these work experiences as springboards for such later jobs as sales clerks, gas station attendant, fast-food worker, lifeguard, playground supervisor assistant, and office staff assistant (after you have developed basic office skills). As you progress through these work exploration experiences, try increasingly to get jobs that have some relationship to your career plans. If, for example, you want a career involving frequent contact with people—as in sales—seek part-time and summer work that gives you experience in dealing with people. Hamel, 1989, 10)
As a waitress, I worked there part-time. My basic salary was $10 a day plus tips. Tips were paid daily and basic salary was paid every half a month. I get about $40 for tips everyday for 12 hours working from 1:00pm to 1:00am and I have to stand all day except 15 minutes’ sitting down for dinner. I got less tips than others because I’m new here. Still, that’s not a satisfying salary.
While in high school, I worked at your local catering business for about six years. Within your catering business there were many areas where the employees needed to be trained. To start out, as a fifteen-year-old, I was primarily a dish washer. On the first day, I was taught where all of the necessary dishwashing tools were located and how to run the dishwasher. This was taught to me by another employee who was also in high school. The boss made the more experienced employees show me how to get the dishes cleaned. The boss explained all of the health regulations I needed to be aware of to keep myself and the dishes safe. When it came to putting the dishes away, I mainly figured it out on my own just by walking around the back room and occasionally the other employees would help show me where to put things. One of the great things about your