Looking to move on from the restaurant industry.

3 Comments

1. AnonymousOctober 20,2022 at 11:28PM UTC

   I don't blame you. Service work gets harder as you get older.

2. KatOctober 21,2022 at 3:48PM UTC

   Totally understandable. Restaurant work is difficult and gets harder as you get older. Do you have a field you'd like to go into instead? If so, look at what you would need to get started in that field. Get more education or skills if needed. Restaurant work has lots of transferable skills (customer service, budgeting, scheduling, etc) so you can move into a related area while you decide the next steps on your career path. I know someone that worked at fast food place during HS and became a manager there. Realized after a few years that wasn't what she wanted to do forever, so she went back to school and became a nurse. Another person I know was a resto manager but hated the hours. Got a related job (product rep) and works from home. There are lots of possibilities to do something related if you want, or find a new direction. Good luck!

3. Jenny cheeksOctober 22,2022 at 12:06AM UTC

   thanks For your response and advice. I appreciate it immensely!!! I worked in offices for years before getting into this industry. I would say that it’s really not the job that I hate, it’s how we are treated. we really are treated like second class citizens. I’m going to see about taking a digital court reporting class. I originally wanted to be a Court Reporter. Although there isn’t a huge demand where I’m from. But, I don’t have to stay where I am forever