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I do have one interesting observation. I've always found the 'lowly' jobs to be hard work. Much harder work than the jobs I've had that paid 50X more money. It shouldn't be that way but that's my experience.
Which is exactly why I tip waitresses 20 to 25%.
Lowliest job I've applied for, and I happened to get it, was busboy at Ken's House of Pancakes on the El Camino across the street from Stanford University right next to Stevens Creek.
I think it was $0.65 an hour and was one of the hardest jobs I've worked at.
I can't even get my dad to hire me at his company (he's the team leader/supervisor) that does electrical contracts for buildings/plants. His company is full of drop-outs, drug addicts, and felons. He said I shouldn't work at his place, even temporarily, because of how crappy the employees are.
He has one or two engineers in the company that I'd like to at least get some working experience under but no luck. Thanks a lot dad LOL.
I'm currently trying to get an engineering technician job which pays $10k- $15K less than what I'd make as an engineer but I am willing to do so to get my foot in the door. Easier said than done.
Personally, I think I'd bug your dad a little more, sounds like either you two don't get along to begin with or he doesn't realize how sick this economy is. It sounds like it would be the "break" you need to get ahead and right or wrong, he has to realize that a lot of people are taking advantage of family and "connections" to get somewhere in this near-jobless world we live in right now. Tell him your a grown man and you can deal with the employees there.
Waitress (breakfast server) lasted one day. It sucked.
Read Nickeled and Dimed. The people paid the worst work the hardest (retail, maids, servers).
I read that book over and over and over again. Good stuff.
I could relate to alot of it. I worked briefly at a hotel in laundry and many of those people she described in her book I saw in some of my co-workers.
Everyone should read it. Maybe they will think twice before they yell at their waitress or poke fun at Wal-Mart or other retail and hospitality workers.
I mean actually applied for. I realize that "lowliest" is a vague term, as one man's junk is another man's treasure.
We talk a lot in this forum about how there are NO jobs available. I can say it too, but the truth is there are a billion I have NOT applied for, so how would I know?
Anyway, went through the KFC drive-through today. There was a nice enough minority guy at the window. I wondered if I could get his job. Nevermind the fact that I was an asst mgr of a KFC when I was 17. 33 years later I am wondering if I could get his job!
Anyway, what is your bottom in terms of a job application?
a security job, not because of the pay but because that's not a field with a future
I do not consider any job beneath me. I have worked as a waitress and a motel housekeeper and I gladly would again if circumstances required. I have nothing but the utmost respect for people who work hard to earn their living. They are the backbone of this country.
In fact, I have more respect for them than some manager who sits on his/her butt in a cushy office and doesn't have a clue. I have met a lot of them also, unfortunately.
Waitress (breakfast server) lasted one day. It sucked.
Read Nickeled and Dimed. The people paid the worst work the hardest (retail, maids, servers).
I love that book.
No truer words were ever put down on paper, let me tell you. The author Barbara Ehrenreich nailed it. If you can, get a copy at abebooks.com and read it.
20yrsinBranson
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