Is it worth working in the food industry?

[Anonymous No.14599186]

I'm not talking about GMs, chefs, etc.. for obvious reasons.

[Anonymous No.14599193]

if you have nothing going for you in life and like drugs and alcohol too much to be in the military then the food industry is perfect because it will suck up all of your life that you're willing to give away and gives you more money for booze in return.

[Anonymous No.14599201]

>>14599186
I firmly believe that there should be a mandatory 1 year of restaurant work after high school, preferably BoH, the same way some countries have mandatory military service. It would teach people discipline, hard work, a basic life skill, and give everyone more respect for service workers. Otherwise, fuck no. The food industry is terrible.

[Anonymous No.14599202]

>>14599186
fuck no, even if you have the capital to build a restuarant from the ground-up, restaurants operate on razor-thin margins and have the most competition
working as a waiter is the only decent money in restaurants but it's soul sucking work

[Anonymous No.14599208]

I agree it's a terrible industry, but it's also really fun sometimes. Don't do it for more than a few years.

[Anonymous No.14599211]

>>14599193
What i I don't drink or do drugs?

[Anonymous No.14599218]

I used to sling grease when i was younger.
Spent my whole check on weed usually.
Then i grew up
move out
and got a job in supportive living.
Still had to cook.
But this time i don't give a shit if i fuck up
and the people have to eat it or they go hungry for the night.
When i realized how easy it is to cook from scratch
anyone who want to give their soul to someone elses griddle is fucking stupid.

Just start a lemonade stand op.

[Anonymous No.14599219]

If you want to have no social life outside of doing drugs with your coworkers late at night, sure.

[Anonymous No.14599225]

>>14599211
You'll have a hard time fitting in

[Anonymous No.14599229]

>>14599202
Yep, waiter or bartender in a busy restaurant, preferably higher end. You'll want to serve food, so total tips will play out better.

Not soul sucking, just dead end for the most part. Do it while building an actual career (or get some turbofag food job like sommelier and grift the rich directly to their face).

Skill required vs compensation is way better for FOH

[Anonymous No.14599232]

>>14599219
>if you want to subject yourself to posting on 4chan exclusively during 'straya hours, sure
FTFY

[Anonymous No.14599233]

>>14599211
join the military, be a POG for a few years, then get the fuck out and get free college.

[Anonymous No.14599276]

>>14599225
History of my life, I guess.

[Anonymous No.14600239]

>>14599186
Definately, if not just for the experience and the bants there ain't any other industry quite like it but if you live in a country that uses tips then I would likely go for working with meat seeing as tipping is bullshit and should be frowned upon

[Anonymous No.14600286]

>>14599186
Not unless you're a cokehead. I work in a pretty popular, well off chain restaurant and literally every single person I work with despises their job and their life.

[Anonymous No.14600852]

there is nothing better in this world than a good crew, a good menu, and a good kitchen. nothing will ever be better. most people complaining about this industry has been through the cheap and unfulfilling roles.
t. made $17.75 hourly at my last kitchen

[Anonymous No.14602589]

>>14600852
I don’t get why people shittalk the food industry so much in like every thread imaginable. Is there an actual reason for all this hate or is it just some kind of weird meme.

[Anonymous No.14602604]

>>14602589
because it sucks under the guise of being 'honest work' - ive done this shit my whole life at a fairly high level and ive missed out on family friends and everything that life should have in it. its one thing to work yourself to the bone for a salary that provides some security, its another to work 14 hours a day and eat a pint of vodka every night from the stress for 70k a year. which in most cities is on the high end for boh

[Anonymous No.14602651]

>>14602604
This raises a lot of questions for me personally, as someone going through the last year of culinary school right now and having done a bit of jobs on the side.
You make 5k a month? Do you work 14 hours every day? How high level? All the stuff you missed aside, do you like your job?

[Anonymous No.14602682]

>>14602604
you act like you don't have any other career option

[Anonymous No.14602689]

>>14599186
no.
>hours are shit.
>work is physical and exhausting.
>you get treated like absolute trash.
all this plus an awful salary is not worth it.
t. family owned 6 restaurants in my lifetime.
if you want to enjoy food and share it with people read a fuck ton, spend money on good equipment for your house and make delicious food with friends, family and the people you actually care about. not some fucking cunty mutt that doesn't understand your food and asks why leaves are on her pasta.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWy9Wp_RWY
if you havent seen big night i recommend you watch it. its a disgustingly accurate story of your average food lover that opens a restaurant.

[Anonymous No.14602700]

>>14602689
What would you rather work as?

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[Anonymous No.14602933]

>>14602689
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWy9Wp_RWY

[Anonymous No.14602941]

>>14602651
i could not advise more strongly against culinary school. you are going to make shit money unless you go hotel/banquet/private

the industry and boh and bourdain and books sells this fantasy that passion and hard work are enough to make the shit pay and long hours worth it. its not. restaurant groups replacing small chef operator style joints has turned the job corporate and balls painful to work in. the cia/ice/icc sell pipe dreams. everyone i know in their early 30s is still paying off loans and not one of them makes even close to 6 figures.

[Anonymous No.14602945]

>>14602700
since my parents sold the business, my mom isn't depressed and she's actually around the house. my dad went back to his medical practice, makes a shit ton of money and is much happier and healthier. 90% of our meals they cook at home.
but to answer your question, im in school for biomedical engineering. i like it just as much as being in a restaurant and i think it will end up paying a lot more.

[Anonymous No.14602947]

>>14602682
im 33 and have a high school diploma. ignoring the fact the industry has all but collapsed my options are pretty limited. trying to enroll in welding school in the fall.

[Anonymous No.14602964]

worst decision i made desu senpai

[Anonymous No.14604285]

its a hell hole. If you're still in the industry past college your stuck forever. My mom got stuck in the industry for 25 years.

[Anonymous No.14604309]

>>14599186
Why do you fucking retards keep asking this shit? For the millionth time no, food is what you go into when you have no other options.

[Anonymous No.14604337]

>>14599218
what rap song is this?

[Anonymous No.14604473]

everyone not in the industry thinks being a chef is easy. they think its a lot of sitting waiting for my morning van of the most perfect seasonal produce, going back to the restaurant and chilling in the kitchen with a pipe and a glass of red barking at kids dressed in white freaking out and waiting to suck your dick, having a food critic come in and serving him the most perfect plate and him and his bodies laugh it up and stand on the tables and scream how good the food is and then tip all your staff 30% while the linecook's girlfriend gives you the best blowjob in the walk-in.

now this is what my roommate just told me
>delivery truck didn't come for 2 days, we had to drive 1 hour to the farm and 1 hour back and we totally had to change the menu because we simply didn't have enough time to prep
>only time the delivery truck came this week it didn't come until 2 hours before dinner service. basically no time to do any prep
>food was almost all damaged and completely unfit to be served, produce is crushed and bruised, seafood smells very fishy and funny
>my dishwasher hasn't showed up at all this week and hasn't communicated anything. we've been taking turns washing the dishes
>multiple tourists realize they can't eat 50% of the menu either because of allergies and/or religious rules
>two linecooks high at work. they got fired and now we have to find a new ones
>had to send a waiter home because he looked and smelled awful, was understaffed and service was shitty as a result
>one table announced they are fucking yelp reviewers like i give a fuck, they sent 3 of the 9 courses back
>ice machine broke
>someone came to a reservation piss drunk and threw up in the bathroom before they even got any food and left
and she works in a fine dining place where it takes a month to book a table in a fucking pandemic. she's in the top >1% of restaurants work in the globe. and that's excluding all the sloppa fast food workers (who also don't have it easy)

[Anonymous No.14604896]

>>14602945
How do you juggle school and education at the same time? Do you take classes less frequently or do you have to give up hours at work?
>>14602941
Too late, as I said I’m in my last year. Isn’t the wage kinda in the middle? Looking up average salaries for a lot of jobs I see that waiters, bartenders and all the poo jobs like working at a fast food joint or supermarket make less, while of course shit like tech or medical make more.
>>14602947
I hope welding works out for you

[Anonymous No.14605349]

>>14604337
its called Start a Lemonade Stand OP by Fagz n Tha Hood

[Anonymous No.14605697]

man I'm a doomer outside of work but for some reason I love the kitchen, it's 8:00 and I got my coffee and cig, bout to head in for the day. love ya al/ck/s and cu/ck/s

[Anonymous No.14606117]

>>14599201
I firmly believe that there should be a mandatory year of driving a stick shift after high school, preferably non electronic throttle, the same way our grandparents learned to drive. It would teach people to actually use the gas pedal at green lights instead of just letting off the brake and idling through the intersection like retarded lazy niggers.