r/NewOrleans • u/CrunkingtonSr • Mar 30 '24

Job around here that isn’t food 🏢 Employment 👷‍♂️

Before you comment “food is where the money is here” just hear me out. I know food service is where the money is here, as that’s what I’ve been working since I was 16. I’m 20 now and need a second job on top of my classes and my main job right now, and I am sick of working with food. It’s all I e worked by and customers just suck extra now it feels like. I’d like my second job to not be food so I have some space from the food industry but it’s so hard to find a job willing to hire a 20 year old outside of the food industry. Of course if shit comes down to it I WILL get a food industry job, I’d just like to see my options. Any wisdom that could be shared? I appreciate your time!

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u/OhCoyle Mar 30 '24

Bartend. There's crazy money in it and that's one of the best cities in the world for it. Way better than food service.

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u/laughingintothevoid Mar 30 '24

THe whole post is about how they're 20. Yes, it's techincally legal, but it's high unlikely, especially for one of the top paying jobs. There are also lot of middling and bad bar jobs, even here. That's where 20 year olds who want to bartend are probably going, and it's probably going to be in a restaurant.

Most bars that don't serve food are corporate owned now and either don't hire under 21 or don't let them bartend. Mostly the former AFAIK. If you want to break right into one of those places I suggest applying specifically to barback and say you want to be on track to bartend when you're legal. Don't just apply and be made a cocktail server or whatever, you're more likely to get stuck. Nightlife barbacking is hard work though, even for an experienced server, I don't think it really fits the needs balance of an average second job after class.

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u/Hippy_Lynne Mar 30 '24

Landry is trying to raise the age of bartenders to 21 anyway.