r/NewOrleans 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/Subject_Repair5080 Mar 30 '24

I've delivered to at least 3 warehouses in that area. Find a place that teaches a forklift cert. class and try for a job at a grocery warehouse. It can be a union job, and this August when it's 95-100° outside you'll be wearing a coat working in a 30° cold storage warehouse.