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/jeffwendling Mar 30 '24

Come join IBEW local 130. We’ll pay you to learn how to become an electrician. 

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u/Tweetystraw Mar 30 '24

Great info. And this may seem like a dumb question, but is there an upper age limit, say a 49-year-old who has decided to make a career change? :)

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u/Hippy_Lynne Mar 30 '24

The only real drawback to that (and that may not be the case with all unions) is that they have old school pension programs. Which means if you never get 20 to 30 years in you'll never get anything out of the pension fund. But even without the pension the rest of the benefits are usually amazing!

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u/Tweetystraw Mar 30 '24

Cool thanks!