Places that take anybody.
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I'm back on the job hunt.
So, I was wondering, where do you work?
and, is there a place that really will take ANYBODY?
I used to work at Sears, but they laid me off because of the economy.
(work secret: Prices that end in .98 are about to be discontinued, wait a couple days and the price will drop dramatically)
So, I was wondering, where do you work?
and, is there a place that really will take ANYBODY?
I used to work at Sears, but they laid me off because of the economy.
(work secret: Prices that end in .98 are about to be discontinued, wait a couple days and the price will drop dramatically)
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Well right now, as you said, because the economy is so bad, it's hard for even qualified people to find jobs. I'm not saying you aren't qualified. Regardless of education or formal training, if you were reliable and efficient at Sears, then your professional references would reflect that and normally you would be a good candidate to fill a position similar to whatever you did at Sears.
Unfortunately, with the economy the way it is, the only real hope is to just keep applying and hope someone has an opening.
And elfenlied: Sears is a major department/retail store chain, at least in the US. They basically sell everything from clothes to home appliances.
Unfortunately, with the economy the way it is, the only real hope is to just keep applying and hope someone has an opening.
And elfenlied: Sears is a major department/retail store chain, at least in the US. They basically sell everything from clothes to home appliances.
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Dante1214 wrote...
You could be a waiter. Seems like there are always jobs in that.a waiter is a good choice but your primary source of income will be your tips...and where i work, ppl are tipping less and less as the economy drops down the shitter.
try at a resturant, i work for pizza hut and been there 3 years and ive seen probably 400 ppl come and go within those 3 years cuz they cant handle the pressure of keeping up with demand.
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gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
You could be a waiter. Seems like there are always jobs in that.a waiter is a good choice but your primary source of income will be your tips...and where i work, ppl are tipping less and less as the economy drops down the shitter.
try at a resturant, i work for pizza hut and been there 3 years and ive seen probably 400 ppl come and go within those 3 years cuz they cant handle the pressure of keeping up with demand.
That's true.
Also, you have to be personable to make any money.
Restaurants do have a high turnover rate (although, I don't feel like it's a really high-pressure job), but sit-down places are taking a bit of a hit right now because going out to eat is more of a thing people do with disposable income, which is something people don't really have a lot of these days. But people almost always eat junk food, so fast food would probably be hiring.
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theotaku wrote...
I currently work in the unemployed B.U.M department. -_-
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elfen lied wrote...
theotaku wrote...
I currently work in the unemployed B.U.M department. -_-We're buddies!
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Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
You could be a waiter. Seems like there are always jobs in that.a waiter is a good choice but your primary source of income will be your tips...and where i work, ppl are tipping less and less as the economy drops down the shitter.
try at a resturant, i work for pizza hut and been there 3 years and ive seen probably 400 ppl come and go within those 3 years cuz they cant handle the pressure of keeping up with demand.
That's true.
Also, you have to be personable to make any money.
Restaurants do have a high turnover rate (although, I don't feel like it's a really high-pressure job), but sit-down places are taking a bit of a hit right now because going out to eat is more of a thing people do with disposable income, which is something people don't really have a lot of these days. But people almost always eat junk food, so fast food would probably be hiring.
lol it really is a high pressure job, people who can handle stress real well will do great, but if your not good with handling it you wont last a week. im my stores head cook, i still get major headaches every friday and saturday night. those are are busiest nights of the week, we usually do around 6-7,000 dollars a night. thats alot of damn pizza in one night. having between 150-300 tickets come up between 4-7pm. with id say an average of 3 pizza's per ticket. it gets real stressful. we have ppl who experience their first friday rush and they quit before it even reaches 5pm. also it doesnt help that we are sandwhiched between 2 military bases. the military is our main source of business, cuz most of the soilders who come in are noobs to the military and cant cook so they go out every night. it takes me about 20-30 seconds to make one pizza, but to a new person it might take them 2 minutes to make one. the pepperoni is the hardest, its real greasy so the slices stick together and it'll take them close to 3 min's to finish one.
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gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
You could be a waiter. Seems like there are always jobs in that.a waiter is a good choice but your primary source of income will be your tips...and where i work, ppl are tipping less and less as the economy drops down the shitter.
try at a resturant, i work for pizza hut and been there 3 years and ive seen probably 400 ppl come and go within those 3 years cuz they cant handle the pressure of keeping up with demand.
That's true.
Also, you have to be personable to make any money.
Restaurants do have a high turnover rate (although, I don't feel like it's a really high-pressure job), but sit-down places are taking a bit of a hit right now because going out to eat is more of a thing people do with disposable income, which is something people don't really have a lot of these days. But people almost always eat junk food, so fast food would probably be hiring.
lol it really is a high pressure job, people who can handle stress real well will do great, but if your not good with handling it you wont last a week. im my stores head cook, i still get major headaches every friday and saturday night. those are are busiest nights of the week, we usually do around 6-7,000 dollars a night. thats alot of damn pizza in one night. having between 150-300 tickets come up between 4-7pm. with id say an average of 3 pizza's per ticket. it gets real stressful. we have ppl who experience their first friday rush and they quit before it even reaches 5pm. also it doesnt help that we are sandwhiched between 2 military bases. the military is our main source of business, cuz most of the soilders who come in are noobs to the military and cant cook so they go out every night. it takes me about 20-30 seconds to make one pizza, but to a new person it might take them 2 minutes to make one. the pepperoni is the hardest, its real greasy so the slices stick together and it'll take them close to 3 min's to finish one.
I see. I don't really feel stressed when I get stressed. At least not until later. Maybe that means I just respond well to it.
I work in a sit-down restaurant. And I guess I see your point. But I never think about being really busy when I am really busy. Which is a lot of the time for me, because I'm never really just doing one thing.
I don't get paid enough for what I do...
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Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
You could be a waiter. Seems like there are always jobs in that.a waiter is a good choice but your primary source of income will be your tips...and where i work, ppl are tipping less and less as the economy drops down the shitter.
try at a resturant, i work for pizza hut and been there 3 years and ive seen probably 400 ppl come and go within those 3 years cuz they cant handle the pressure of keeping up with demand.
That's true.
Also, you have to be personable to make any money.
Restaurants do have a high turnover rate (although, I don't feel like it's a really high-pressure job), but sit-down places are taking a bit of a hit right now because going out to eat is more of a thing people do with disposable income, which is something people don't really have a lot of these days. But people almost always eat junk food, so fast food would probably be hiring.
lol it really is a high pressure job, people who can handle stress real well will do great, but if your not good with handling it you wont last a week. im my stores head cook, i still get major headaches every friday and saturday night. those are are busiest nights of the week, we usually do around 6-7,000 dollars a night. thats alot of damn pizza in one night. having between 150-300 tickets come up between 4-7pm. with id say an average of 3 pizza's per ticket. it gets real stressful. we have ppl who experience their first friday rush and they quit before it even reaches 5pm. also it doesnt help that we are sandwhiched between 2 military bases. the military is our main source of business, cuz most of the soilders who come in are noobs to the military and cant cook so they go out every night. it takes me about 20-30 seconds to make one pizza, but to a new person it might take them 2 minutes to make one. the pepperoni is the hardest, its real greasy so the slices stick together and it'll take them close to 3 min's to finish one.
I see. I don't really feel stressed when I get stressed. At least not until later. Maybe that means I just respond well to it.
I work in a sit-down restaurant. And I guess I see your point. But I never think about being really busy when I am really busy. Which is a lot of the time for me, because I'm never really just doing one thing.
I don't get paid enough for what I do...
yea i dont feel it till after its over cuz everything calms down all of a sudden. it just hits you. our resturant is a full store, we deliver, dine-in, and carryout. i started when minimum wage was 5.15 an hour...and i make 7.75 now. but minimum wage is now 7.15, so basically all the new ppl who come in will be making almost the same as i do. its very frustrating. i worked my ass off to get to 7.75 i personally think i should get each dollar that they go up in the minimum wage, like: it went up to 6.15 last year so i thought i should get 8.75. and this year it went upto 7.15, so i think i should be getting paid 9.75 an hour. but the company that owns my resturant doesnt do that while most companies in our area do. they compensate their employee's that have been with them longer. ours basically says "fuck you, its not our problem cost of living is going up in your area". usually i stay in the kitchen, but once the rush is over im doing dishes, preping tomorrows dough etc, etc. just talking about how much i get paid for what i do pisses me off...
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gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
You could be a waiter. Seems like there are always jobs in that.a waiter is a good choice but your primary source of income will be your tips...and where i work, ppl are tipping less and less as the economy drops down the shitter.
try at a resturant, i work for pizza hut and been there 3 years and ive seen probably 400 ppl come and go within those 3 years cuz they cant handle the pressure of keeping up with demand.
That's true.
Also, you have to be personable to make any money.
Restaurants do have a high turnover rate (although, I don't feel like it's a really high-pressure job), but sit-down places are taking a bit of a hit right now because going out to eat is more of a thing people do with disposable income, which is something people don't really have a lot of these days. But people almost always eat junk food, so fast food would probably be hiring.
lol it really is a high pressure job, people who can handle stress real well will do great, but if your not good with handling it you wont last a week. im my stores head cook, i still get major headaches every friday and saturday night. those are are busiest nights of the week, we usually do around 6-7,000 dollars a night. thats alot of damn pizza in one night. having between 150-300 tickets come up between 4-7pm. with id say an average of 3 pizza's per ticket. it gets real stressful. we have ppl who experience their first friday rush and they quit before it even reaches 5pm. also it doesnt help that we are sandwhiched between 2 military bases. the military is our main source of business, cuz most of the soilders who come in are noobs to the military and cant cook so they go out every night. it takes me about 20-30 seconds to make one pizza, but to a new person it might take them 2 minutes to make one. the pepperoni is the hardest, its real greasy so the slices stick together and it'll take them close to 3 min's to finish one.
I see. I don't really feel stressed when I get stressed. At least not until later. Maybe that means I just respond well to it.
I work in a sit-down restaurant. And I guess I see your point. But I never think about being really busy when I am really busy. Which is a lot of the time for me, because I'm never really just doing one thing.
I don't get paid enough for what I do...
yea i dont feel it till after its over cuz everything calms down all of a sudden. it just hits you. our resturant is a full store, we deliver, dine-in, and carryout. i started when minimum wage was 5.15 an hour...and i make 7.75 now. but minimum wage is now 7.15, so basically all the new ppl who come in will be making almost the same as i do. its very frustrating. i worked my ass off to get to 7.75 i personally think i should get each dollar that they go up in the minimum wage, like: it went up to 6.15 last year so i thought i should get 8.75. and this year it went upto 7.15, so i think i should be getting paid 9.75 an hour. but the company that owns my resturant doesnt do that while most companies in our area do. they compensate their employee's that have been with them longer. ours basically says "fuck you, its not our problem cost of living is going up in your area". usually i stay in the kitchen, but once the rush is over im doing dishes, preping tomorrows dough etc, etc. just talking about how much i get paid for what i do pisses me off...
That sucks man. Where do you live? Because it sounds like we do very similar jobs and I get paid 9.25 an hour. And that's still not enough to live off of. People who have been there less time than I have get paid over 10 and I feel like they are less capable than I am.
I need to ask for a raise or something.
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Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
You could be a waiter. Seems like there are always jobs in that.a waiter is a good choice but your primary source of income will be your tips...and where i work, ppl are tipping less and less as the economy drops down the shitter.
try at a resturant, i work for pizza hut and been there 3 years and ive seen probably 400 ppl come and go within those 3 years cuz they cant handle the pressure of keeping up with demand.
That's true.
Also, you have to be personable to make any money.
Restaurants do have a high turnover rate (although, I don't feel like it's a really high-pressure job), but sit-down places are taking a bit of a hit right now because going out to eat is more of a thing people do with disposable income, which is something people don't really have a lot of these days. But people almost always eat junk food, so fast food would probably be hiring.
lol it really is a high pressure job, people who can handle stress real well will do great, but if your not good with handling it you wont last a week. im my stores head cook, i still get major headaches every friday and saturday night. those are are busiest nights of the week, we usually do around 6-7,000 dollars a night. thats alot of damn pizza in one night. having between 150-300 tickets come up between 4-7pm. with id say an average of 3 pizza's per ticket. it gets real stressful. we have ppl who experience their first friday rush and they quit before it even reaches 5pm. also it doesnt help that we are sandwhiched between 2 military bases. the military is our main source of business, cuz most of the soilders who come in are noobs to the military and cant cook so they go out every night. it takes me about 20-30 seconds to make one pizza, but to a new person it might take them 2 minutes to make one. the pepperoni is the hardest, its real greasy so the slices stick together and it'll take them close to 3 min's to finish one.
I see. I don't really feel stressed when I get stressed. At least not until later. Maybe that means I just respond well to it.
I work in a sit-down restaurant. And I guess I see your point. But I never think about being really busy when I am really busy. Which is a lot of the time for me, because I'm never really just doing one thing.
I don't get paid enough for what I do...
yea i dont feel it till after its over cuz everything calms down all of a sudden. it just hits you. our resturant is a full store, we deliver, dine-in, and carryout. i started when minimum wage was 5.15 an hour...and i make 7.75 now. but minimum wage is now 7.15, so basically all the new ppl who come in will be making almost the same as i do. its very frustrating. i worked my ass off to get to 7.75 i personally think i should get each dollar that they go up in the minimum wage, like: it went up to 6.15 last year so i thought i should get 8.75. and this year it went upto 7.15, so i think i should be getting paid 9.75 an hour. but the company that owns my resturant doesnt do that while most companies in our area do. they compensate their employee's that have been with them longer. ours basically says "fuck you, its not our problem cost of living is going up in your area". usually i stay in the kitchen, but once the rush is over im doing dishes, preping tomorrows dough etc, etc. just talking about how much i get paid for what i do pisses me off...
That sucks man. Where do you live? Because it sounds like we do very similar jobs and I get paid 9.25 an hour. And that's still not enough to live off of. People who have been there less time than I have get paid over 10 and I feel like they are less capable than I am.
I need to ask for a raise or something.
Spring Lake, North Carolina. i cant live off what i make, right now im still staying at home,im 19 but the way i was raised ive been content at leaving home when i turned 18. i feel horrible about staying at home still. but anyway, you should ask for a raise, dont hold back about it. i havent, they just tell me no everytime using the excuse "we can only give you one raise a year and thats your yearly review" which is bullshit. i got upto 7.00 in less than one year from 5.15 they cant tell me that they can only give one a year. gah im getting pissed lol. but if they dont give me a decent pay raise when my yearly review comes about im talking at least 9-10$ an hour, im leaving for the military this was somthing i decided about 5 months ago. i turn 20 june 19th and my yearly review is june 29th. once i see how much i got...i will either stay or just say "fuck you guys im going to the military" and all i can say is, if i leave like that, my store is gonna be fucked XD im one of the only ppl remaining from when i started in june of 05.
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gocanes7 wrote...
Spring Lake, North Carolina. i cant live off what i make, right now im still staying at home,im 19 but the way i was raised ive been content at leaving home when i turned 18. i feel horrible about staying at home still. but anyway, you should ask for a raise, dont hold back about it. i havent, they just tell me no everytime using the excuse "we can only give you one raise a year and thats your yearly review" which is bullshit. i got upto 7.00 in less than one year from 5.15 they cant tell me that they can only give one a year. gah im getting pissed lol. but if they dont give me a decent pay raise when my yearly review comes about im talking at least 9-10$ an hour, im leaving for the military this was somthing i decided about 5 months ago. i turn 20 june 19th and my yearly review is june 29th. once i see how much i got...i will either stay or just say "fuck you guys im going to the military" and all i can say is, if i leave like that, my store is gonna be fucked XD im one of the only ppl remaining from when i started in june of 05.
I don't get a yearly review, really.
But I'll have been here two years in a couple of months, so I was planning on giving that as reason.
And I don't want to go into the military. For a lot of reasons, not the least of which being my step father tells me at every chance he gets how disappointed in me he is because I didn't got into the military and how much honor there is in it and so on and so on. Annoying, it is, and I would hate to give him the satisfaction. If I DID join the military, I would lie about it, because if I saw the smugness it put on his face, I would probably kill him with my bare hands. And I REALLY don't want to go to prison.
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Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Spring Lake, North Carolina. i cant live off what i make, right now im still staying at home,im 19 but the way i was raised ive been content at leaving home when i turned 18. i feel horrible about staying at home still. but anyway, you should ask for a raise, dont hold back about it. i havent, they just tell me no everytime using the excuse "we can only give you one raise a year and thats your yearly review" which is bullshit. i got upto 7.00 in less than one year from 5.15 they cant tell me that they can only give one a year. gah im getting pissed lol. but if they dont give me a decent pay raise when my yearly review comes about im talking at least 9-10$ an hour, im leaving for the military this was somthing i decided about 5 months ago. i turn 20 june 19th and my yearly review is june 29th. once i see how much i got...i will either stay or just say "fuck you guys im going to the military" and all i can say is, if i leave like that, my store is gonna be fucked XD im one of the only ppl remaining from when i started in june of 05.
I don't get a yearly review, really.
But I'll have been here two years in a couple of months, so I was planning on giving that as reason.
And I don't want to go into the military. For a lot of reasons, not the least of which being my step father tells me at every chance he gets how disappointed in me he is because I didn't got into the military and how much honor there is in it and so on and so on. Annoying, it is, and I would hate to give him the satisfaction. If I DID join the military, I would lie about it, because if I saw the smugness it put on his face, I would probably kill him with my bare hands. And I REALLY don't want to go to prison.
i get that from my step father also...and he's a real ass hole about it. weve butted heads alot because of it, but its really one of very few ways to make it in life now adays without a college degree. even with that its hard mainly because of the economy. in the military youve got a garunteed pay, garunteed house, well barracks until you get married or whatever. and the only real danger is if you get deployed. and they pay is great also, and once you retire they give you retirement money, you also get your social security. most soldiers when they retire they go to a foreign country for example lets say...Brazil. the only real draw back i see is if you die, while your serving.
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I work at an arcade center called golfland. If u live in arizona or california they will be hiring over the next 4 months. they need to time to train people for the summer
there is also fastfood
there is also fastfood
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gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Spring Lake, North Carolina. i cant live off what i make, right now im still staying at home,im 19 but the way i was raised ive been content at leaving home when i turned 18. i feel horrible about staying at home still. but anyway, you should ask for a raise, dont hold back about it. i havent, they just tell me no everytime using the excuse "we can only give you one raise a year and thats your yearly review" which is bullshit. i got upto 7.00 in less than one year from 5.15 they cant tell me that they can only give one a year. gah im getting pissed lol. but if they dont give me a decent pay raise when my yearly review comes about im talking at least 9-10$ an hour, im leaving for the military this was somthing i decided about 5 months ago. i turn 20 june 19th and my yearly review is june 29th. once i see how much i got...i will either stay or just say "fuck you guys im going to the military" and all i can say is, if i leave like that, my store is gonna be fucked XD im one of the only ppl remaining from when i started in june of 05.
I don't get a yearly review, really.
But I'll have been here two years in a couple of months, so I was planning on giving that as reason.
And I don't want to go into the military. For a lot of reasons, not the least of which being my step father tells me at every chance he gets how disappointed in me he is because I didn't got into the military and how much honor there is in it and so on and so on. Annoying, it is, and I would hate to give him the satisfaction. If I DID join the military, I would lie about it, because if I saw the smugness it put on his face, I would probably kill him with my bare hands. And I REALLY don't want to go to prison.
i get that from my step father also...and he's a real ass hole about it. weve butted heads alot because of it, but its really one of very few ways to make it in life now adays without a college degree. even with that its hard mainly because of the economy. in the military youve got a garunteed pay, garunteed house, well barracks until you get married or whatever. and the only real danger is if you get deployed. and they pay is great also, and once you retire they give you retirement money, you also get your social security. most soldiers when they retire they go to a foreign country for example lets say...Brazil. the only real draw back i see is if you die, while your serving.
Yeah, I don't know. Just not my sort of thing. I also might not be accepted on medical reasons, but that's not too significant, because I don't have the desire to join.
I'm also pretty ok with living at mediocre means, I'd just like to not live with my mom.
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Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Dante1214 wrote...
gocanes7 wrote...
Spring Lake, North Carolina. i cant live off what i make, right now im still staying at home,im 19 but the way i was raised ive been content at leaving home when i turned 18. i feel horrible about staying at home still. but anyway, you should ask for a raise, dont hold back about it. i havent, they just tell me no everytime using the excuse "we can only give you one raise a year and thats your yearly review" which is bullshit. i got upto 7.00 in less than one year from 5.15 they cant tell me that they can only give one a year. gah im getting pissed lol. but if they dont give me a decent pay raise when my yearly review comes about im talking at least 9-10$ an hour, im leaving for the military this was somthing i decided about 5 months ago. i turn 20 june 19th and my yearly review is june 29th. once i see how much i got...i will either stay or just say "fuck you guys im going to the military" and all i can say is, if i leave like that, my store is gonna be fucked XD im one of the only ppl remaining from when i started in june of 05.
I don't get a yearly review, really.
But I'll have been here two years in a couple of months, so I was planning on giving that as reason.
And I don't want to go into the military. For a lot of reasons, not the least of which being my step father tells me at every chance he gets how disappointed in me he is because I didn't got into the military and how much honor there is in it and so on and so on. Annoying, it is, and I would hate to give him the satisfaction. If I DID join the military, I would lie about it, because if I saw the smugness it put on his face, I would probably kill him with my bare hands. And I REALLY don't want to go to prison.
i get that from my step father also...and he's a real ass hole about it. weve butted heads alot because of it, but its really one of very few ways to make it in life now adays without a college degree. even with that its hard mainly because of the economy. in the military youve got a garunteed pay, garunteed house, well barracks until you get married or whatever. and the only real danger is if you get deployed. and they pay is great also, and once you retire they give you retirement money, you also get your social security. most soldiers when they retire they go to a foreign country for example lets say...Brazil. the only real draw back i see is if you die, while your serving.
Yeah, I don't know. Just not my sort of thing. I also might not be accepted on medical reasons, but that's not too significant, because I don't have the desire to join.
I'm also pretty ok with living at mediocre means, I'd just like to not live with my mom.
yeah same here, i mean i got transportation (got me a scooter, SCOOTER FTW!!!, gets excellent gas mileage), and i got a huge tv, a bed and a PS3, i just hate the fact that im still living at home also. its a pain but if i was out on my own, all my cash would go to bills like electric, water, rent. between those 3 i wouldnt have any money for food.