r/Millennials • u/bookflow • 10h ago

Discussion Are you tired yet?

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u/Mysterious-Carry6233 9h ago

Old folks home serving in the fine dining hall. I think it was $4.50 an hour. Couldn’t take tips even if they tried to give you one.

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u/sgvla 6h ago

Same here, I think it was 5.75 back in 2006/2007.

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u/rnelsonee 5h ago

That was my first job too! Since we couldn't get tips, we got paid a pretty good rate of $5.15/hr vs the kitchen who got the minimum of $4.25/hr.

There was always the rumor of a server getting named in a will. But nothing ever confirmed.

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u/rachelface927 Older Millennial 1h ago

I worked in the kitchen of a nursing home, by then minimum wage was $5.15 but OMG - I went on to work a further 15 years in food service but I never worked BOH anywhere again. SO much work, for average pay. I remember feeling like the dishes took 2 hours, they might’ve. So it went clock in, get all the orders together, deliver the orders, break for the leftover bland (sometimes blended) food, then pick up dishes, run dishes through the washer, clean up everything and limp outta there knowing you probably only made $30 after taxes that day. I lasted maybe 2 weeks, only job I’ve ever quit without notice.

Went to work at Sonic as a carhop, made $5.50 an hour and took home at least $20 a day in tips.

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u/TDCHEEKS11 5h ago

Flashback to the OJ & prune juice combo

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u/twoturnipsinheat- 3h ago

I was a CNA - $9.38/hour in 2003

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u/Pecan_Artist 37m ago

and tips are BS in Merica bc tips revoled around slavery.