Which is a better work environment Restaurants or Retail?
December 12, 2019
The majority of working students here at Morton are employed at restaurants or retail stores.
Currently, money is everything and it’s no wonder students are seeking financial independence at a young age, but they’re not receiving CEO positions. It’s bottom of the barrel work and that includes restaurants or in retail. Usually, people don’t really want to work at restaurants because of how chaos is associated with them or often students are disgusted with the work environment in the restaurant. Others may also not want to work a job in retail because of how messy it can get. Retail jobs not only get messy, but you must deal with coworkers and managers always disturbing and frustrating you. We wanted to see if students were satisfied with the current employment and how it affects them in school in a random survey of 100 Morton East high school students, 58 of them reported that they had a job in either retail or restaurant.
This question was asked to a fellow Morton East student: “If you can work anywhere, where would it be?”
“Be the CEO of Microsoft,” Senior Carlos Lopez said.
Although some may want to be the CEO of Microsoft, they don’t reach this level of success at this age. Students often hate their jobs and only are there financially.
After asking the question “What do you like about your job?” fellow Morton East senior student Jimmy Aguirre’s response was short and sweet.
“The pay,” Jimmy Aguirre said.
Now, obviously everyone has a job for the pay, but we wanted to know exactly what students were earning.
“I earn $11.00 an hour and it is not enough for the work I do,” said fellow Morton East junior Josh Nieves.
Many students believe $11 an hour is not enough for the job they are doing, however, there are many other students who do harder work then they are doing and get paid less than $11.
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Edgar • Jan 10, 2020 at 12:25 pm
This is article is very interesting because most students I know work either retail or fast food. Typically the pay in fast food is better, but it comes with its consequences. Retail has its benefits too but not the same amount in pay as say McDonalds.
Yessenia Guzman • Jan 10, 2020 at 7:29 am
I agree with the students talking about the pay not being enough for what they are doing. I work at the movie theater and love the people and the job itself, it makes dealing with customers alot easier.
Henry Becerra • Jan 10, 2020 at 7:18 am
Frankfother, the topics spoken about in this article are true and do reflect how many employers decide to take advantage of inexperienced students who just want to start earning for themselves, but I do agree that the $11 is a fair price for a beginners pay and have not earned the time and reliability to go up the ranks and get better pay.
Henry Becerra • Jan 10, 2020 at 7:11 am
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angie abarca • Jan 9, 2020 at 12:58 pm
i am currently unemployed as a student, but i have worked in a restaurant that was constantly busy and in progress. i was getting paid 11 an hour and the type of restaurant it was o had to constantly keep up with its work. for example, cleaning and making sure your orders are correct, sometimes i ran outside to give an order to a customer. dealing with an ignorant customer isnt easy, but some mey think you should get paid more for dealing with them.. in imy opinion, they come and go. they are a part of life, you go through it and learn how to handle it. its not something you should be earning off of.
Nestor • Jan 8, 2020 at 10:28 am
Frankfather I like how the article was written is allowed for an easy read from start to end. I believe that $11 per hour is a good pay considering we are still in school and from personal experience $11 is more from what I got payed.
Melissa Muniz • Jan 7, 2020 at 2:01 pm
Frankfother you guys forgot to add a comma in this quote “What do you like about your job?”
Flavio Rivera • Jan 7, 2020 at 2:00 pm
Reason why many students dont get a “CEO” job is because it takes more than applying on a piece of paper. I think a resturant or minimal wage job is perfect for students only because it shows how much hard work it takes. Also it could motivate studdents to stay in school so that they can get a higher education to get a job that pays well. Then they wouldnt have to be in a crappy resturant or retail job for the rest of their lives.
Victoria Solis • Jan 7, 2020 at 1:57 pm
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Great article, I really like how you guys asked the students you interviewed what job they rather have. I also believe that $11 pay is not enough for how hard they work.
Christopher Montes • Jan 7, 2020 at 1:57 pm
Frankfother, This article goes straight to the point and it does show why most students want a job at a young age but not all students will like their work place.
Luzedith Ornelas • Jan 7, 2020 at 1:49 pm
Frankfother- These jobs do have a miserable pay for all the extra work you have to do. They don’t appreciate all the effort we put into the job when we should be getting pay more.
Daniela • Jan 7, 2020 at 1:00 pm
Frankfother, I agree with this article and I think there’s a lot of valid points made about the food job industry. Fast food restaurants often don’t pay enough for people to be dealing with half of the mistreatment workers have to deal with .
Raul • Jan 7, 2020 at 12:52 pm
Raul- I think this was an amazing article, well written and explained, should get extra points!
Berenice • Jan 7, 2020 at 11:07 am
Frankfother. I agree with the ones that say they don’t get payed enough because I also work a job where I don’t think I get payed enough. Some jobs also don’t understand that you’re a student.
Karissa Coss • Jan 7, 2020 at 10:14 am
Although i do agree, at the end of the day people are unpredictable. No job title is going include something like “rude customers will be your responsibilty to handle”. It should be obvious that when working in customer service, you will get some ill-mannered people.
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Daniel Ramirez • Jan 7, 2020 at 9:59 am
I can relate to this because i work at a restaurant and i only get paid $9.50 which is barely enough. during break i work usually about 35 hours a week and with my wage so low its barely enough to help with the necessities i need even though i do a lot at my job such as host, serve, and bus tables.
Adriana Sanchez • Dec 12, 2019 at 1:29 pm
I agree with the students because these jobs often don’t pay enough for the workers to be dealing with rude customers or to do all of the extra work that isn’t included in the job description.