What job should I take. Office Cleaning or Restaurant Busser

The Office cleaning pays a solid $9/hr and the busser job makes $6.55/hr plus tips (this restaurant isnt a major chain) I want to make the most money but I dont know if the busser job will pay more than 9
What job should I take. Office Cleaning or Restaurant Busser
I've been a commercial cleaner for years. The pay rate you've been offered is good, not great. The bonus to cleaning is there is limited if any supervision and no jerky customers to deal with. Also you know it's $9 for every hour you work, you may have a great night bussing tables one night and make only a little over the hourly rate the next. Being the newbie you may not even get the good shifts. I enjoy working by myself and being accountable for what I DO. If you'd really like to try bussing but the $ makes you nervous, try talking to other people in the same job or ask a waitress, usually bussers get a cut of their tips. Keep in mind you will only get a piece of what they say they made, not necessarily what they ACTUALLY made. Good luck :)Trudi
Reply:$9 gives you predictability for paychecks week to week. You can have the reliability.





The busser job... can you move up to waiting tables or working behind the bar (assuming there is a bar)? What's your take on the waitstaff's tips? How well does the place do on weekends (that's where your money is at!)?





If you like people and fun the busser job might give you more enjoyment, but the hours might suck and you will smell. There's also heavy lifting. If you like the restaurant biz at all, go for it, because you could end up in the kitchen, behind the bar, meet really interesting people in the waitstaff. Restaurant folks are pretty awesome.





The office cleaning job.... I assume will be pretty solitary, not as much fun, and no free grub.





Weigh your options, but it depends the type of personality you have. Be honest with yourself.
Reply:If the place you are going to bus at isn't a chain or high end restaurant I doubt you will get much in the way of tips. You are pretty far down


the tipping line. I would stick with the 9.00 an hour office cleaning


job.