Is anyone else tired or banquets?
I live in Los Angeles and when I first moved here I worked many banquet events through temp agencies. I gained experience and I applied for hotels. I got hired by two. Both don't pay much and sadly after working at these places for sometime now, i have to say I am not fond of the environment. Many people in banquets have been there for like 20 years, many don't speak English(no offense but if you are not a Spanish speaker you can feel the exclusion from the group) and they everyone is trying to be a boss.
One of the hotels I work at pays me $21/hr flat rate, they get angry if I am not available to work, when they have a very inconsistent amount of work. They have seen I am physically strong and they always ask me to move hot boxes, queen marry, heavy trays, etc. They don't ask from the other female servers because they are old apparently. 985
Most of the housemen are also old so I am always being asked for heavy stuff. I am being approached by many servers asking me to do this or that at the same time. I see everyone is trying to be a boss but makes me angry.
My other hotel offers gratuity but only 1 paycheck is a 'good' one. It seems other employees who have been there forever take more of a gratuity percentage.
Overall I haven't made that much money out of banquets. Sonetimes it might be weeks with no work. If you tell them you can't come x day, even on-call, they might not schedule you. Makes me wonder how all these senior banquet servers are always available to work, it's never enough to pay the bills. 985