/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6753427

i make $16 plus tips as a line cook, so it's not like i make no money. i'm pretty good and i work in a nice restaurant, so it's quite competitive. you can't be a burnout drug addict when you get to the higher tiers of the industry.

i'm not sure how unionizing would work, either. there's definitely no bargaining and like you said, because it accepts people who have fucked up and can't really work elsewhere you are easily replaced.

the turnover in restaurants is ridiculous.

i may be biased, but i'd say it's definitely skilled labor. pic related is what my old boss back in cinci just posted to give you an idea of the caliber of food i'm talking about. idk how somebody could say there isn't a pretty steep learning curve to get to that level to be able to conceptualize something like that.