<p>I have been working at a movie theater for two years now which I loved in the beginning. The place has lost good managers and hired idiots, it's rubbish now. Besides, I never got a raise in all my time and I started out at $6.50 . I want a new job for weekends and then for this summer. Anybody got any good ideas? Particularly for places that pay around $7.00 to start. I am 18 now, so that's helpful. And also, anything that doesn't involve fast food. Thanks.</p>
<p>I believe Starbucks pays is known for paying lots of money...</p>
<p>Blockbuster.
I cant wait till I turn 18 so I can work there. All I see them do is put some dvds/videos back on the shelves, watch the movie that's on the wall (do they get to choose??), and talk to each other, check dvds out, etc..
Plus, in the winter, it's really nice and warm and cosy in there. When it's hot, they ahve nice air conditioner things going on.</p>
<p>Tutoring is great! Easiest job I've ever had. I get $20 an hour for just sitting there and helping someone with their homework. </p>
<p>For regular imployment, I hear Score/Kumon are bad places to work. So don't get hired there.</p>
<p>yea private tutoring rocks, and the pay is great.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and with tutoring, you get to make your own hours.</p>
<p>Princeton Review SAT tutoring. It pays $17/hr, and all you need is proof of a high SAT score :).</p>
<p>Tried telemarketing, which paid $12/hr with bonuses if you make sales. However, I got way too busy for the job.</p>
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Princeton Review SAT tutoring. It pays $17/hr, and all you need is proof of a high SAT score .
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<p>What's the definition of "high"? 2100? 2200?</p>
<p>how do u get that Princeton Review job? how old do you have to be, etc?</p>
<p>im in the same situation. i just quit my job at hometown buffet because track season has begun. im going to get another job when track and school ends, but i cant decide. i heard working at a classy restaurant is good because u get a lot of tips. one guy said he gets around $150 dollars in tips a day!</p>
<p>I loved having different jobs when I was in HS. I was a babysitter, tutor, hotel switchboard operator, summer recreation junior leader. salesperson, and clerk/typist. Each job helped me figure out what I did and didn't want in a future career & highlighted my strengths & weaknesses for me. These experiences were worth more than the money I earned (which also came in handy).
So far, my son has been a soccer youth referree (running lines) and last summer volunteered as a teaching assistant. He may be a paid teaching assistant this summer, working to help kids with computers & robotics. He seems to have enjoyed these. He did apply to work at a computer game store (Software, etc.), but they had already hired their summer employees.</p>
<p>I bus tables at a popular local restaurant. It's pretty hard work - you're always doing something and you have to move quickly and it requires some strength to carry heavy trays around. But I'd rather not have a boring job, and it's good money. I don't officially get much per hour, but tips really add up - can make almost $100 on a good Saturday night.</p>
<p>If you are a busboy, how do you get any tips when tips are left for the waitress serving? </p>
<p>Also, has anybody ever worked at a Barnes and Noble? What kind of positions do they have? Do they switch you around when you come in or are you limited to just one position, like say working on the floor?</p>
<p>I have 2-3 high school part timers working for me at any one time. We're a retail pet shop, and I look for kids who want a career in business or animal industries. I start them as juniors (I insist they be 16), and the good ones stay through senior year and come back on college vacations. I expect them to commit to 1-2 afternoons and 1 weekend day and learn everything I can teach them about running the pet shop. We work hard, but they make good money, and they can move up to assistant manager if they are smart and hard working.</p>
<p>Some of my 'alumni' are prevet majors at ivy schools, zoo science majors at other schools, education majors, business majors etc.</p>
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If you are a busboy, how do you get any tips when tips are left for the waitress serving?
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Some restaurants have a policy of sharing tips with busboys. A waiter/waitress will tally tips earned during the shift and then tip the busboys 10-15%. So, that a waiter who earned $150 in tips would tip the busboys on his shift $15-$25.</p>
<p>Depending on how many waiters and busboys are working the dinner shift at a high-tipping restaurant, everyone involved can be well-compensated. I've even seen waiters with REAL CLASS tip the person who takes the customer reservation and seats the party, especially if she seats a high-tipping party in a waiter's section.</p>
<p>And then there are those waiters who are greedy and selfish, who never share their tips with anyone.</p>
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<p>This is my 1,000th post. I could use a tip!
Or better yet, take me out to dinner...seriously!</p>
<p>mwbashful18: I was a busboy and I got up to $100+ on Friday and Saturday nights. The waiters are required to "tip out" meaning they must give the busboys in their section a certain percentage of the tips they receive. So I ended up making more than $10/hr including tips. But the waiters can make up to like $25/hr. But it really depends on the restaurants - if it serves alcohol, if the food is expensive, etc. </p>
<p>But a job that I highly recommend if you're a guy is working for UPS or FedEx. You can go to the shipping dock and all you do is move heavy boxes onto trucks and stuff. You can get paid up to $15/hr for doing this and you get to work outside and you get pretty big arms :D</p>
<p>selling drugs </p>
<p>jk, but seriosuly...</p>
<p>ameer mentioned Hometown Buffet. I always leave a good tip there because their bus people/table cleaners work hard and don't get many tips.</p>
<p>I hate going to a restaurant with a mandatory tip policy for group reservations, because the servers automatically get 18-20% even when their service is poor!</p>
<p>I will tip sandwich makers at Togo's and Subway well, because they work hard and have to deal with some real idiot customers. Sorry, I am not a Quiznos fan, because their sandwich makers are among the unfriendliest people I have ever encountered!</p>
<p>rohirrim, how old must you be to work at UPS or FedEx?</p>