Student Job: Dish Washer at a Restaurant 🍽

What's it like to have a job at a restaurant as a dishwasher? We've got all the gritty details of what it's really like to have a job in the food industry at a restaurant. From the endless piles of dirty dishes, to minimum wage, to getting free meals.

[@crisptomato9495]

Don’t let this mislead you, any, ANY job in food service will have you busting your ass ten ways to Sunday, covered in sweat and nastiness while you either multitask at the speed of light or desperately try to look busy because there’s no customers and if the managers catch you with nothing to do they’ll give you a task that’s way worse than anything you could’ve come up with on your own. And I like my job and the people there, it’s a thousand times harder if your coworkers/managers/customers are jerks. Expect to bend over backwards for fairly low pay.

[@scottvelez3154]

As a dishwasher myself I gotta say it beats being a server. I don't like people so being in a dish pit and dealing with dirty plates and pans is way better than dealing with customers.

[@mariahconklin4150]

Not me my job is so chill cause I work by myself 😂 but damn do I get mad sometimes when the chefs just pile them up however way they want them to bastards 😂

[@mariahconklin4150]

@@scottvelez3154exactly! I wanted to be a busser but ended up getting a dishwasher job lol and it seems like my best bet is a dishwasher job 😂

[@mariahconklin4150]

That’s what happened to me I work at a college dishwashing and the students left for thanksgiving most of them so it wasn’t busy but boy I was getting so many clean dishes to clean off the shelves that were all dusty. 😂 I had to clean the grills and all the chefs were complaining that they had to clean it’s so fing hard to clean the damn grills damn

[@yoloswagprobro8227]

Pretty lucky with management for me, I would literally just chill on my phone when nothing was going on and they were fine with it 😅

[@OrangeCounty92]

As a dishwasher for 8 years. Only nasty thing is taking out the trash at the end of the night. Or taking out trash in a rainy night and you see maggots as you open the dumpster.😂

[@fancyclown6863]

One of my worst mistakes was not paying attention while grabbing the trash right after it rained. So trash water drenched my socks and shoes. I then had to spend the next 2 hours finishing then closing.

[@DarknetDude]

Imagine working with soft, liquefied, rotting food, slippery conditions and things almost always smell like sewage. It’s one of the worst jobs in the world.

[@logan-vq3dm]

you get used to the smell pretty quickly tbh and the smell is by far not the worst part lol

[@xochxrry6857]

It’s not that bad as long as you can’t smell well

[@alexbowler9728]

Only slippery if you got the wrong shoes for the job or if your shoes are worn out

[@scottvelez3154]

There are worse jobs out there. I'm a dishwasher for a boat company, we may have 300+ people on any given day, almost everyday in the summer. Could be worse though.

[@wheeljackx3]

The smell used to make my stomach turn, but after 7 months I got used to it.

[@ParkFPS]

Pretty different for every restaurant. I work in a three way restaurant where basically I’m dishwashing for three different kitchen. One of the restaurants is sushi so I smell like fish after work.

[@youtubefireworks]

Sounds brutal,I used to cook and dishwash,ain't not a damn soul out work me in the kitchen. Fine dining is ROUGH as the prep dishes will have you hit the floor running!!!

[@yoloswagprobro8227]

I hate cleaning the dishes with ig you guys call it sashimi, but they’re the absolute worst when it’s all like dried and hardened and stuck on it. It doesn’t even come off easy after soaking and scrubbing it with the abrasive 😂

[@KrutGemByte]

Watching this cause I'm about to be a dishwasher for my first job. I get 17 cad per hour

[@KrutGemByte]

Just did my first week and holy its busy everyday cause its a hotel and restaurant and a bar at the same time. And I have to wash everything.

[@skaelyhd6524]

Same, anything I should look out for?

[@yafetadhanom7535]

@@KrutGemByteI’m also about to be a dishwasher for my first job, anything I should know before I start?

[@KrutGemByte]

@@yafetadhanom7535 AlI gotta say is that if your feet hurts for standing, you’re gonna have a tough time. Also make sure to do the big ones first, like pots and trays so you have space. Also make sure to check your chemicals, because if they run out, the dishes are not gonna be clean and they will return it to you. Also make sure no straws and sticks get in the drain because its gonna clog. I’m only part time but I just worked 5 days straight and my feet hurts a lot, now I have no work for a week lol. Also be prepared for sundays because its usually the busiest day for restaurants.

[@PaytonConway-f9w]

Nahhh bro this is definitely non chalant. I work as a Chili's dishwasher and I've stayed from 4 pm to 3 am twice on super busy days. Typically you get out around 1:30 or 2 am so just the faster you are the quicker you can leave

[@semyjayy1843]

Exactly

[@ItsJustJay737]

Ahh yes. Unlimited access to the soda fountain

[@yoloswagprobro8227]

Lmao true tho

[@wheeljackx3]

I only drink lemon water xD sometimes I will go for sprite with lemons though

[@JonathanSteadman2003]

Oh you get free soda. At my place you must pay for it yourself and as in video you get free food. I cant have food working and still need to pay. The waitress and waiter all gets free food 😂😂😂. But I don't eat that much so it does not really matter. 😂

[@legoproductionsslinger]

The only disgusting thing about this job is the way the chefs treat there kps.

[@josephhaug4642]

BEING A DISHWASHER IS SOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKINNNNNN AWFUL I SWEARRR but also chill cause you sometimes get free food 😅

[@Mister_Soyuz_on_YT]

Dishwasher is the worst. Only old age people take those jobs. If you're 18 through 40 don't apply.

[@jimkasprak9070]

Old age people can’t deal with it 😂 this job is very demanding

[@PickledSoupz]

I work 5 to 1am at 14

[@yoloswagprobro8227]

Yikes mate 😬 it’s the job, but I’m sure you have plenty of time to find a better job 😅

[@nathanaeljoubert7704]

I am the only one to be shocked to heard that a 13 yo work in a bakery ???

[@tsuyoshishimokata8950]

I hate being the dishy…

[@Rickles37]

60 helping in a pit for the first time.. Love the staff and keeps me from rusting up lol

[@ShiggyMomo]

Don't let this fool you, depending on the place you work at, this can turn into a 12 - 14 hour job

[@Paopao621]

Yup, mines broken time shift . Even if you get paid for 8 hours you still need to be present at the workspace for 12 hours. I'm currently working at a mall and we stay for 12 hours but only work and get payed for 8, no overtime pay because we get 4 hour breaks in total, I'd say it's not that bad because we get to take a nap.

[@RobertArlensky]

Spoiled. I did three 12 hour shifts on the weekends during my undergrad. No overtime and only one free meal. Not to mention, we had a full house on weekends and an understaffed back of the house. My ex boss died of an aneurysm.

[@Brxwn9]

They’re spoiled? Mf you’re malnutritioned tf y mean

[@alexbowler9728]

That breeze from outside or the walk in freezer was the best some how the restaurant I worked at the dish pit got hotter than the cooking area

[@nocturnalwolf7559]

I DO NOT miss working as a dishwasher

[@talikwilliams2070]

Everything she said so accurate 😂

[@mariahconklin4150]

I get a free meal to it’s awesome 😂

[@AimeeH-wh4vy]

Wait your guys minimum wage is 15.50 are student wage is like 20 I think are minimum wage is like 25 ish I think? But around that number.

[@mr.monkey9935]

25????

[@AimeeH-wh4vy]

@@mr.monkey9935 yea around that =) and whoops I ment min for adults bot students

[@robertsitch1415]

You're likely European. Ontario's 😂minimum wage is 16.55, which is one of the highest in North America.

[@AimeeH-wh4vy]

@@robertsitch1415 omg really that's so low!

[@robertsitch1415]

@AimeeH-wh4vy I guess that fuel and housing being historically way cheaper in the new world are likely why minimum wage has generally been well below Western Europe. Restaurants rarely pay experienced chefs over $25 unless it's a premium gourmet restaurant.

[@tonyajones1463]

Ive been a dishwasher for over 10 years but i have done other jibs as well. I just got off my job and in dying. Doesnt help im almost 30 years old

[@MahtiGC]

did you say $14.15cad an hour? no disrespect but that’s quite low, isn’t it. in aud that’s $16. these jobs go for $26 to $32aud here.

[@smoothcriminal7232]

I need advise here, how's the interview for this job?

[@LeoDarden-dc1ph]

Girl you are beautiful 😍❤️😍

[@VictorHuang-qz9kv]

I remember this job

[@Froggy-d2i]

13 year olds should not be working 💀

[@majorfaghot4158..]

have you never been poor before? we gotta work or our family won't have food.

[@liamnyren7627]

and why is that?

[@juliuscaesart]

Manitoba. Home of the moose.

[@nightcoreeclub]

if you’re dishwashing for less than $20/hr you’re a dork

[@anufoalan]

If you are expecting most businesses to pay their dishwasher as much as trained professional your a moron, also note that this is I for from a 13 year old in Manitoba, or did you not watch to the end of the short?

[@plothora]

bro she’s 13, let her earn some money damn

[@Commie62]

FACTZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bro!

[@Dr.JagCobra]

Dishwashers don’t have that choice your the dork. It’s not a well-paying job

[@alex4088]

Damn ima start my part time for 20 n hr kinds worth it

[@mirjana5514]

i work 7 hours a day and get paid 4 euro per hour

[@GoodBlessings420]

19$/hr for me still not worth it

[@mirjana5514]

@@GoodBlessings420 found out it was an unpaid internship, i made no money at all

[@GoodBlessings420]

@@mirjana5514 bruh

[@Buydaa.M]

forget the wage rate working long hours is what it kills you

[@UPN277]

@@mirjana5514 Must suck that it was a unpaid intership. I did the same :>, but it was required for school in total I made 25-26 hours in a week :/ for free it sucks