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Originally Posted by mariners_fever
I did fine dining for six years while I put myself through university.
Working 5 days a week, my best estimate is that I took home $5350 a month.
Bear in mind this is an average given the highs and lows of busy and slow weeks.
Also, at Christmas time it wasn't uncommon to take home $300 in cash every night in tips, and over $500 on the odd night. In the summer time, it's slower for fine dining because most people prefer pubs and patios.
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You're unlikely to get a fine dinning job as a new immigrant. Generally, unless you have a fancy European accent of some kind, you're accent will be a huge detriment to finding that kind of job.
Mostly new immigrants get hired by restaurants within their own community, which proceed to take advantage of them. It's not uncommon for the owners to overwork these people and then take a portion of their tips for themselves.
The $3000 a week is a heavily skewed stat. There are two tiers of waiter jobs. Fine dinning/hot young women, and everyone else. Fine dinning/hot young women probably make $4000+ a month. Everyone else struggles to make $2000/month.
As a male, a bartending gig at a busy place can pay well too. Those are generally hard to get though. They pay well and give you access to lots of booze, women, and connections in the bar industry. So every young guy wants to do that.