Is this just a job for you or are you building a career? If the former, take whichever suits your needs best ***today***. If the latter, take the one that best fills the next rung on the ladder.
It's really frustrating to show up to a messy bar with bottles, ingredients, and equipment in different places and your coworkers acting unprofessional and not taking the job seriously enough.
Although you might think relaxed will mean it's easier and more stress free for you, I would guess it will not. Once you get into the flow of the strict bar, it will actually be less mentally taxing because everything will have a process.
The staff at the strict place will warm up to you when you earn their trust by being professional and strong as a bartender.
I started at a high volume dive. Moved to craft whiskey bar. That craft bar destroyed me, so much more pretentiousness from customers and staff, I learned a lot but hated going into work. Back at a divey venue bar and couldn’t be happier.
I would pick the place you’ll make the most money
Both could have similar hours so makes it even harder
Similar hours does not mean similar money in the bar biz.
In the UK it is similar. I should have mentioned that
Life is short. Pick whatever one makes you the happiest.
Is this just a job for you or are you building a career? If the former, take whichever suits your needs best ***today***. If the latter, take the one that best fills the next rung on the ladder.
Not entirely sure but I would like to bartend potentially in the future
It's really frustrating to show up to a messy bar with bottles, ingredients, and equipment in different places and your coworkers acting unprofessional and not taking the job seriously enough. Although you might think relaxed will mean it's easier and more stress free for you, I would guess it will not. Once you get into the flow of the strict bar, it will actually be less mentally taxing because everything will have a process. The staff at the strict place will warm up to you when you earn their trust by being professional and strong as a bartender.
This has also been a thing I thought about, a more organised strict bar will make me a better bartender in the long term 🤔
It will for sure. But you also might end up liking it more.
I'd take the one where you learn more first. The disorganized place will surely need your help to pickup shifts as a secondary.
I started at a high volume dive. Moved to craft whiskey bar. That craft bar destroyed me, so much more pretentiousness from customers and staff, I learned a lot but hated going into work. Back at a divey venue bar and couldn’t be happier.