Former Restaurant Workers Are Sharing Why They Left The Industry, And Dear Lord, This Is Important
“When everything shut down during COVID-19, I realized how much the place destroyed my mental health.”
I worked back-of-house for almost 10 years. I realized working 60+ hour weeks with no sick days, no benefits, zero breaks, and missing every single family holiday just wasn’t worth the measly check that restaurants provide. Once I left, it was almost scary how it felt to work at a job that actually treated me like a human being.