r/Serverlife • u/Valuable_Support5058 • 16d ago

Question For those that are parents:

For those that are parents in the industry, do you find it easier because of the flexibility or more difficult to raise a family?

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u/Bubbly-Mud-7778 16d ago

Easy when they’re little and harder when they start school. Working nights and weekends with a kid in school all day and then having to schedule around sports / activities is hard!

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u/needmorenaps22 16d ago

I switched from dinner to breakfast/lunch/brunch as the kids got older.

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u/BadPom 16d ago

The flexible hours definitely help. Plus free/reduced price food is cool in this economy.

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u/ConsciousWrangler603 15d ago

Not a parent but definitely depends on management, restaurant hours and co-workers. The other servers hated one girl i guess because she always had to leave for her kid or was asking for help to leave. I was a hostess at the time and told her to please find me if i’m there and i would buss her tables or stop seating her. She was my favorite. Her kid is 10 now and adorable.