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How much you make

SauI_Goodman posted...

How much you make

$22/hour, I think. I'm not entirely sure. They direct deposit my paycheck, but the site they use for pay stubs stopped accepting my password months back so I haven't been able to see them. I just kinda take it on faith that they're giving me the proper amount.

Anony1125 posted...

$22/hour, I think. I'm not entirely sure. They direct deposit my paycheck, but the site they use for pay stubs stopped accepting my password months back so I haven't been able to see them. I just kinda take it on faith that they're giving me the proper amount.

Dang that's good for dishwashing. Don't got to deal with any customers or nonse se, you can just do your thing.

Have you played either of The Dishwasher games?

MartavisBryant posted...

Have you played either of The Dishwasher games?

Dishwasher vampire smile sounds badass.

Do you wear gloves when washing dishes?

Have they threatened to replace you with a machine?

your thoughts on ramekins? i heard you can make 30/hr dishwashing at high volume casinos

What soap do you use?

Dishwashing is one of my dream careers but heard it can be hard to get into. Do most places look for college degrees in hospitality and some years of experience?

Don't sell yourself short. You're an Underwater Ceramics Technician. Put some respect on the name.

IS there some type of a cleaning solution your store uses that has blue in the name ?

Anony1125 posted...

$22/hour, I think.

That's $1 more than I'm making as an IT support tech...

MartavisBryant posted...

Have you played either of The Dishwasher games?

No, I had never heard of it. I'm not a fan of that horror kinda aesthetic though, it gives me nightmares ever since The Last Unicorn as a kid.

sutree posted...

Do you wear gloves when washing dishes?

No. If my hands don't get a good battering, what was the point?

creativerealms posted...

Have they threatened to replace you with a machine?

Actually I work in conjunction with a machine, in perfect symbiosis. The way it ought to be.

PraxagoraKassan posted...

your thoughts on ramekins? i heard you can make 30/hr dishwashing at high volume casinos

They use these tiny little 1 oz ramekins full of of an herb oil for bread that you have to wipe out individually because the oil will linger through the dishwasher. Pretty annoying. Also hate the pans and broiler plates that you have to rip at with steel wool because stuff is burned into them. Years ago I knew another sorta eccentric guy named Dishwasher Danny who hitchhiked around and wanted to do dishes in all 50 US states. He talked about working a casino job as the only dishwasher. Said he made great money but it was hell -- he could only do it for a couple weeks and this was a lifelong dishwasher. I'm not sure I would be keen on that.

ProfessorKukui posted...

What soap do you use?

Some weird pink shit called Noble. Probably cheaper than Dawn. Restaurants gotta save money always, at all times.

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Be a long-distance runner. It's very helpful having tons of energy when you've gotta do 11-12k steps per shift, and people don't question how much you're actually doing if they see you moving around quickly and confidently.

RISEofCHRISTIAN posted...

Dishwashing is one of my dream careers but heard it can be hard to get into. Do most places look for college degrees in hospitality and some years of experience?

No, actually I needed surprisingly little in the way of qualifications. I assume it was because of my winning personality, I don't know if the experience is replicable by another.

Citrik posted...

Don't sell yourself short. You're an Underwater Ceramics Technician. Put some respect on the name.

They can call me That Idiot, as long as I get the money. I want to retire by age 50, I've got places to go.

cjsdowg posted...

IS there some type of a cleaning solution your store uses that has blue in the name ?

Not that I know of. I've used orange and purple degreasers, but no blue degreaser yet.

Solar_Crimson posted...

That's $1 more than I'm making as an IT support tech...

I'm sorry. But in the end, don't we really work for the satisfaction of a job well done? Who needs money.

At my job I help wit da dishes after da pizzas are made, as dere are a metric fuck ton of dem. We put da dishes in a rack and push dem through da machine.

mustachedmystic posted...

At my job I help wit da dishes after da pizzas are made, as dere are a metric fuck ton of dem. We put da dishes in a rack and push dem through da machine.

Can you like not type like that

What's your average DWPM (dishes washed per minute)?

GRlFFITH posted...

What's your average DWPM (dishes washed per minute)?

Hard to say, the dishwashing stat sites use different methodologies. I'm a proponent of wDWPM+ which normalizes the data, adjusting for the various dishwashing setups, feeds, capacities, and distance to put the dishes away. It scales you to an average of 100. This past month I've been around a 120 (20% better than average), but I feel like I have the potential to push it even higher.