I have been a chef for ten years now. I briefly worked as a server and it was so much easier and pid so much better. I am sick of the long hours and bad pay and 6 day work weeks. I don’t even enjoy cooking anymore. I want to do something else, but not only do I not know how to, but I am on a work visa and am required to do this.
I moved from America to Ireland to be with my boyfriend since he cannot get a US visa for another 18 months or so. The only way to get approved was by taking a special skills job and having a degree in it- so cheffing. I think I wouldnt mind it as much if I was still getting paid $25 an hour to work 10 hour days in a six day period, but Im am getting paid 14 Euro because thats just how it is. I want to do anything else but literally cannot, and I do not want to move back to the US (for multiple reasons). I dont know what to do anymore and I miss making money, and I hate my profession, and I cant even switch to a different one. Just needed to vent.