leaving hospitality

[car10002]

hi everyone

will first give a update to what am doing and have done to slowly head in direction of getting out hospitality.

some of you may or may not know about axiom compliance learning, thats a training centre that does test and tag and 3 phase test and tag and plug and socket course (except qld) and they do restricted electrical licenses for non electrical trades that need to do electrical work for their trade and they do fire equipment testing as well.

from axiom compliance learning have enrolled in the plug and socket course and doing it to be able to replace plugs and sockets on cords for people and hoping to find a course to attach cords to appliances and devices that didnt originally have a cord.

also enrolled in the domestic smoke detector testing course to be able to do that for people.

yet to enroll in 3 phase test and tag and the whs side of the normal test and tag.

also doing the bsbesb402 from inscope training and about to do the bsbesb403 through staysafe training to cover the business side.

even though itll only be a side hustle/part time am still going to have to have some training.


second thing is what are the clues that it may be time to get out of hospitality and how would you hang on a little longer (not going to make 20 years wether place is sold by then or not).

most of you may or may not know that the work place is for sale and while it is sad have however accepted that its time for the owner to do it and some of us to try other things.

The hospitality industry is going downhill and it’s not same now and probably won’t be and you dont get much of a life as you're working every weekend and don’t get a lot of time to do stuff or have annual leave and you can’t plan ahead as you never know if you’ll get called in or taken away from your things and been doing it 14 years as you know.

And want to get out and into something that has less weekends if at all and more of a life and scheduled days and no concern of being taken away on your days off especially if you just don't feel like coming in and being able to plan ahead.

Do you think the cafe ever sell or is it up to you to give notice before your 20 years is up, been wanting to get out and into something with uninterrupted lunch breaks and no concern of being called in or taken away on days off especially if you have plans or just don't feel like going in and being able to plan ahead as am tired of living like that.

Can understand why people left and caused the shortage and think it’s a bit of everything.

Some reasons am able to think of is

1. people had to try other things to get money while food industry was closed or could only do take away and realised they can earn the same money without working split shifts and long hours and weekends (at least not every weekend) for similar money and have a better quality of life.

2. hospitality had the extra requirements for a bit and had to enforce them and people just got tired and couldn’t cope and had enough.

3. Workers got abused because they did their job of making sure masks and sign in and vaccinations happened.

4. risk of getting coronavirus.

5. People like me that did over 10 years used the lockdown as a chance to get out.

6. People approaching retirement age may have decided to retire earlier amd didn’t see point of going back for 2 more years before they were able to get age pension.

7. May be bit of everything.


It’d be nice to be in something that works closer to normal business hours And looking forward to that day where am in a industry that am not doing every weekend and being able to plan ahead and no concern of being called in or interrupted and wonder if that day will ever come and how you make it come.

The local special event that happens every 2 years that’s happening this year could be last one in the food side before it happens again in 2 years if am still doing it.

Feeling that it is time and trying to make do until place sells possibly sooner depending how long it takes.

everyone is different to what they experience to know it’s time but you’ll know when it’s time.

How come younger generations quit twice as often as older generations did.

Would have done it 3 years ago if it wasn’t for everyone there.

is it the business that counts or the owner that counts as to how long you should try and stay on a job, for example is it ok to leave soon as handover happens as you worked at place for 14 years so far or should you try and stay with new people for a certain time even though you did it a long time.

also most of you know that you can work part time on a pension and can earn so much but income must be reported, when having your own part time business is there additional problems reporting or is it just the same where you must report income each fortnight like when you work for someone.

apologies for long post and questions of if most has been asked before, just trying to get stuff together as place could sell at anytime and dont plan to stay when it sells possibly sooner depending on how long it takes