Working as a bartender can be a very great and rewarding career, especially for those men and women who enjoy social atmosphere and relaxing environment. Bartenders who are very experienced can get employed in many different establishments especially restaurants, nightclubs, special events and banquets, and they most definitely work in different casinos. The salary of a bartender is extremely different depending on where they are employed because it all depends on factors such as the location, their customers, and their employers.As a customer service bartender you will be responsible for being in direct contact with customers where you will be preparing and serving drinks right in front of them. As a customer service bartender you will be delivering a check to your customers and also making sure that you collect payment from them before they leave. Customer service bartenders usually working private owned nightclubs, they work in taverns, they working restaurants and can also find them working for corporate franchise restaurants such as Red Lobster or Olive Garden. Employed customer service bartenders usually earned anywhere from $6-$10 per hour not including tips.
Bartenders who are in wait service usually perform the same task that customer service bartenders do, and there is little difference between the two. As a wait bartender, you will not be working very closely with customers so you won't be receiving the kind of tips that customer service bartenders receive. Working at this kind of bartending you will be preparing drinks so that waiters and waitresses can take them to customers. The great difference between customer service bartenders and wait bartenders is the fact that wait service bartenders are paid more on a hourly basis.
As a bartender you can most definitely expect to be getting tips from customers without even having to ask, and there are many reasons why they will give you tips. There is no certain reason why you will get a tip, and just about 20% of the salary for bartender comes completely from tips. Even as a wait service bartender you could be getting tips based on getting paid percentage from the customers you serve.
If you are bartender in a independently owned bar, lounge or restaurant you probably won't be getting a lot of benefits. If you are a full-time bartender working for a corporate chain such as Red Lobster or Applebee’s then you can most definitely expect to receive benefits. Bartenders are getting medical benefits including dental and vision coverage, but just about 80% of bartenders who work in the United States receive no benefits whatsoever.
