Well, 60 years ago I started in Food & Beverage at $.75 cents an hour. Have been in in and out of the restaurant trade for years because got a free meal or two on a shift, made descent coin from tips and wages and could surf most every day.
As a carpenters helper / laborer when I first got in $15.00 an hour and I worked my azz off but did my job and eventually got a raise to $20.00 an hour and most of my jobs were Cash, paid every Friday. $800.00 a week, cash in the pocket. Got to $25.00 an hour, $1000.00 a week. Don't find cash jobs too often. You need to be frugal, have a goal down the line & save your $$$'s.
Have done environmental work removing underground fuel storage tanks and under ground fuel lines. Rebuilding gas stations, installing fuel tanks and taking over a station and running it.
I've been a jack of all trades kinda person, have been able to travel and live in a couple of exotic places and found work within the food and beverage industry. Certainly not a big pay day, but having job and a pay check every other week is really saying that you're willing to work, be capable and to mesh into the working environment of what your employer requires from you.
Do your job, be consistent, get along with your fellow employees, be nice to folks in your daily activities and small things will come to you and aid you in your down the line goal.
Always knew that I could get a job in food and bev ..... Anywhere. I've been a dishwasher to a general manager. People got to eat, drink and be served. If you're good with the general public, can take the BS that is sometimes handed out & can still move on because you have a goal, then it might be for you. But with any job or task at hand, you have to work at it, be good at what you do and get along with your fellow workers and ... just be nice to folks and yourself ... Patience and hard work to achieve your goal .... and free time to surf.