What was your shift? Graveyard? Morning? Thing is, I interviewed at 2 high end hotels. 1 hired me after the first interview. The other gave me 3 interviews and I still didn't get the job (which is the one I really wanted). The staff there seemed way cooler.
When I started out as a bellman, I worked 2-10pm most days. After a year the bell captain got fired, so I stepped up to the plate and they offered me his position. Was sweet because I made my own schedule then, picked who i wanted to work with, got a decent salary plus I still made the tips.
I would always work the busiest shifts because this meant the most money.
Best days to work: Thursday-Monday.
Tues/wed we're always the slowest, consistently. So this would be my "weekend."
Best hours: 2-10pm shift.
Evening shift always cleaned up the best. There's a decent morning rush at a busy hotel, but nobody wants to tip well first thing in the am. Evening is also when more entertainment/fun type events are happening, which means people are more likely to tip. For the most part during the day, business people who are at a hotel for a work function are less likely to be big tippers.
Worst shift: graveyard
Don't count on doing much between 2-5am except napping in the Bell Closet.
I could never find decent employees to work the graveyard shift. It was always the fuckin weirdos who were available during those hours, and they usually only lasted a few months before I fired them for fucking something up.
Good luck!
