What bar and event staff actually take home
Every figure on this page is what you take home — your earnings after our fee, not the price the customer pays.
On BOB O JOB, bar, waiting and event-crew work typically takes home £15.30–£25.50 per hour, and you see the exact amount on every shift before you accept it. Shifts are priced as whole jobs — a party, a function, a pop-up — with the times and headcount in the description, so you know what an evening is worth before you commit to it.
Evenings and weekends are the job
Events work runs when other work doesn't: weekday evenings, Fridays, weekends. That makes it the classic second income — students, nine-to-fivers topping up, and hospitality people filling gaps between other shifts all work this category.
What a shift looks like
Setup before guests arrive, service while it runs, clear-down after. Some bookings are one role — bar only, waiting only — and some want an extra pair of hands across all of it. The description says which; ask in the app before you accept if anything's unclear.
One-off shifts become repeat venues
A host who books you for one party can book you for the next one. Turn up on time, dress the part and work the room, and the review that follows is what wins you the busier, better-paid weekends.
Certificates help, but aren't the door
Reliability gets you waiting and crew shifts; where a booking needs specific experience — like bar work — say so on your profile and upload any certificates for our team to review. The customer's card is authorised before you travel, so the money is reserved up front and there's no invoice to chase. Earnings are released when the customer confirms, or about 4 hours after you finish, then paid out on Stripe’s standard schedule.
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