The server hourly wage here in Az is 3 bucks. Minimum wage for the other employees is 12.15, so a waitress has to average 9.15 an hour in tips to make up for it. Of course they might do better if the restaurant is popular.
Also taking all the tips and dividing equally with all employees is a bullchit move unless the waitress is making 12.15 plus tips.
Kent
Tip pooling is a hot topic in restaurants. Federal law allows it to be required, some states do not. Most exclude managers or owners from taking any part of it.
Tip pooling is socialism and just like socialism, it removes most of the incentive to be exceptional.
I agree. It's horsechit.
I'd rather work where I was paid a straight sales commission. You sell $1000 In a shift, you are paid out a pre-agreed %. Same in a kitchen. You plate up $8000 in food, you get a %.
Good shifts and sections should be competed for.
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