• Zirconium@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I work at the most expensive restaurant in my town, FOH workers are paid $2.13 (regardless of tips) and servers have to tip out 30% to assistants and bar. If everybody stopped tipping one day then some of them will literally not even have the money to buy gas to go home.

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      15 hours ago

      An expensive restaurant pays $2/hr and we think people tipping/not tipping is the problem?!

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      16 hours ago

      Usually if you make under the federal minimum wage they’ll bump you up to minimum wage for the shift. I know my restaurant does. But yeah thats still nothing

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        15 hours ago

        Our job does not apparently, asked my sous chef about it when I learned and he doesn’t understand if it’s legal or what

        • Bio bronk@lemmy.world
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          14 hours ago

          Its illegal, they legally need to compensate you the difference if your tipped wages is under the federal minimum wage.