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0 pointsconductr11mo ago0 comments

Servers are typically loving the current state because they frequently make way more than minimum wage(after tips). They all know they’d make the equivalent of back of house/fast food wages if the employer was paying it in full.

Despite this the general attitude is such that most people are cheap for anything less than ~20%, I’ve heard that even the servers running the take out stand expect these types of tips. The sense of entitlement is crazy, it’s such a low skill job and I’m so rarely actually impressed by the service or even attention I receive (there’s a general/generational degradation of all service that’s occurred in past say 15-20 years).

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rocqua11mo ago

Yes, for some people the current situation works great.

But for plenty of others, the current situation sees them being exploited and payed less than minimum wage. It isnt a rare few either. I'm not okay with a situation where a large group is being exploited below the poverty line, just because it works out better for another large group.

amrocha11mo ago

Nobody gets paid less than minimum wage. The employer needs to make up that difference if tips don’t cover it.

conductrOP11mo ago

Agree. I think this is nearly an imaginary problem. Although plenty of crappy restaurant owners and the economics of the industry make scamming employees an occasional occurrence. Thankfully all those employees usually have the ability to pick up a new job anytime anywhere. So, it’s not like we have a perpetually entrapped underclass of people getting paid peanuts and being exploited

rocqua11mo ago

And all employees know of those rights, and all employers freely give them?

Personally, I don't believe that at all. I do conceed that, if this were the case, things would be fine.

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janalsncm11mo ago

I think they are saying that employers are breaking the law.

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