Originally Posted by
CMK10
It's a generic chain restaurant. I work hard as do most of my colleagues, at least the ones who are paying their way through college do. I haven't seen situations where they haven't worked hard, frankly. In North Carolina tip outs are legal and server minimum wage is $2.13, we're not exactly going to slack off and hope someone will pay us jut for our smiles.
Forgive me if you've laid it out above (it's a long thread by now), but wouldn't you rather receive actual, non-server minimum (or higher) wage at this job? Did you happen to shop around for jobs in this field that would pay better at baseline (apart from tips)? Seems like you and your colleagues get shafted by the NC law.
Good luck, too, on your J.D.