Originally Posted by
kipper
A lot of restaurants did away with sharing tips with the rest of the staff, although servers were required to tip out bartenders based on their alcoholic drinks.
Some do, but a lot of my students who work as servers complain that they only get a fraction 70-75% of their tips and that the rest goes to workers who get full minimum wage. And it’s usually based upon sales, not actual tips collected.
The total sales often include to go orders which have very low tips, so the server keeps getting squeezed.
The evidence is in front of us, jobs are being created, unemployment is down to 5.8% and restaurants clinging to their old business model still can’t find servers.