The back of the house works just as hard, all hospitality positions should be tip positions. What about resorts, how many people even think o tip who cleaned the room etc., it's impossible to rent dirty condos, hotel rooms.
Sgt Creech - 6 years ago
Absolutely not. The waitress works hard to take care of you, she gets the tip. She shares with bartender and buzzer that help her. It takes a lot to deal with the public. Most back house people don't have it. Lazy Jane would get the same as speedy Sue. NO. Besides how do you know the manager isn't raking off the top of the tip jar.
Joanne Goodwin - 6 years ago
Unbelievable, so now they want customers to pay workers wages, that’s exactly what it boils down too. If you want to own a restaurant, pay your help yourself. Why should the wait staff have to. I’ll tell you a little story. I worked 15 yrs. as a waitress and busted my but. I split my tips with another waitress and I swear I would never do it again. What she did was, she cut slits on the underside of her apron and instead of the tips being put in the tip jar they were going right into her pocket. The only way I found that out is because she forgot her apron one day. She was immediately fired.
Denise - 6 years ago
Tips are intended for the service you receive. I tip on that service. It’s not fair to the awesome servers, that work their butts off, to have to share with the lazy servers! Service all around would suffer. Why work for your tips when you have to share them. BAD IDEA!! Figure something else out.
Mary - 6 years ago
Wait staff should keep ALL their tips! Patrons tip based on the table service they receive. Employers need to step up to the plate and pay back staff at least minimum wage or more. It would be totally unfair to punish the servers who truly go above and beyond to provide excellent customer service. In fact, overall, I think “pooling” tips would decrease the level of service provided. Individual servers would have no incentive to “go the extra mile” with their customers.
Donna McGlynn - 6 years ago
I do not agree with servers sharing tips with anyone else. The jobs in the back should be given raises according to there performance the same as every other jobs by the business. The business should be able to pay for the back employees not the public. If not maybe they should not be an owner but and employee.
Tastrophy - 6 years ago
When we dine out, we tip in accordance to the service we received. If the service is exceptional, so is the tip. Do not create an atmosphere of apathy by rewarding poor service and taking from exceptional service. The management should pay the back staff according to their position and how well they perform, just like any other workplace
Judy - 6 years ago
Busboys, cooks , dishwashers should be getting set wage and bartenders and servers receive tips because they have direct contact with diners. Pooling tips saves the owners the responsibility of hiring enough competent employees to support the business.
David Poole - 6 years ago
I think this is ridiculous. It's a socialist mindset. Ultimately this will diminish service. The top end servers will lose and you'll reward sub par service.
Kim - 6 years ago
Most waitresses and waiters work very hard. Those who don’t should not be rewarded by tip sharing. Experienced waitstaff is an asset to a company. They should not be required to share their earnings. If back-of- the-house workers need more wages the business should be the one to increase their wages, or that person should find a higher paying job. If they are not skilled for a higher paying job, why should they be subsidized?
Yvonne - 6 years ago
I totally disagree with this. There are some really good waitresses and waiters out there and there are some really bad ones. Why should the really bad ones get part of the good waiters and waitresses tips. I think this is a bad idea.
Jim - 6 years ago
I have traveled to other countries were they pay servers equal pay and customer does not tip. I think servers should get paid what everyone else gets paid and if cusomers wanna tip then the server gets every penny and divide it up as they see fit.
Mike - 6 years ago
Basically, you would have restaurant owners using servers' tips to subsidize most of their labor costs, to the point where they're going to be barely paying any labor cost at all- they're going to be the ones laughing all the way to the bank
George - 6 years ago
22 years in the navy, we had a saying...choose your rate, choose your fate. If you want more money, look for employment that pays more. This is socialism! and if you think socialism is good...read history, look what happened to Venezuela. so wrong
Louis Decola - 6 years ago
Let the hard working waiters and waitress keep all of their tips. If I find out that they have to share, I will not go to that restaurant. If all the restaurants do this then I will go to the movies.
Tracy - 6 years ago
The back house employees should get minimum wage. The bartenders and wait staff should keep tips, allowing them to tip the busters or cooks or expo. Sometimes, on slow nights, the waitstaff don't receive a lot tip due to lack of business. On those slow nights it's hard for us, the waitstaff to make even minimum wage let alone give the little did make away. Back help is not a tipping job. Period. Employers should pay all staff minimum wage and then pool tips. If not, there's no fairness to any employee and huge savings and profit for employers.
The back of the house works just as hard, all hospitality positions should be tip positions. What about resorts, how many people even think o tip who cleaned the room etc., it's impossible to rent dirty condos, hotel rooms.
Absolutely not. The waitress works hard to take care of you, she gets the tip. She shares with bartender and buzzer that help her. It takes a lot to deal with the public. Most back house people don't have it. Lazy Jane would get the same as speedy Sue. NO. Besides how do you know the manager isn't raking off the top of the tip jar.
Unbelievable, so now they want customers to pay workers wages, that’s exactly what it boils down too. If you want to own a restaurant, pay your help yourself. Why should the wait staff have to. I’ll tell you a little story. I worked 15 yrs. as a waitress and busted my but. I split my tips with another waitress and I swear I would never do it again. What she did was, she cut slits on the underside of her apron and instead of the tips being put in the tip jar they were going right into her pocket. The only way I found that out is because she forgot her apron one day. She was immediately fired.
Tips are intended for the service you receive. I tip on that service. It’s not fair to the awesome servers, that work their butts off, to have to share with the lazy servers! Service all around would suffer. Why work for your tips when you have to share them. BAD IDEA!! Figure something else out.
Wait staff should keep ALL their tips! Patrons tip based on the table service they receive. Employers need to step up to the plate and pay back staff at least minimum wage or more. It would be totally unfair to punish the servers who truly go above and beyond to provide excellent customer service. In fact, overall, I think “pooling” tips would decrease the level of service provided. Individual servers would have no incentive to “go the extra mile” with their customers.
I do not agree with servers sharing tips with anyone else. The jobs in the back should be given raises according to there performance the same as every other jobs by the business. The business should be able to pay for the back employees not the public. If not maybe they should not be an owner but and employee.
When we dine out, we tip in accordance to the service we received. If the service is exceptional, so is the tip. Do not create an atmosphere of apathy by rewarding poor service and taking from exceptional service. The management should pay the back staff according to their position and how well they perform, just like any other workplace
Busboys, cooks , dishwashers should be getting set wage and bartenders and servers receive tips because they have direct contact with diners. Pooling tips saves the owners the responsibility of hiring enough competent employees to support the business.
I think this is ridiculous. It's a socialist mindset. Ultimately this will diminish service. The top end servers will lose and you'll reward sub par service.
Most waitresses and waiters work very hard. Those who don’t should not be rewarded by tip sharing. Experienced waitstaff is an asset to a company. They should not be required to share their earnings. If back-of- the-house workers need more wages the business should be the one to increase their wages, or that person should find a higher paying job. If they are not skilled for a higher paying job, why should they be subsidized?
I totally disagree with this. There are some really good waitresses and waiters out there and there are some really bad ones. Why should the really bad ones get part of the good waiters and waitresses tips. I think this is a bad idea.
I have traveled to other countries were they pay servers equal pay and customer does not tip. I think servers should get paid what everyone else gets paid and if cusomers wanna tip then the server gets every penny and divide it up as they see fit.
Basically, you would have restaurant owners using servers' tips to subsidize most of their labor costs, to the point where they're going to be barely paying any labor cost at all- they're going to be the ones laughing all the way to the bank
22 years in the navy, we had a saying...choose your rate, choose your fate. If you want more money, look for employment that pays more. This is socialism! and if you think socialism is good...read history, look what happened to Venezuela. so wrong
Let the hard working waiters and waitress keep all of their tips. If I find out that they have to share, I will not go to that restaurant. If all the restaurants do this then I will go to the movies.
The back house employees should get minimum wage. The bartenders and wait staff should keep tips, allowing them to tip the busters or cooks or expo. Sometimes, on slow nights, the waitstaff don't receive a lot tip due to lack of business. On those slow nights it's hard for us, the waitstaff to make even minimum wage let alone give the little did make away. Back help is not a tipping job. Period. Employers should pay all staff minimum wage and then pool tips. If not, there's no fairness to any employee and huge savings and profit for employers.