people who work in service industry generally prefer it, as it allows them to dodge taxes by underreporting their tip income.
Honestly, as someone who worked in the service industry … Nah not really. Also the only way you can “dodge taxes” is to not report your cash tips, everything else that’s not cash automatically gets thrown into your income because it’s all computerized now.
Most people would prefer a living wage and healthcare benefits (plus 401k, and dental and other “normal” benefits that most corpo folks get).
Like you can easily get absolutely fucked over money wise depending on what sections your waiting, if you have a big party that tries to split the bills up and avoid auto gratuity that way (common where I worked which sucked) and get screwed by the low tips on the split checks … You might just have some folks that come in and just don’t tip for whatever reason, weather is horrible so nobody comes in, etc etc.
It’s not a great way to live. Not to mention many restaurants have a culture that’s just generally exploitative so even putting all the above aside it’s not the best work environment for a lot of folks.
Not saying that all the above is true for all establishments but that’s my take and experience.
cool. my state propose a initiative to remove tips entirely two years ago, it was viciously voted down 2 to 1, and ever bartender or service person i know was violently against it because they knew their income would go down if it passed.
Well I guess you and I know different people in the industry.
Also a lot of them aren’t exactly … The brightest bulbs, people vote against their own self interests all the time. That’s how we got Trump in the White House … Ugh.
Honestly, as someone who worked in the service industry … Nah not really. Also the only way you can “dodge taxes” is to not report your cash tips, everything else that’s not cash automatically gets thrown into your income because it’s all computerized now.
Most people would prefer a living wage and healthcare benefits (plus 401k, and dental and other “normal” benefits that most corpo folks get).
Like you can easily get absolutely fucked over money wise depending on what sections your waiting, if you have a big party that tries to split the bills up and avoid auto gratuity that way (common where I worked which sucked) and get screwed by the low tips on the split checks … You might just have some folks that come in and just don’t tip for whatever reason, weather is horrible so nobody comes in, etc etc.
It’s not a great way to live. Not to mention many restaurants have a culture that’s just generally exploitative so even putting all the above aside it’s not the best work environment for a lot of folks.
Not saying that all the above is true for all establishments but that’s my take and experience.
cool. my state propose a initiative to remove tips entirely two years ago, it was viciously voted down 2 to 1, and ever bartender or service person i know was violently against it because they knew their income would go down if it passed.
fwiw I voted for it.
Well I guess you and I know different people in the industry.
Also a lot of them aren’t exactly … The brightest bulbs, people vote against their own self interests all the time. That’s how we got Trump in the White House … Ugh.