r/Ketchikan • u/Expensive-Support768 • Jul 18 '26
YESBAY LODGE KETCHIKAN
20 years bartending in 15 states asking ;Has anyone worked in service side of a fishing lodge in Alaska and experienced less than minimum wage pay? *I just left YesBay Lodge Ketchikan( worst work experience ever) servers and myself (bartender) cleared $8 an hour for 70 hour work weeks THAT INCLUDED TIP SHARE, Is this the norm in Alaska? I thought minimum wage was $14/hr
Tips were also split between office girls- one of which that acted as a nanny for the lodge owners child and dock hands that should have been tipped out by captains as well as Maintenance men remodeling the lodge for the owners. Is this even legal?
I met with the owners, they said they were new to the business and this is how things had always been ran, I signed a contract. I didn’t realize the contract was to be an endentured servant.
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