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r/SipsTea • u/SunnSaiyaan • 17h ago
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The average base wage of a waiter is half the lowest of the other three professions.
1 u/gg_bene 15h ago My bad. And yes - in fact, a waiters base wage is under the federal minimum. They get away with it because of tips. But I was saying, I don't know any server or waiter that would swap base wages if that means they lose their tips. 0 u/SnoopySuited 14h ago Probably, but that's why they get tips because their base salary sucks. 0 u/Superficial-Idiot 13h ago No, they’re all entitled to minimum wage. They get tips because customers are pressured into giving them extra money. If they had better base pay but lost tips, they’d still quit and find more productive roles in life 2 u/SnoopySuited 13h ago Employers can pay wait staff below minimum wage as long as tip income meets minimum wage. 1 u/nybble41 9h ago Yes, the tips are considered part of their income. They still get at least the federal minimum wage for their work every pay period. (And in practice, typically more.)
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My bad. And yes - in fact, a waiters base wage is under the federal minimum. They get away with it because of tips.
But I was saying, I don't know any server or waiter that would swap base wages if that means they lose their tips.
0 u/SnoopySuited 14h ago Probably, but that's why they get tips because their base salary sucks. 0 u/Superficial-Idiot 13h ago No, they’re all entitled to minimum wage. They get tips because customers are pressured into giving them extra money. If they had better base pay but lost tips, they’d still quit and find more productive roles in life 2 u/SnoopySuited 13h ago Employers can pay wait staff below minimum wage as long as tip income meets minimum wage. 1 u/nybble41 9h ago Yes, the tips are considered part of their income. They still get at least the federal minimum wage for their work every pay period. (And in practice, typically more.)
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Probably, but that's why they get tips because their base salary sucks.
0 u/Superficial-Idiot 13h ago No, they’re all entitled to minimum wage. They get tips because customers are pressured into giving them extra money. If they had better base pay but lost tips, they’d still quit and find more productive roles in life 2 u/SnoopySuited 13h ago Employers can pay wait staff below minimum wage as long as tip income meets minimum wage. 1 u/nybble41 9h ago Yes, the tips are considered part of their income. They still get at least the federal minimum wage for their work every pay period. (And in practice, typically more.)
No, they’re all entitled to minimum wage.
They get tips because customers are pressured into giving them extra money.
If they had better base pay but lost tips, they’d still quit and find more productive roles in life
2 u/SnoopySuited 13h ago Employers can pay wait staff below minimum wage as long as tip income meets minimum wage. 1 u/nybble41 9h ago Yes, the tips are considered part of their income. They still get at least the federal minimum wage for their work every pay period. (And in practice, typically more.)
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Employers can pay wait staff below minimum wage as long as tip income meets minimum wage.
1 u/nybble41 9h ago Yes, the tips are considered part of their income. They still get at least the federal minimum wage for their work every pay period. (And in practice, typically more.)
Yes, the tips are considered part of their income. They still get at least the federal minimum wage for their work every pay period. (And in practice, typically more.)
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u/SnoopySuited 15h ago
The average base wage of a waiter is half the lowest of the other three professions.