They’re paid, but at a lower wage. In some instances they do not even make minimum wage without the tip. Meaning they can be paid as low as $2.13 an hour by the employer and the rest of their compensation is based on tip.
CA is the same way. Same for grub hub and Uber eats and such, they get minimum wage and healthcare covered by the company, so every time you order there’s a small $2 fee or so. You don’t have to tip but anything you do add goes directly to the worker too.
Meh they even say ‘this $2.16 fee ensures hourly pay and health benefits for our drivers’ right there in plain English. It’s pretty up front before you click and pay, you can always decide not to put the order through…
It's typically political theatre. If it's part of their business, include it in the prices! Maybe years ago when the shipping companies started doing this same BS for "fuel surcharge" I said the same thing... That's part of your business and should be included in the price. Without those extra fees included is very difficult to compare prices against competitors. That's the other reason they do it. They're only capitalists when they don't have to compete fairly.
Whats the cost of food like? I know some restaurant owners are having a tough time not increasing the price of food on the menu but their costs are increasing.
Yea I’m not trying to diminish anyone’s strifes, but this seems to be entirely regional. In my state it’s not that uncommon to be making a few dollars above minimum plus tips. The tips were incentive to provide better service not to serve as the basis for getting paid. It was fairly common to not get tipped and there was never an expectation that you would. Again this is just my experience, I realize I’m not in the majority.
Exactly! I make good money but my mom struggled for a long time despite working hard, sometimes at 2 or even 3 jobs.
She was so grateful that a friend of hers at a department store who went to college reached back out to my mom after landing an Administrative Assistant job and convinced them to hire my mom, even without a college degree and only experience in restaurants and retail.
Changed our life. But there are millions of people who could have done her job but were stuck in classifications as “unskilled workers” and making minimum wage.
I cannot remember the stat, but like 80% of jobs can be taught.
But everybody deserves to make a living wage because a lot of circumstances in life are based on luck or things you don’t control.
Family you are born into.
Where you were born.
Your parent’s career trajectory and social network.
Etc.
Yes, fast food workers in California are making $20 an hour.
If a worker works 40 hours a week for 52 weeks a year, no time off for vacations or get sick, they will make 42k a year before taxes.
That is $800 a week.
After taxes, that is maybe $500 a week.
Other countries pay a livable wage for restaurants workers and their prices are on par with ours or sometimes lower.
If they can do it, why can’t America, which is the best country on Earth, do it?
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u/Salcha_00 Aug 28 '24
Yes. Normal.