Posted on 03/08/2024 7:33:54 AM PST by dennisw
I worked for years- we kept our own tips- never had to share tips. Made put pretty well, but still was a nowhere job in rural areas.
Didn’t realize we were supposed to tip subway workers? Now that workers get what? $15-20 p/h, is tipping even a thing?
Tipping Subway employees is complete BS anyway, please do not do it. They are not paid the waiter/waitress minimum wage, which has always been around $2-3/hour (it may be higher now). They are not servers and are paid much higher wages, even then some factory workers. Do not tip Subway, or Starbucks, anything like that. They are already compensated for their labor.
Had a girlfriend in 1992 that worked at Subway. She made fantastic sandwiches.
It could be the owners classified them as tipped employees if they brought food to patrons who ate in the restaurant. I am not sure what DOL considers the legit classification of servers who work for reduced minimum wage plus tips.
So, that’s stealing.
I am sure many of here are curious. On average how much per week did you make in tips?
I am partial to Jimmy Johns. I live in a small city with a large university. Not sure how the local franchisee does it, but all the JJs seem to have college guys working there. And they are all in good spirits, almost like they are bartenders.
The experience is not "professional" like you might expect in other restaurants, but I get, "Hey dude, what's up?" "What are we makin' for ya today?" Just in general the workers talk to you like you might at a tailgate party instead. Like I said, I don't know how they hire for that. But it makes me a loyal customer.
They often do share tips with “back of the house” staff. But those staff are paid at a higher hourly rate. (At least that was the case when I worked at restaurants.)
“On average how much per week did you make in tips?”
If I recorded it, I don’t recall, but it allowed me to pay for trips home when school was out for vacations, etc. It was the 1960s, and my hourly pay was $.60/hour. I do remember that!
My first job was a maintenance person/painter at a drive-in theater for $1.00 an hour. What I remember most about that job was the showing of the movie “Night of the Living Dead.”
It was only to be shown for three nights but it was so popular we ran it for over a week.
I also have fond memories of my first boss-actually a husband/wife team.
Jersey Mike’s for those!🤗👍
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