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Most restaurants don't split the tips with the kitchen grunts

I never worked anywhere where you didn't give the busboy and/or the bartender a cut. Guys in the kitchen are paid more, and aren't considered part of the floor staff to get any portion of tips.

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I never worked anywhere where you didn't give the busboy and/or the bartender a cut. Guys in the kitchen are paid more, and aren't considered part of the floor staff to get any portion of tips.

I worked on the grill at an upscale restaurant, and made $12 an hour. Yes, this was more than what the wait staff made. However, after tips, no way. The wait staff was paid minimum wage, plus tips. It equaled to alot more money than what we in the kitchen were making considering that an average ticket was about $85. Even with splitting money with the busboys, which at this restaurant they weren't obliged to do, they made alot more money than we did working in the hot kitchen. It's a reason I quit the industry. Putting in 10 hours without a break, standing up, for lowish pay wasn't economically viable for me. I get paid more now, and work about 50% as hard. I would come home from shifts on the grill and literally have to soak.