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I hope they dont end up having to do this. Why should users subsidize driver's wages if Uber isn't paying them enough? Uber should instead give the drivers a
by lightbyte 9y ago
I hope they dont end up having to do this. Why should users subsidize driver's wages if Uber isn't paying them enough? Uber should instead give the drivers a bigger cut, and if needed up their rates to make up for it.
- freehunter 9y agoI agree. I understand the reason why tipping exists in the restaurant industry and that there are special laws surrounding tipping and minimum wage there, but in my opinion the future should be moving towards eliminating the need for tipping. Businesses adding tipping to their existing business model is, in my opinion, moving in the wrong direction. It's hard for tip-based businesses to move in a tipless direction, but the best way to begin phasing that out is to not start requiring tips in the first place. Once they start allowing tips, they're really never going to get away from employees demanding tips and customers seeking lower prices even if adding in a tip makes the prices the same. If you need to pay your employees more, they should get paid more. Tips is a bad way of handling employee compensation. Tips should be reserved for extraordinary service rendered, not the main way of paying your employees.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago> I understand the reason why tipping exists in the restaurant industry Why does it exist?
- freehunter 9y agoBecause wait staff makes less than minimum wage with the expectation that they will make up for it with tips. It's not a good excuse, it's just what happens to be enshrined in the law. It's really just a way for restaurants to cheap out and not pay their employees a proper wage.