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Tipping is 100% charity. In today's environment of 3% unemployment, if someone doesn't like their job, they can find another one pretty quickly. If they don't l

Tipping is 100% charity. In today's environment of 3% unemployment, if someone doesn't like their job, they can find another one pretty quickly. If they don't like the fact that restaurants can pay them less than minimum wage, they should find a new job.

untog 7y ago
> In today's environment of 3% unemployment, if someone doesn't like their job, they can find another one pretty quickly. Have you ever talked to a real person about that theory? Do you really think that a nationwide unemployment level applies equally to people in all parts of the country, with all levels of education? Do you really, really think that people dissatisfied with their jobs just need to be less lazy and apply for more jobs? How many people do you actually know in this situation?
- umeshunni 7y ago
  The highest unemployment rate in the country is in Alaska (6%) and for people with less than a high school education it's 5.6%. Not 3% but still the lowest it's ever been and lower than the average is in EU countries (6.2%).
  - ssully 7y ago
    The person you are replying to isn't saying anything about the actual rate of unemployment, but more that while the rate may be low, the actual number of quality jobs that pay well/treat people well isn't reflected in that percentage.
vkou 7y ago
Then why, in a 3% unemployment economy, if you think that employees have so much power, why are there so many jobs paying minimal wage (Or less)? Why hasn't there been more upward pressure on wages? Do you think people for some strange reason absolutely love these minimal wage jobs, and just stick to them, despite the pay? Or maybe, could you consider that minimal wage workers don't have as much economic power as you think they do... (Do you have any friends making minimal wage?)
- icebraining 7y ago
  I don't agree with GP's position, I just want to point out that there has been upward pressure on wages: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/business/economy/wage-growth-economy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/business/economy/wage-gro...
0xEFF 7y ago
> Tipping is 100% charity. The IRS disagrees with you - https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc761 https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc761

untog 7y ago

> In today's environment of 3% unemployment, if someone doesn't like their job, they can find another one pretty quickly. Have you ever talked to a real person about that theory? Do you really think that a nationwide unemployment level applies equally to people in all parts of the country, with all levels of education? Do you really, really think that people dissatisfied with their jobs just need to be less lazy and apply for more jobs? How many people do you actually know in this situation?

umeshunni 7y ago
The highest unemployment rate in the country is in Alaska (6%) and for people with less than a high school education it's 5.6%. Not 3% but still the lowest it's ever been and lower than the average is in EU countries (6.2%).
- ssully 7y ago
  The person you are replying to isn't saying anything about the actual rate of unemployment, but more that while the rate may be low, the actual number of quality jobs that pay well/treat people well isn't reflected in that percentage.

vkou 7y ago

Then why, in a 3% unemployment economy, if you think that employees have so much power, why are there so many jobs paying minimal wage (Or less)? Why hasn't there been more upward pressure on wages? Do you think people for some strange reason absolutely love these minimal wage jobs, and just stick to them, despite the pay? Or maybe, could you consider that minimal wage workers don't have as much economic power as you think they do... (Do you have any friends making minimal wage?)

icebraining 7y ago
I don't agree with GP's position, I just want to point out that there has been upward pressure on wages: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/business/economy/wage-growth-economy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/business/economy/wage-gro...

0xEFF 7y ago

> Tipping is 100% charity. The IRS disagrees with you - https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc761 https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc761