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How does tipping improve their bargaining power? Seems to me like it would weaken it (“why do you need a higher base wage? You get so many tips!”)
by ghiculescu 4y ago
How does tipping improve their bargaining power? Seems to me like it would weaken it (“why do you need a higher base wage? You get so many tips!”)
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- toomuchtodo 4y agoIt doesn't. The tipping is the only thing I can do in the short term to help, because those tips go to workers immediately (versus the lengthy sales cycle of labor improvements). My apologies that wasn't more clear.
- maxbond 4y agoIf course, it only goes to workers, when it isn't stolen by the company. https://www.engadget.com/2019-02-06-instacart-revises-pay-policy-after-tipping-uproar.html https://www.engadget.com/2019-02-06-instacart-revises-pay-po... As far as I know Instacart has stopped doing this, and many other apps were busted for this, but it's utterly, utterly shameful.