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Yes, this is called "tipping out". Kitchen employees get a percentage of server tips. It sounds like a ripoff for all involved but the real sums can be signific
by bitwize 4y ago
Yes, this is called "tipping out". Kitchen employees get a percentage of server tips. It sounds like a ripoff for all involved but the real sums can be significant. My sister was a waitress for much of her adult life because the work was easy to get and paid disproportionately well compared to the skill involved.
- listenallyall 4y agoYes that is the tradition but as a customer, you often find that the tip is shared disproportionately. I've had delicious food served by a terrible waiter or waitress... wanted to give the chef a great tip but the server the bare minimum. I guess in general I believe the cook's job is a lot more difficult and I'd like to ensure a larger percentage of my tip goes to him or her, but am pretty sure it doesn't.
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- pecantips 4y agoIt's 1 or 2% of the server's take. In a normal week at a midrange restaurant in a metro it would add up to 60 or 80 dollars, busier weeks could be better of course. For a cook working 5 12+ hour days at low-mid teens $ an hour it's extra beer money but hardly comparable to the 20+ hourly servers come out with. Source, I have worked in kitchens for over 15 years (it sucks, don't do it, I changed careers ;)