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> They almost never have a reason to reject a purely positive change, and turn-around for simple positive changes can be 24 hours easily This isn't obviously a
by sokoloff 4y ago
> They almost never have a reason to reject a purely positive change, and turn-around for simple positive changes can be 24 hours easily
This isn't obviously a purely positive change. Maybe some employees would prefer a current cash-only tip policy (maybe they think the tips are larger in cash; maybe less than 100% of those cash tips find their way onto income tax forms; maybe their paychecks are garnished or subject to a income sharing/alimony/child support arrangement while folding cash isn't; maybe they like getting the tip immediately and using it to buy lunch or gas that day rather than getting it later via payroll).
These are things that a union representing the employees must be consulted on and the story paints this as a purely positive change, but there are times in my life where I'd rather have gotten $10 in cash before lunch than $12 two weeks later in my paycheck.
- WeylandYutani 4y agoA lot of people, including myself, are cashless. The service industry will have to change with the times.
- cwmma 4y agoNaw none of those things really apply, previously people who paid with credit card would be unable to tip unless they have cash, by turning this on your capturing tips that might not have been able to have been received earlier. Also you didn't take tips home directly after the shift you'd get it later as they usually shared tips across shifts so closing the store or working any other slow shift wouldn't hurt financially.
- sokoloff 4y ago"none of those things really apply"? Meaning you believe that 100% of cash tips are reported as income? (I don't.)
- cwmma 4y agoProbably not at every store but I guarantee you that at the union stores it was because not reporting the tips would be an immediately fire-able offense and corporate would have been looking for any excuse to fire people at those stores.