![]() ![]() After all, they are the ones who are sweating in the kitchen while servers are yelling at them and telling them how to do a job they know nothing about. But any decent server always gave the cooks a few bucks as well. We were expected to tip out our bartenders, bussers, hosts, and food runners. In most non-chain restaurants that I have worked in in the past, we did not have a tip share. I spent several weeks reviewing the labor code on this very subject, as I was trying to get our cooks on tip share. However, if the tipshare is voluntary, as is in my restaurant, than the back of house employees (cooks,preps,GU's) can recieve a portion of the tip share. If an employer has a manditory tipshare policy than the tipshare money can only go to those who provide direct table service to the guest. Does anyone know if the same laws that apply in CA apply here?Īctually, in California, tip shares are not illeagal. They should but only on the bar sale and not the food sales. We are all there to make a living.ĭont get me wrong, im not saying that a server shouldnt tip out the bartender. I'm not an advocate of using tip outs from servers for anything other than to tip the support staff.I do think they should also be reasonable amounts. ![]() then there are the nights you dont sell one glass of white zin. You have the nights that you slam the bar with frozen drinks, and guests that need their own personal bartender. I never took tip outs from servers, I figured we were all there for the same reason, and I always made plenty of money.But using the percentage is a base line for a tip. Check out your local dept of labor code.Īetos142, that's still alot of responsibility. The tip left by the guest is meant for the server and it is illegal for the owner or owners representative (ie managers) to take any of it. Im in CA and I know my roomates work tried that tactic as well.until the Department of labor code was brought in to show the manager.and the tipout was removed 2 weeks later. I think the laws depend on what state you are in. They are responsible for the bar not the whole restaurant. In regards to the bartender, what you said makes absolutely no sense to me. It may not seem fair, especially if you're having an off night, but it is a common practice amongst most of the major chain restaurants, and we have to accept it or work for places where there is no tip share.Īctually I found out that the busboys get an hourly rate from part of our money and the rest gows back to the house. The 3% tip share that we pay out is distributed evenly among ALL support staff bussers, bartenders, and hostesses. their postion in the bar is considered a bit more "elite". Shouldnt there tips from the servers be based on only the liquor sales?īartenders get this money ( regardless of actual bar sales ) because they enjoy a higher position of responsibility/liability than most of the servers do. Why should the bartender get a percentage of my food sales when I recommend an upsell to a guest. My other concern is that we tip out the bartender 1% of our total FOOD sales. I used to work in a restaurant where the servers tipped out the head busboy directly and their attitude there was a lot better then it is in this new place. It wouldnt bother me that much but when you ask a busboy to help you out they dont have that extra incentive to do so since they are getting the same amount of money whether they help you or not. ![]() They get a set hourly rate and the rest goes back to the house. My problem here is that the money I tip out to the busboys never actually goes to them. I tip out at the end of the night 2.5% of my sales to the busboy and 1% to the bartender. Is this practice common in other restaurants? Forums Tipping Forum Archive through January 09, 2006 ![]()
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