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The info I wasn’t given during the interview

Started a new job at a burger restaurant- the first time I haven’t been in semi-fine dining. What they told me: it’s $15/hr PLUS tips! What I found out my second week: it’s $10/hr, and we take $5 out of your tips each hour to pay you. This is reported as paying you $15/hr. What they told me: Some shifts, it’s just you and a manager on the floor, so you don’t have to split your tips with another server/runner etc.! What I found out my second week: the owner doesn’t want to pay managers a salary, so he puts them on the tip pool; I don’t have to share my tips with bussers or runners, but I will have to give the manager 50% What they just flat out didn’t mention: They take the credit card authorization fee out of my pay. What they DO tell me: people just…


Started a new job at a burger restaurant- the first time I haven’t been in semi-fine dining.

What they told me: it’s $15/hr PLUS tips!
What I found out my second week: it’s $10/hr, and we take $5 out of your tips each hour to pay you. This is reported as paying you $15/hr.

What they told me: Some shifts, it’s just you and a manager on the floor, so you don’t have to split your tips with another server/runner etc.!
What I found out my second week: the owner doesn’t want to pay managers a salary, so he puts them on the tip pool; I don’t have to share my tips with bussers or runners, but I will have to give the manager 50%

What they just flat out didn’t mention: They take the credit card authorization fee out of my pay.

What they DO tell me: people just don’t want to work anymore!

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