So it’s really as the title suggests. I’m a server, currently making 16/hour plus tips. (Min wage is currently 15) I have a friend who started working in a hotel. The hotel pays $20/hour but for the 3 month probation they TAKE YOUR TIPS??
I did some math and in the long run IF the tips are good it could be more money for me. The place I’m at currently makes great tips, and I have no idea how the tips are at the hotel so they could be terrible. My friend is in the back of house so she doesn’t see the tips and can’t tell me how it is.
My whole thing is that it feels scummy to me, taking the tips. As a customer when I tip I expect it to fully go to my server. This hotel is not small and dingy either, it’s a nice fancier hotel near a touristy area. My friend wants me to apply here cause it’s a decent opportunity (benefits and vacation pay; although after my 3 months at my current job I should get that anyways but we will see, it’s basically at 3 months now)
I figure I can use this job as some leverage for a raise where I am, maybe $18/hour. I’m just not sure if I should try and switch to the hotel (I’m 99% sure I’d get the job my resume is tops and my friend basically said the jobs mine already since she vouched) or stay where I am in pretty stable money.
I should add; where I am now I get my full tips and always have. She tips out in cash so it’s not taxed so my tips are honestly higher than they should be. So what do I do? And am I crazy for thinking it’s scummy?