Wait, are you telling me that the market decides wages and we should be happy with it?
That’s capitalist bullshit.
Comment on Restaurant group in Massachusetts is trying to reject a public vote on paying tipped workers
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 months agoOk. So what.
If they can fill the positions at that rate then they should be happy. They can increase prices since consumers don’t tip anymore and pocket the difference.
If you are correct, then the owners wouldn’t be fighting this.
Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Having a burden to pay your staff is just that - a burden.
It doesnt mean that owners wont make more money, its just a bigger pain in the ass than its worth.
ghen@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You mean like every other company on the face of the planet? Seems to work out just fine.
Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s a false comparison, and you know it.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Not the person you replied to, but I do think it’s a fair comparison. Take retail for example there is nothing in a restaurant environment that retail isn’t having to do at store level, because it’s still buying products with the intent to supply it to the customer base. You still have to deal with the same mechanics still have to deal with waste you still have to deal with pricing for the consumer you still have to deal with your wages, so my question is how is the restaurant industry not the same.
kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Don’t know what else to say but boohoo
Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Continue advocating for the owner class then i guess.
Staff make more money on a tipped system than not.
exanime@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And do you think that extra money comes from the owners?
Nommer@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Guess you’ll just have to live with paying fair wages to your employees. Get fucked.
Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Lol, im not an owner dingus.
Ive worked basically every position from busser and expo all the way to exec chef and gm and am currently a bartender. I can so with first hand knowledge that wages go down when switched from a tipped system to a non tipped system.
I guess first hand knowledge of the industry counts for nothing when a bunch of tech bros on lemmy know more than me.
rekorse@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So go ahead and explain exactly where thr money is lost. Does the restaurant make less money now? Is an owner incapable of paying their employees the equivalent of what they made with tips?
You said you know all of this so intimately, so lay it out for us idiots.