• nomous@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    What’s your experience in the restaurant industry?

    Good servers make about half of what you think they make. Your number is reserved for senior sommeliers and chefs; the only way FOH hits that is by selling drugs to BOH or working 80hr weeks.

    If it paid that well there’d be no staffing issues at all, think about it.

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      10 months ago

      At my last job servers are making 300+ in tip every 8h shift and get their salary that’s way above minimum plus they have full benefits including a pension fund and the business still has a hard time finding staff because the restaurant industry in general is a mess including the people working in it that think grass is always greener elsewhere.

      Edit: Forgot, they’re unionized too

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        10 months ago

        most of your country is nothing like your extremely privileged little bubble.

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          10 months ago

          I’m just pointing out that saying “If they were paid that much we wouldn’t have trouble finding staff!” is bullshit. With even better conditions my previous employer has trouble finding staff.