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Shrug, not to get on a soap box here, but I think profit sharing should be the norm in the US for everyone.

Basic pay (per area) around the cost of living (so it's higher in places where rent is higher etc) + a % of profits the company/store etc makes split between all employees.

I've said this before, it's seriously not fair the way many of the jobs work right now. Same amount of customer service skills for many jobs as waiters for instance, and I would argue MORE skills and harder work for those working in the kitchen, but FAR less pay.

I happen to know quite a few people working as wait staff, and about 5-6 working in the kitchen. Those in the kitchen are LUCKY to get 10% of the tips, yet the tips are often largely based on the quality of the food etc and the skill of the cooks. How is that fair?

In fact, I looked for such jobs (cooking myself) as...well, I like to freaking cook. Why didn't I take them?

After checking quite a few places and talking to people working there, the pay is just abysmal. You get basic min wage or close, and get a small fraction of the tips, which most places split with all non-wait staff.

So your lucky to get about $15/hr as a cook...at the same place where the waiters are getting $40+ an hour (35$ an hour in tips only....throwing back 10% to the cooks etc.....nets 44$ for waiters and 15$ an hour for cooks/dishwashers/seaters etc).

It's not fair....but just ditching all tips wouldn't be fair either.

What should be done, both in restraunts etc, is the place should charge a flat 10% of the bill in "service fees" so the actual bill is 10% higher, and that should be split equally among ALL staff working at the time. Main problem is that cash tips will likely still go poof and not be shared equally (maybe if cameras were used or something? Shrug).

Same should be done across the board for most retail etc jobs. Fast food included. Work fast food, get $12 base + split 10% of all profits during the hours you work there with other employees. If you have ever worked fast food, that could easily double your base pay right there and the harder your working, the more money you make.

It also incentivises your employees as the better the company does, the better service they give etc, the more money they all make.

That is WAY better then the current setup, even in states like mine where tip jobs still get full min wage. That should be a federal law across the board in all stats (fed min wage at least should always be the minimum you can pay).

And I don't wanna screw with my friends who are very happy with waiter jobs etc right now, but honestly, I'm happy for them, but it's not even close to fair to other people making way less. If they split 10% of the profits from meals with other employees etc, they would end up probably getting 5% or so per bill max.....but EVERYONE would get that 5%, customers would be paying 10% or so less on average as well (always paying 10% and not 18-20%), and the gov would actually get more taxes out of it as well.

Oh and before someone starts yelling "Socialism!!!", profit sharing is not socialism, not at all, it's just plain and simply smart, a good way to boost profits of a company, encourage employees to do their best, and help ensures loyalty in employees as well (less likely to jump to another company/job that pays more, if you are getting a good return from your current one. It's good for everyone.
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