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Pay your employees a living wage
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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2026
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Because in the US, that's already the expectation? A reasonable person should plan the tip ahead of time if they were raised in the US. But also, an employee doesn't have that power. An employee at a Chili's, Applebee's, Texas Roadhouse can't phone the CEO for a salary change, because it's usually out of a manager's control. And even if an employee could do that, the CEO would just say, "get fucked?" and fire them to hire someone else for minimal pay. For a local restaurant, sure, but not a big chain in which the employee can't effectively speak to the employer. When it comes to thise circumstances, employees are below the customers who are below the employer in terms of how much power they hold. Plus, there are issues that aren't even that employee's fault: if food is cooked incorrectly that a server ordered correctly, then refusing to tip has absolutely no influence on the cook. And restaurants will still blame the server for that mistake, even when they did everything correctly.
If all or even a large portion of employees quit because they're no longer making enough money, then Chili's and Applebee's would be effectively forced to pay higher wages to attract the required workforce to operate, right?
If it were feasible, sure. But when there's no social safety net, everyone would need a Plan B just in case. And I mean everyone, since I'm under the impression they would rather close a single location than pay reasonably.
That is true. I guess my views are probably skewed a bit because I live in Canada, and as far as I know we have stronger social safety nets here and also in all provinces except Quebec all servers are required to be paid the minimum wage in addition to any tips they make.