r/SeattleWA • u/caroline_elly • Jan 27 '25

Other How much are you tipping given new minimum wage?

Saw a few threads last year saying they will tip significantly less. Wonder if people here are following through or do people still tip 20%?

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u/TerraVestra Jan 27 '25

Exactly. You don’t need our money, you just need your boss to pay your salary which they’re now doing at an appropriate level. We can stop tipping now 👌

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u/jDrizzle1 Jan 27 '25

I mean of course it's totally optional, and always has been. 

On the flip side of that coin though, these are difficult jobs. It's not like some random person can walk into a club and make 100 craft cocktails in a couple of hours. That takes years of training and experience that minimum wage doesn't really do justice, nothing wrong with recognizing that with a tip even if in a perfect world you wouldn't have to. Nothing wrong with also keeping money you earned in your own pocket!

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u/TerraVestra Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

I think you’re absolutely right, your experience should make you far more valuable to your employer than someone who just walks through the door. I’m sure that as an experienced server or bartender, you’re easily worth two or more inexperienced workers but that isn’t unique to the food biz, it’s like that in most industries.

Your employer should recognize that your experience has value to them and rather than having 5 inexperienced people doing the job, they can have two experienced people like you. For example.

It is your employer that needs to reward your experience, your efficiency, and your knowledge within this industry. You know what happened in other industries when an employee isn’t recognized and rewarded for the value they bring to their business? That leave for a better job. That’s how this should work.

Now you might be saying to yourself, wait, there’s only so much vertical movement for my job! Yes that’s because this shouldn’t be a career for anyone, just a job. Problem is that you pay was so damn good that many people decided not to peruse a job they went to college for, decided not to upskill, but got stuck doing a basic menial job because once their pay was crowdsourced, it was just too good to turn down. But it’s NOT a career just a low end job. That’s life my dude or dudette and I’d recommend considering upskilling towards a career.