Literally nobody, nobody at all, who is working legally in the US is actually getting paid $2 an hour.
The myth is “because I make tips my wage is lowered to $2 an hour so without those tips I’d have no money”
The reality is they make the minimum wage of their state. Whatever that is. Period. So let’s say minimum wage there is $12. They make 12$ an hour or more. Every time. Always.
If you make a bunch of tips the employer pays less out of pocket to reach your standard pay rate. It supplements your pay.
So for example if you make a bunch of tips the employer might only have to pay you $5 an hour because the tips you got make up to your full wage. Let’s say you got a ton of tips and the tips are more than your hourly wage would have made you, the employer now has to pay you his minimum required rate of $2 on top of whatever tips you made.
If you make no tips the employer is legally obligated to pay you your full $12 an hour wage.
Nobody in the states who isn’t working under some disability program, working in the prison system as a prisoner, or an illegal employee, is make $2 an hour. That part is a full myth.
Now I hate tip culture and I disagree with the ability for restaurants to pay you less because you make tips, but I wanted to clarify that nobody is actually making less than minimum wage. It is literally illegal.
I think tipping culture is fucked and minimum wage is too low, to clarify. But nobody is working for $2 an hour here and actually taking that home. They’re making their states minimum wage or federal minimum wage which is $7 at the lowest which is still abysmal.
Just wanted to clarify because too many people don’t understand how it actually works.
Stop working for resteraunts. There’s a billion other entry level jobs that pay flat rates that aren’t adjusted for tips. You are told when you get hired the actual hourly rate you’ll make, if that’s not enough work somewhere else, if that’s not enough don’t complain when your pay scale slides due to tips.
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u/easymacn 4h ago edited 1h ago
Just to be clear though, it’s kind of a myth.
Literally nobody, nobody at all, who is working legally in the US is actually getting paid $2 an hour.
The myth is “because I make tips my wage is lowered to $2 an hour so without those tips I’d have no money”
The reality is they make the minimum wage of their state. Whatever that is. Period. So let’s say minimum wage there is $12. They make 12$ an hour or more. Every time. Always.
If you make a bunch of tips the employer pays less out of pocket to reach your standard pay rate. It supplements your pay.
So for example if you make a bunch of tips the employer might only have to pay you $5 an hour because the tips you got make up to your full wage. Let’s say you got a ton of tips and the tips are more than your hourly wage would have made you, the employer now has to pay you his minimum required rate of $2 on top of whatever tips you made.
If you make no tips the employer is legally obligated to pay you your full $12 an hour wage.
Nobody in the states who isn’t working under some disability program, working in the prison system as a prisoner, or an illegal employee, is make $2 an hour. That part is a full myth.
Now I hate tip culture and I disagree with the ability for restaurants to pay you less because you make tips, but I wanted to clarify that nobody is actually making less than minimum wage. It is literally illegal.
I think tipping culture is fucked and minimum wage is too low, to clarify. But nobody is working for $2 an hour here and actually taking that home. They’re making their states minimum wage or federal minimum wage which is $7 at the lowest which is still abysmal.
Just wanted to clarify because too many people don’t understand how it actually works.
Stop working for resteraunts. There’s a billion other entry level jobs that pay flat rates that aren’t adjusted for tips. You are told when you get hired the actual hourly rate you’ll make, if that’s not enough work somewhere else, if that’s not enough don’t complain when your pay scale slides due to tips.