Re: Employee theft and TIPS!
Posted: May 2nd, 2016, 8:17 pm
So to start with my reply , let me start by stating that I did say , ofcourse as a business owner I would never solicite for a tip . And implied that I knew it would be frowned upon by my bosses . And I was not trying to encourage anyone "getting into " this business to solicite a tip . I was was just elaborating on my focus point of my primary post about employee theft and tips . Just giving a possible perspective of an employee and how employers view or handle this situation (tips) . When I solicited for tips , it meant a big difference in my overall day to receive 35-60$ in tips . It wasn't looking for any "rich quick dollars". Making an extra 35$ everyday in tips meant 700 extra dollars every month when I was only making 1,300-1,400 /month working 160 hours a month . Yes there aren't any "free" repairs , BUT regardless of if they use their insurance to get the repair done or not , they will still have to pay their insurance premiums every month . I could see it putting a "black eye" on the business if the insurance claim might possible raise their insurance premiums , but it doesn't . And I like to assume that I'm giving a better service experience than the other 10 guys in the city doing WSR . No , you wouldn't tip the grocery clerk or the movie ticket guy at the theaters , but that is because they are not performing a skilled service . There are plenty of skilled service people that you do tip , like a waiter/waitress/bartenders still getting an hourly wage . The carpet cleaning guy , your window washing crew , your moving company crew , your hair stylish , my girlfriend tips the people who do manicures and pedicures , all people of whom do a skilled service that not everyone can do . Express mentioned that he will put tip jars out at his locations , maybe that's a great idea Bc his employees won't ever solicite for tips and the customer can still have a non-pressured way of knowing that tips are appreciated and might really make a difference in him retaining employees Bc they are making good $$ working for him .
Anyway , good topic to think about for some owners ...
Texasguy
Anyway , good topic to think about for some owners ...
Texasguy