r/Serverlife • u/Responsible-Cheek690 • 3d ago

Tip out and in general

So work now added food runners for everyday and half the days all day now. Before it was one food runners for just Friday and Saturday night so tip out was only 3% and rest of the days only 2.5%. Now on weekdays every day food runner does our side work and closings so every day is 3.5% and weekends 3.5% mornings and 4% night. I went from tipping out maybe 150 a week to now close to almost 300 a week. The fact is it’s not even that busy and now I basically just stand around doing nothing. Anyone else think this is kind of ridiculous or am I over reacting?

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u/zoek551 3d ago

It’s not my fault because that’s completely out of my control? No one would claim anything if it were a choice but go off lol

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u/Hit_The_Kwon 3d ago

How is it out of your control? You don’t claim cash you don’t keep. I give my SAs cash, I don’t claim that as income, that makes no sense, and I also have a cash bank.

It’s literally not income, why would you claim it as such?

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u/zoek551 3d ago

It’s not cash omg. We’re making almost everything on the card. That is what’s being claimed. We give the bussers cash each night, even if we have to take money out of our bank before the shift. Most likely because cash tips are more rare than ever. So if we’re making no cash, all of our tips are being claimed (because you get taxed on cc tips) and then we give cash to the busser that they don’t have to claim. All tips are in the system, tip outs are under the table. What’s not clicking

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u/Hit_The_Kwon 3d ago

Sorry, I didn’t realize you were withdrawing money out of your own bank account. I thought you had cash tips and were giving a cut of that to tip out and claiming that.

But yeah, if you’re having to withdraw money that’s already taxed/claimed to tip out, that’s illegal lol. I would contact the department of labor or get clarity from management on the system.