• TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)
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      4 months ago

      Wow, that’s…

      The minimum wage in my province (British Columbia) is $CDN 17.40 (that would be 12.65 in USD)

      It really is a dystopia down there.

      • @TheBraveSirRobbin
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        64 months ago

        Federal minimum wage for tipped workers is $2 and some change.

        Legally if they end up making below minimum wage ($7.25 federally I believe, some areas are higher) between tips and wages the employer needs to make up the difference. Obviously with some of it being cash it’s difficult to track and prove, so realistically they won’t make up the difference.

        I’m not for tipping culture, but realistically they’re usually doing better than people making minimum wage without tips. I knew someone working at a DQ about a decade ago making $5.25/hour without tips. Minimum wage was still $7.25 back then, but apparently family owned businesses have a minimum wage of $5.25. Not sure if that’s true, but they were able to sell it to their employees.

        • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)
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          84 months ago

          I’m not for tipping culture, but realistically they’re usually doing better than people making minimum wage without tips.

          Here in Canada they get minimum wage plus tips. So… yeah, wow.

          I guess Americans are ok with subsidizing employee wages on behalf of companies.

          • flicker
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            54 months ago

            I promise many of us are not.

          • Match!!
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            24 months ago

            We are not and we’re powerless against the kleptocrat overlords. If there was another America out there it’d invade to protect our democracy but no ither countries have the guts.

          • @TheBraveSirRobbin
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            4 months ago

            State to State here, but generally they are not legally required to pay minimum wage. Honestly neither make much sense to me, but that’s tipping culture for ya

      • SeaJ
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        44 months ago

        Minimum wage here in Washington is over $16/hr ($CD 22/hr) for all workers. Some states have minimum wages that are not completely terrible.