• fullstopslash@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    In the USA there is a “minimum” wage, and a tip wage. The tip wage means your employer pays you $2.17/hr and you make nearly all of your income from the kindness of strangers. It’s mindnumbinly aweful.

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      1 year ago

      To be clear, if you don’t make enough in tips to reach minimum wage, your employer pays the difference