Fast food chain informs employees their tip money will be used for group activities, but fail to mention those are for management only: ‘We're basically funding their day off'

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jun 11, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

Group activities within a company are basically a must these days. Every company (well, most companies), wants their employees to have a good relationship with each other, and for their employees to feel their work is being appreciated, and a fun activity outside of the office is often the way for companies to do just that.

So if a big fast food chain tells their employees their tip money will be used for group activities, you would expect those activities to be extremely luxurious, since the employees have to pay for them. But that was not the case in this Reddit story, in which employees found out that their tip money is being used not to fund their own group activities, which they had none of, but the activities of the chain's upper management, the people who had nothing to do with the hard-earned money servers made from tips.

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    $40.00 "During the past six months, we didn't have one group activity, so where did all our money go?"
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    Just found out what my tips go toward a few days ago, and I am livid.
    via u/Vojtasbest
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    I am from Czech Republic, and I work part-time for a well known US fast-food chain. I started 6 months ago, and when I got trained in using the cash register, one of the first
    via u/Vojtasbest
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    things they told us is, that we aren't allowed to keep the tips we get. It is important to note that the tipping culture here is different to the US for example.
    via u/Vojtasbest
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    We usually tip to round up so we don't get weird change in return, or if the person is exceptionally helpful. This means that the tips are usually very low.
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    They stated that it would be “unfair” for those working other positions in the restaurant, since we all get paid pretty much the same. They told us, that the money we get from these tips is going to be put aside for “group activites" we could participate in.
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    During the 6 months, the only thing that resembled these "group activities" was a yearly meeting of all the staff, where they went through the past year and discussed the problems, answered questions and
    via u/Vojtasbest
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    basically only told us that we could do better. The only thing that yould be "paid for" was the food, but as this meeting took place at 6am in the restaurant. If they used our tips for this, I'd be livid.
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    Today, I went on an app, which is something similar to facebook, but only for the company. I saw a post from one of the managers saying something along the lines of
    via u/Vojtasbest
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    "We had a teambuilding activity for ´specialists' "(people who hold the higher positions). They went bowling and ate a pizza. So yeah, I have a feeling, that me working my off to help
    via u/Vojtasbest
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    the customers and to give them a decent service, funded a "nice day off" for people who already get paid more than me.
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    CrankyPapaya 9 hr. ago Now is the time to post a comment asking when the staff's party will be, and get all your co- workers to ask. If anything, a good public shaming might help if you screen shot and share it somewhere
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    BusStopk eFight • 3 hr. ago Profit Is Theft Tell people to not give tips as they don't go to workers.
    via u/BusStopk**eFight
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    JustRgJane 7 hr. ago This would be illegal in the US but maybe check the laws in your country to see if this is legal or not. Is there an equivalent labor board in your country?
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    ez_noah. 8 hr. ago Report to the labor board that tips aren't being paid to employees
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    Covert_Ruffian · 7 hr. ago "It wouldn't be fair to those working other positions" is such My bar paid an hourly base + tips derived from a not-so-complex mathematical formula based on tips received in a pay period. So it
    via u/Covert_Ruffian
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    was [sum of all tips paid by patrons in 2 weeks] divided by [all labor hours clocked in by everyone in 2 weeks], multiplied by however many hours you clocked in.
    via u/Covert_Ruffian
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    Any excuse like that with this simple clock-in and money managing software being a standard is more of a lie, especially when it comes from an American company.
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    Hircine_Himself - 8 hr. ago She also says "important to note is that here the tipping culture is different than in the US". So yeah, not living in the US but working for a US company.
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    LiqdPT 7 hr. ago It's also very different from the US in that we generally wouldn't tip at a fast food restaurant.
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    Hircine_Himself. 6 hr. ago Neither would we, now that you mention it. (UK)
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