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Old 28 Mar 21, 05:45 PM  
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Old 28 Mar 21, 09:09 PM  
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And we have the NHS, affordable third level education, lots of cities where you can get a nice semi in a decent estate for under 100K. It is true that a $15 an hour minimum wage would be higher than any European country and it's also true that $15 in Alabama would be a comfortable living but it is very expensive to live in the US as they have such a poor social safety net and absurd prices for education and healthcare. I know some places in NYC, LA and SF already pay a minimum $15 and too right. I wouldn't live in any of those cities for less than $30 an hour. I spent summers there on J1 visas and while you start out thinking you'll be minted when you were earning £7 an hour back home you come home with a new found appreciation of the NHS and affordable thrid level education. Heck even our very best fee paying schools are a bargain by US Standards - the tuition of the random private school across the street for our hotel in Texas - 45K per student!

Of course I will add that if every state in the US was paying $15 minimum then I also believe tipping % should be adjusted for the cost of living in the area. A Denny's server in a sleepy Arkansas town would indeed be striking oil if she was getting 22% on top if her hourly wage. A NYC server and the NYC market could bear a higher max top %.
Very well said. Add on the fact that people on here constantly mention the high cost of supermarket shopping. My car insurance, house insurance, electricity, water, property tax (rates), wifi and mobile phone bills are all higher here in Florida.
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Most jobs including Disney servers get health care as part of their generous employment package. $15 an hour is a good wage to hand food over
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Very well said. Add on the fact that people on here constantly mention the high cost of supermarket shopping. My car insurance, house insurance, electricity, water, property tax (rates), wifi and mobile phone bills are all higher here in Florida.
And taxes are substantially lower. US take home pay is higher for the same wage than here in UK (particularly for states with no income tax), wages seem higher anyway, and sales tax is much lower. Whereas supermarket food is more expensive, many items (cars, electronics, etc) are cheaper. Also those with a decent income get married couples’ joint taxation bands and can enjoy huge tax deductions on the already lower levels for mortgages and other things. Even DVC is tax deductable over there.
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Most jobs including Disney servers get health care as part of their generous employment package. $15 an hour is a good wage to hand food over
Disney servers in table service make substantially more. I met an ex employee who told me they often make more than the manager and the joke was they had the best cars in the car park. Some of them in Signatures can be pulling 100k, but she told me many are well over 50k if full time.

I’d rather tip a higher rate to the person in Long Horn, Chilis etc. I will often tip over 20% in these places but generally stick to 18 max in Disney unless someone has been exceptional.
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I worked in the US in hospitality jobs for a few years.

I was being paid a basic hourly wage of $2 something but due to tips I was getting upwards of $1000 a WEEK in the peak holidays.

Its much more of a lucrative and a career choice than hospitality in the UK.

I'd rather get $2 an hour plus tips than the minimum wage over here.
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Most jobs including Disney servers get health care as part of their generous employment package. $15 an hour is a good wage to hand food over
You ever worked in a busy restaurant? Much more than handing food over
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I read in another article that some Disney servers are making so much out of tips that they are being given a security escort to the staff car-park.
I can believe that if you work at Victoria and Alberts, don't think i will ever give a tip like that again in my lifetime (service was next level though we didn't mind)
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