Tipping

[dx4100]

Originally Posted by Edjames

I get that you should tip them and that $5.50 an hour is not a good wage. But if it takes me an hour to eat and my bill comes to $200, that means I'm paying them $41.50 an HOUR! That's mental.

Further, bear in mind that they're not focussed purely on my table during that time period, so I'm not even getting an hour of work out of them for that amount. They're providing me a service for, at most 25% of that hour.

So now lets assume they're serving four tables for that hour. They earn their $5.50 an hour, plus, let's assuming four $100 bills, at $18 service for each. That's $77.50 per hour. Assume an 8 hour day, that's £620, $3,100 per week and circa $13,000 per month. $156k a year.

Now given how few servers you see driving around in Porsches, it's safe to say that whopping 18% is almost DEFINITELY not going to your server.

And that's why tipping sucks.

Pay your staff a fair amount and tell me on the menu what my food will ACTUALLY cost me.

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I agree with this principle.

In regards to the rest I am pretty sure the tip gets divided up between people doing other roles and not just the server.

[YorkshireT]

The tips are ludicrous, and some of the servers are on six figures. I have this from the horses mouth.
I would leave what you think is reasonable. The food has been so inflated over the last decade, the tips have also gone through the roof. For buffets, 5-10% is more than adequate in my view. 15% for good service at table. If not good, go down. Do not feel obliged to do anything, make your own choices. I do leave 20% when I have received fantastic service- I really do base it on what service is given rather than conforming to a standard.
Tipping in WDW restaurants is very different to standard places such as Chillis etc. WDW servers almost never move on as they make so much money. I was speaking to a hostess who had been hoping for a waitress job- 2 years on still waiting. There are no Disney servers on anything like minimum wage- often they are earning more than doctors. If they do not perform, do not pay- they can probably afford it more than you.

[dx4100]

paysa/salaries/walt-...-world--waiter

Interesting...

So £48k is about the average...

With £55k being about the top end...

[Stitch & Smudge]

Originally Posted by dx4100

paysa/salaries/walt-...-world--waiter

Interesting...

So £48k is about the average...

With £55k being about the top end...

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Wow, more than interesting.

[YorkshireT]

This is a sample from less than 20 people. The person I spoke to at length (ex hostess ) said some earning $80, 90, 100k a year. She desperately wants a job there but can't get one. Years on a waiting list.

There's a very illuminating Reddit Q and A where a server talks about the money- big bucks. In a hotel restaurant working fairly limited hours they were on over $50k and said full time, park restaurant or Signature, over $100k doable.

But even if the 48k (£s not dollars and it's over £49k) average is correct, even that is crazy money for waiting tables. There's many a skilled professional with year's of training not on that.

[YLL]

Where do I apply?

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by YLL

Where do I apply?

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And me!
To be honest it grips me but it is what it is and unless everybody stops eating there nothing will change

As an aside we are very friendly with a number of Servers and the figures quoted for the top 4 Signature places aren’t correct. The figures on here are too low by quite a long way!

[YorkshireT]

I tell my daughter who wants to be a barrister- don't bother, try to get working in Disney as a server.

[jocesk]

I was a server at Disney many moons ago. Have to say I didn’t earn anywhere near that but times have changed.

I can also confirm that there are many Americans that don’t bother tipping. I just think you should tip what the service was worth.

[Andybear]

Originally Posted by jocesk

I was a server at Disney many moons ago. Have to say I didn’t earn anywhere near that but times have changed.

I can also confirm that there are many Americans that don’t bother tipping. I just think you should tip what the service was worth.

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As well as times changing prices also go up. The more expensive the meal is the higher the tip is. It's like when people complain about the price of park tickets compared to what they were 10 years ago. Prices go up. It's simple economics.