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So now instead of making 8.50 an hour plus tips on takeout, I now have to declare my tips which means that all my tips get taken out of my paycheck. So now I make...8.50 an hour. Not happening. I made more money as a host. I made more money at Rainforest!
I am in such a crappy state. I'm talking to them. Although apparently, everyone is supposed to declare their tips anyway...but I thought that was for servers...ya know because they make less than minimum wage but they make so much in tips that that brings them UP to minimum and then they keep whatever is left that they make. I don't get minimum....so the only thing it does to me is make me less. With the hours I'm working...that means I lose between 75 and 100 dollars a week. I can't afford that.
I've decided not to back down on this. If they are going by the book NOW, I'm telling them I'm done with takeout and want to go back to hosting. I made more money as a host. What's the point of making tips if all that gets taken out of my paycheck? There is no longer an incentive to work harder to get tips. If I do a good job and tips...I make 8.50 an hour. If I do poorly and don't make any tips...I get 8.50 AN HOUR. I think that's a valid argument.
It also sucks for the counter person because there is no takeout person during the day. So before, the counter would have to do both....now they have to do both and declare the tips they made in takeout....so they're doing more work for less pay. Not right.
I don't care if I was supposed to be doing this all along. I'm not staying with 8.50 an hour. If that's the case then I'm asking for a raise. The only reason why I never asked for a raise was because I made tips....if that doesn't count anymore then a raise is only fair.
I'm not sitting down on this. I can't afford to take a paycut like this. Not now. I have bills to pay.
Picking up hours at the computer lab this week = desperate.
On top of all that: I just found out that my second scene for ACTF is a red light author. I have 2 weeks to work with Ben on another scene which is TBA.
Sometimes I just want to break down and cry...although I've realized that getting angry makes me feel better than crying. That's probably a bad thing.
I am in such a crappy state. I'm talking to them. Although apparently, everyone is supposed to declare their tips anyway...but I thought that was for servers...ya know because they make less than minimum wage but they make so much in tips that that brings them UP to minimum and then they keep whatever is left that they make. I don't get minimum....so the only thing it does to me is make me less. With the hours I'm working...that means I lose between 75 and 100 dollars a week. I can't afford that.
I've decided not to back down on this. If they are going by the book NOW, I'm telling them I'm done with takeout and want to go back to hosting. I made more money as a host. What's the point of making tips if all that gets taken out of my paycheck? There is no longer an incentive to work harder to get tips. If I do a good job and tips...I make 8.50 an hour. If I do poorly and don't make any tips...I get 8.50 AN HOUR. I think that's a valid argument.
It also sucks for the counter person because there is no takeout person during the day. So before, the counter would have to do both....now they have to do both and declare the tips they made in takeout....so they're doing more work for less pay. Not right.
I don't care if I was supposed to be doing this all along. I'm not staying with 8.50 an hour. If that's the case then I'm asking for a raise. The only reason why I never asked for a raise was because I made tips....if that doesn't count anymore then a raise is only fair.
I'm not sitting down on this. I can't afford to take a paycut like this. Not now. I have bills to pay.
Picking up hours at the computer lab this week = desperate.
On top of all that: I just found out that my second scene for ACTF is a red light author. I have 2 weeks to work with Ben on another scene which is TBA.
Sometimes I just want to break down and cry...although I've realized that getting angry makes me feel better than crying. That's probably a bad thing.