And you stated get a better job for minimum wage that is what I was going off of. I am stating to some people those call center jobs are terrible.
Also why do people work at all these other jobs in the area then that pay less than that call center job? By your reasoning those jobs should be completely empty. Stocking shelves for 8 hours overnight at Walmart/Target? Working as helper for landscaper during the summers? There are plenty of jobs that are way more physically demanding than 3-4 hours of waiting tables in a day especially when you have to do it for far longer.
Could it have something to do with limited job prospects for certain people, lack on desire for that call center job as another, and ease of getting a job since you since restaurants with "hiring" in the window going in to tourist seasons as an example.
And 1) McDonald's is doing more automation and needing less workers on top of a limited pool of jobs. 2) Will not pay as much as a successful restaurant who is providing bonus/incentives to workers. 3) Is still on your feet demanding work. 4) There is a stigma to working in a fast food location that some people will avoid
Wow that really went over your head. In the restaurant industry the servers wages are put on the customer and as the customers you are roughly 90% responsible for that servers wages. An example do you go to the local car deal, buy a used car for $10k then need to account for the sale person's income as well? No the company takes care of all of that.
Sales roles are paid commission, bonuses, incentives, review based incentives, review based pay raises, sales based salary increases, and a whole host of other things. All of this, some of this, or none of this could come to restaurants.
And other jobs are not? Many other low paying jobs are not? No one is saying working at a restaurant is a cake walk but I am not sure how server is the top of the heap as far as terrible jobs to have in that minimum wage to $15/hr space. I think it comes down to many people having only worked in a restaurant and there being so many current/ex waitstaff that push this messaging in comparison to other jobs. It 100% is a hard job but not so much more so that it needs special treatment.
My question is how would you react to other industries going to tipping requirements? Every time your
Amazon package comes you need to tip lets say 10% the value of the box. Before we go down this route again from other threads giving someone a christmas gift is different than tipping on every package you have delivered and is likely way less money.
Also in a restaurant why is the server tipped but the chef/cook is not when in many cases they are not making that much money and shouldn't they want to be a server since they actually make less money than the waitstaff in my experience in the chain restaurants?