- Jan 5, 2011
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One of my friends is constantly complaining when she only makes like 35-40 bucks in tips for a five hour shift at a restaurant. They pay her 5 an hour before taxes and she said most of the time she ends up making 3.50-4 dollars an hour that way. Minimum wage here is 8.25, aka shes making more than minimum wage. No matter how much I tell her she doesn't get it. Like I cleaned toilets, did trash, and cleaned up bodily fluids at a water park and only made 8.25 an hour. After taxes it was like 6. Stop complaining about making more than that being a waitress.
Minimum wage in Chicago is $10 now (as of July 1). Given how close you are, I'd kind if expect to get paid that - not sure I'd work for $8.25 if I was close enough to work somewhere that had to pay 10...but that's just me I guess.
As for your friend, if I made $35-40 per shift waiting tables, I'd have flipped my s**t. You can't compare it to other jobs that are *not* waitressing. Compare it to other waitressing jobs. Like, how mad would you be if other people at water parks were making $16/hour? Compare the same job to compare wages.
She's making less than half the average for what servers usually make. I don't think I've ever made less than $100 per shift average in any restaurant I've worked in (and no - they weren't in Chicago. I'm talking places like Newport News, VA). She definitely should work somewhere else.
*Side note, so should you apparently! [emoji1]
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