Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now

Re:Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now by bradleyjg on Friday January 21, 2022 @04:42PM (#30030385)

That may well be the case, but in the restaurant industry it is potentially keeping in place a local maxima. No restaurant can experiment with spending less on front of house and more on back of house, ingredients, or space. That percentage of revenue (~25%) is locked in and untouchable.

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Re:Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now by HWR_14 on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:00PM (#30031993)

Spending 25% on the front of the house? That's a huge amount - labor is probably less than 25% all in.

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Re:Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now by bradleyjg on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:59PM (#30032420)

20% comes off the top in the form of tips that never make it to the till. The other 5% is a fudge factor for the fact that you still need to pay something in wages.

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Re:Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now by HWR_14 on Saturday January 22, 2022 @12:29AM (#30033936)

Your numbers imply that the hourly productivity of a waiter in the US serves food that is just under $50 on the menu and thy make a $12.50 tip on the same. More in areas with a higher tip minimum wage. Do those numbers seem reasonable to you?

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Re:Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now by bradleyjg on Saturday January 22, 2022 @08:57AM (#30036636)

I don’t understand where you are getting those numbers.

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