Nope. No wage, no tips. In my case it lasted two nights only, and was paid the third night (and making the big bucks on weekend nights within a couple of months), but I'd heard of it being as long as a week at other places.

The worst part was, you wouldn't even know how long the trial period was -- they'd just ask you, last minute, if you could come in again for another trial. If it's a place you wanted to work at eventually, you'd say yes.

>"Nope. No wage, no tips."

That sounds illegal, at least here in Canada.

Sounds illegal in most jurisdictions that I'm familiar with

The food service industry in the US has never had much interest in labor laws I guess

It's illegal in the US as well.

You still get tips, which generally outweigh your hourly rate anyway.