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Originally Posted by Graytop
When you talk about helping to pay the wages of co-workers, are you referring to pooling tips?...If so, I agree wholeheartedly with you on that. I've always been disappointed with restaurants that do not allow their servers to keep their own tips. It takes away the incentive for personal excellence.
From a business standpoint, companies are always looking for ways to reduce expenses and they shouldn't be regarded as evil or being "the big bad wolf" for doing so. They are in business to make a profit. Some people seem to think that making a profit is wrong or evil. Any business that doesn't keep a close eye on their bottom line will not survive long,.....then no one will have a job there. And I don't see where it's a bad thing when a company is looking for ways to legally pay less taxes. They would be foolish not to, and yet some people seem to think that these companies have an inexhaustable source of money to give to the government or employees. Here is a news bulletin,....your employer is not in business to provide you a living, not primarily,.... That may be a benefit to you for working there. They are in business to make a profit for themselves. If people are too naive to understand this, then private sector business is doomed in our country.
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No one objects to them making a profit. The point is they are banding together to depress wages to make a higher profit. I'm really surprised that so many here don't get it. Cook the food better, give better service, spruce up the decor, run some specials, go the extra mile, that's free enterprise but donating large sums of money to certain Senators campaigns to get legislation favoring them is just wrong!
If the government wanted to help the small business people cut their taxes and regulations. not cut the already meager salary of the employees.