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☆ How much should you tip your barista?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

There’s also often an option to leave a custom tip or no tip at all. Although consumers are accustomed to tipping waiters, bartenders and other service workers, tipping a barista or cashier may be a new phenomenon for many shoppers. Others feel guilty if they don’t tip or embarrassed if their tip is stingy. One barista in Washington State said that he understands if a customer doesn’t tip for a drip coffee order. Nearly 60% of Uber customers never tip, while only about 1% always tip, a 2019 University of Chicago study found.

☆ Starbucks union organizers wanted credit-card tipping. Now they’re being left out
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

They also wanted a better tipping option. “One of the first public demands that we made last fall, when our campaign launched, was for credit card tipping,” the Starbucks Workers United said in a statement to CNN. The coffee chain has for years allowed customers to tip when they pay using their Starbucks card in the Starbucks app, or to leave a cash tip. But Starbucks (SBUX) only started rolling out the credit and debit card tipping system, which is now available nationally, in September. “Even though union-representated workers do not have credit card tipping at the moment, it still feels like a union victory,” she said.

☆ Amid persistent inflation, cash-strapped consumers are tipping less
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

With inflation near record highs, cash-strapped consumers have started to tip less — especially when it comes to fast casual dining and carryout. About 17% of Americans are tipping less due to inflation, while only 10% are tipping more, according to a recent survey of more than 1,000 people by PlayUSA. More than half, or 54%, also said they feel pressure to leave a tip when checking out on an iPad. Like many other businesses, the bakery uses a contactless and digital payment method, which prompts consumers to leave a tip when they pay. "Only around 1 in 5 people tip," Sirotkina estimated.

☆ How to keep an intern on your team and pay them what they're worth, even if you can't afford to hire them full time
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two founders share how to responsibly scale your team and pay workers what they're worth. But there will be times when internships end but you want to keep the workers on as team members, Avilez said. Avilez hires her former interns as contract employees for one-off events or projects if she can't hire them full time, she said. Scale at a responsible paceWhile additional employees can support a scaling business, it's important not to rely on potential growth for employees' pay. Regularly including them in company work ensures they're incentivized and still bringing their ideas and skills to the table, she said.

☆ Initiative 82: Washington, DC could get rid of system that pays tipped workers less
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Question 2 would raise the minimum wage for tipped employees to $15.20 by 2027. Ballot measure detailsInitiative 82 would raise the minimum wage from $5.05 for tipped workers incrementally over the next 6 years until it is equal to the regular minimum wage in Washington, DC. This means that if minimum wage stayed the same in DC, wages for tipped workers would reach $15.20 by 2027. Supporters argue that the measure would get rid of the tip credit system that allows employers to pay restaurant workers and bartenders below minimum wage. In 2018, 55% of voters in DC passed Initiative 77, which got rid of the tip credit system and sought to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers.

☆ I'm a 23-year-old who's saved more than $107,000 by waitressing and bartending in Nantucket and Aspen. Here's what it's like being a seasonal worker.
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-02 | by ( Lauryn Haas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Sam Madden, 23, has worked as a nanny, waitress, and bartender in Nantucket and Aspen for six years. I had some money saved to pay for rent because I'd worked at McDonald's and Olive Garden throughout high school. In the main house, there were a bunch of college guys and girls who all worked at the Nantucket Yacht Club, and I thought that their summer looked like so much fun. My manager saw that I had bartending on my résumé from the yacht club and asked if I wanted to start bartending. She lived with a manager of a restaurant called Cru, which is kind of the "It" restaurant on the island.

☆ I do bottle service for a Las Vegas nightclub and can make thousands in tips each night — but the job is a lot grosser than people realize
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-11 | by ( Lauryn Haas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

"Bottle girl" is slang for girls who work in clubs and do bottle service specifically, but both terms describe what I do. I got the job two weeks after I turned 21, so I hadn't even officially been to a club yet. All the clubs in Las Vegas, mine included, are usually open one weekday and then on the weekends. Our job is to guide them through the night, although we're supposed to sell to them and encourage them to buy. But I know some girls who are uncomfortable about handshakes and high fives because in a nightclub we just don't really know where people's hands have been.

☆ Request for Proposals ATIC Strategic Plan Development
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +51 min

ATIC will actively promote the interests of the members, by helping delivering the benefits of the ICT sector, while meeting the legitimate concerns of the members. ATIC reserves the right to make revisions to the content, order, and numbering of the provisions in the actual subcontract document prior to execution by ATIC and the selected awardee. ATIC will assess the best operations models to reach the above stated results for the sector and for its members. Development of implementation recommendations This stage includes the development of recommendations regarding the implementation phase of the plan. Meeting topics will align with information and data collected and may include:Organizational Overview ‐ Assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, and competencies of the organization.

Persons: Marina Bzovii, ATIC, Tekwill, Offerors, deliverables, ATIC —, —, activitiy Organizations: National Association of ICT, National Association of ICT Companies, OF, Organization, Umbrella Organization, ICT, Moldovan ICT, Association, THE ASSOCIATION Moldovan Association of ICT Companies, Vocational ICT, Austrian Development Cooperation, Moldova ICT Summit, USAID, Robotics, Smart, United States Agency for International Development, Government, International Development Agency, Moldova ICT, ATIC, Technical University of Moldova, Center, Moldovan, Women, Tech, UN, Microsoft, Office National Association of ICT Companies, Bank, Swift, United, United States Government, Intellectual, “, Consultancy, Ministry, Economy, Infrastructure, Ministry of ICT, Moldova ICT Industry Competitiveness, Moldova IT Industry Competitiveness, Innovation, IT Industry, “ National Association of ICT Companies, Eg . Telecom, Software, Business Networking Development, Human Capital, ‐, Telecom, Services Locations: MOLDOVA, Moldova, Republic of Moldova, Moldovan, Sweden, Sida, Chisinau, MDL, ATIC, United States

☆ Hate Tipping? Here Are 12 Countries Where You Don't Have To
▼ + stars: | 2014-04-29 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Unlike the U.S, where it’s standard to tip 15-20 percent for most services, some countries only expect a 5 percent tip, and other countries expect nothing at all. The result was the following list of 12 countries, where tipping customs range from welcome (but not expected) for great service, all the way to insulting. AdvertisementNote, tipping in countries where it is not customary, or where service fees and gratuity are included, is often still appreciated. People may choose to add a small tip, and higher tipping percentages are more common in big cities. A 10 percent tip is normal for great service, but patrons do not need to feel compelled to leave anything.

Persons: Kiran Dhillon, Waitstaff Organizations: Japan, Hong Locations: U.S, China, Polynesia, Japan, Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Switzerland Swiss, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Zealand, New Zealand

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