Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
Maybe the market has just corrected itself. Why make $3/hr as a restaurant server when similar jobs are paying much more? These businesses were quick to layoff workers without any sympathy, so I'm not sure why you, as a labor employee, fault anyone for taking a better option.
Not every state pays the $2.13/hour tipped employee minimum wage. Arizona (where my daughter is a server) pays $9.15 to start. She makes $12/hour plus tips, with $300 in tips not being uncommon.