If you work at a restaurant should you get free meals?

Question

I recently started a job as a waiter at a cafe. Today, when my shift was over I left. However, after leaving, I decided that I was hungry and that I wanted to eat, so I figured that I might as well go back and eat there since I haven't tried many things on the menu. Anyway, the owner of the place charged me 50% of the meal. Is that standard practise or do most places give their employees free meals. The dish I ordered was only $12. Also, I was forced to tip out the kitchen 20%?

I meant that the owner told me when he was tabulating how much I made in tips that I had to tip the kitchen 10% of my total tips or 3% of the total $ sales that I had for the day. Is that standard policy to have to share my tips with the kitchen? I've worked there two weeks and he never told me that. Then, I come in for the first time on a Sunday and I have to give up a percentage of my money????

Answer 1

yes tip pooling is standard practice (some even have all the servers pool tip then split it) Also every server job i've had soda's are free, meals are 50% unless you pulled a double at last minute to help them then they normally comp your whole meal (limited choices)

where I worked it was 10% of your Claimed tips

Answer 2

Well, I work at two restaurants and I got a 50% discount at both (I still have to pay). but tipping out the kitchen? Never heard of that. Anyway, my point is some places give you a discount while others give you the food free.

Answer 3

Each restaurant will have a different policy. It seems like your restaurant's policy is 50% discount. You might want to check with the boss just to clarify the policy for the future. If somebody served you the meal I would think a tip is appropriate.

Answer 4

Free or half-price meals when working a full shift is not unusual. Just depends where you work and the prices of food they serve. Tipping the kitchen seems a bit ridiculous.

Answer 5

No free meals. I used to work in a furniture store and didn't get free furniture.
Wouldn't have paid the tip either.
Thank your lucky stars 50% discount is a good deal.

Answer 6

You got a 50% discount. Be happy you got that much.

Plus, you weren't on the clock.

IMO you should not get free meals off the clock, even if it was right after your shift.

Answer 7

Thats pretty average. I got that discount when I worked at two different jobs. Another job took about $3.50 off my pay everyday whether I ate of not. I worked in the kitchen so we used to snack alot so i guess it was the owners way of getting us to pay up!

Answer 8

no, you shouldn't, not unless it was part of your agreement when you first got the job. providing a free meal for all employees can end up costing the employer a lot of money. i think 50% was pretty standard.

Answer 9

There are not many which will do this for the time of recent times. For one difficulty, there is the problem of having to tutor it is your birthday, with a driving force's license or despite. that's form of embarrassing, i think of, to pass to a cafe and ask for some thing for loose using fact it is your birthday, and, definite, that contains soliciting for loose dessert. i would not choose for to get a acceptance of being a freeloader purely using fact I could announce to the international that I graced it with my newborn presence lots of years in the past.

Answer 10

Usually there is a deep discount but not ness. free meal. If you don't like the policy bring your lunch. They can not object to that if they are not providing you a meal. 12.00 is not exactly a cheap meal.