Shortly before opening, Casa Bonita’s new owners Matt Stone and Trey Parker decided to eliminate tipping and instead pay workers a flat wage of $30 per hour.
Now I could be wrong, but getting a an hourly wage as a restaurant worker is FAR better than relying on tips. I feel like either workers in this situation are too obsessed with tips or there’s huge context missing.
$30/hr is high for FT/PT award rates in dollarydoo land but it's not ridiculous. Level 1 casual is $29.04 weekday rate.
Upon thinking about it, I've realised I've been out of the industry for almost a decade now, so yeah, rates have probably gone up since then. I am in error.