BEWARE of Chicago Pizza!!!

[Jaxson]

http://www.youtube.com/v/EKZS4Jn6gRM

Finally got it up here.  Enjoy!

[cp server #3]

I used to work at CP and the other cp servers explained everything accurately except one thing.

To determine what the servers get paid, multiply your hours by $9.  If you credit card tips do not exceed $9/ hour, you will get paid minimum wage($7.25).  If you tips do exceed $9/hour you will get paid your tips.

For example:

Work 75 hours: 75x9= $675
Credit card tips for 2 weeks: $628

They do not exceed $9/hour so now they will be getting paid $7.25 because they are taking out $1.75 per hour you work.

75x7.25= 543 -amount before taxes are taken out

Where did the $85 go?

Now the company is making sure the servers are only getting paid 15% of their sales, or $7.25 an hour "whichever is higher"


and No they gratuity is not on to-go orders.

[coredumped]

Thanks to the CP servers (whistle blowers?) and please report back with your findings stephen. There's a lot of negative comments in this thread and they sound just, but we really should get it straight from the horses mouth.

[5pointy]

I have a friend who recently worked at Chicago Pizza--she said that the servers could only get the tips that were paid in cash. Any tips put on credit cards automatically went to management. Also, servers were given notice not to request that customers pay in cash. She has copies of memos to prove it all. I asked why no one was complaining to the Labor Board--she said "they all need their jobs".

[Timkin]

that does not sound legal .

[RockStar]

Someone posted on Yelp that they were adding the 15% grats on take out orders.

[Timkin]

Any truth to said rumor?

[coredumped]

if true, I must question cp server #3's creditability.

[cp server #3]

Question my credibility all you want.. The fact is the gratuity is not supposed be on to go orders.. If it is, the bartender is not taking it off.  Get a to go order, if its on there ask for a manager.  They will take it off.

Honestly, i think they should keep the gratuity on to go orders.  How many of you tip on to-go orders?  Do you realize the bartender is taking time from their customers to answer your phone call, put in your order, bag it up with all the extras you need.  I wouldn't tip 15%-20% but don't you think they deserve something?  Or are you getting to-go food so you don't have to tip?

[Brian Siebenschuh]

Epic thread, all started by two dollars and seventy cents.

One would think that a place serving the WORLD'S BEST PIZZA (says it right on their website) would be so flush with business there wouldn't be any issues with service charges, federal minimum wage laws, collection of sales tax in excess of the required percentage, or disgruntled employees.  Weird...

[ChriswUfGator]

Question my credibility all you want.. The fact is the gratuity is not supposed be on to go orders.. If it is, the bartender is not taking it off.  Get a to go order, if its on there ask for a manager.  They will take it off.

Honestly, i think they should keep the gratuity on to go orders.  How many of you tip on to-go orders?  Do you realize the bartender is taking time from their customers to answer your phone call, put in your order, bag it up with all the extras you need.  I wouldn't tip 15%-20% but don't you think they deserve something?  Or are you getting to-go food so you don't have to tip?

When someone gets a to-go order the kitchen prepares and bags it. Then the host hands it to them and they leave. You don't have to do any actual "serving." You don't have to clean the table, don't have to bring them drink refills, you don't have to run them their apps, run them their entrees, side items, etc., you don't have to check on them periodically (not that this happens much at Chicago Pizza anyway), you don't have to bus the table after they leave, etc., etc.

So why exactly should a server be compensated for NOT serving? There is no traditional service on to-go orders. This is ridiculous. With that attitude, you guys may as well just get fake wheelchairs and sit out on Bay Street asking people for change.

[copperfiend]

Or are you getting to-go food so you don't have to tip?

Sometimes I do. What's the issue?

[02roadking]

Honestly, i think they should keep the gratuity on to go orders.  How many of you tip on to-go orders?  Do you realize the bartender is taking time from their customers to answer your phone call, put in your order, bag it up with all the extras you need.  I wouldn't tip 15%-20% but don't you think they deserve something?  Or are you getting to-go food so you don't have to tip?

At least a buck, every time.

[coredumped]

Or are you getting to-go food so you don't have to tip?

Sometimes I do. What's the issue?

I see none, I do the same thing.

Yes, it takes time to answer the phone and move the pizza box from 1 end of the counter to another, but does it really require a tip? How much? A buck? What if they answer the phone really really good? 2 bucks? Nah, it's minimal effort, and insulting to the servers who work on a table for 30 minutes, have a $10 bill and get $2

[DeadGirlsDontDance]

All right, I have had just about enough of this thread. It's annoying and petty. For days I have been refraining from putting in my two cents, in the hope that would die a natural death...to no avail.

A FEW THINGS SERVERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TIPPING
(from a veteran restaurant employee)

• Gratuities are optional. In fact, the word "gratuity" means something given without claim or demand. Nobody owes you tips. You EARN tips by serving customers in a polite and timely manner.


• Just because a tip is added to the bill doesn't mean people have to pay it. And if the service sucks, they should NOT tip you. Otherwise, you have no incentive to become a good server.


• It's perfectly fine to add a gratuity to a restaurant bill, but ONLY if the customer is clearly and unambiguously made aware of the policy before they pay. Otherwise, the added gratuity is a slimy douchebag attempt to get double-tipped by trusting people who don't scrutinize their bill.


• Non-trusting people who DO scrutinize the bill and find a gratuity charge they were not informed about will think you are a slimy douchebag and are likely to reduce the size of their tip accordingly, or withhold it altogether.


• You do not deserve a tip for taking an order and handing takeout food to customers. Ever. Even if you have other customers to wait on. Even if the customer was a pain in the ass on the phone. It's part of the job, get over yourself. You don't expect to get tipped for sweeping the floor after the place closes, do you?


• Oh, you do? Good luck with that.

And one other thing; I don't think tipshare should be compulsory. Busboys, hostesses and others generally make a higher hourly wage than wait staff, and don't deserve a cut of the tips unless they make an effort above and beyond the scope of their normal duties to make the server's lives easier. However, such support staff is to be cherished, and should be encouraged with a few bucks at the end of the night.