Sonic workers quit

[Amused]

https://kutv.com/news/offbeat/entir...tions-quit-after-wages-cut-to-4hour-plus-tips

Entire staffs at 3 Sonic locations quit after wages cut to '$4/hour plus tips'

 

[Trell]

I live in NJ and it's still a full serve state. I know a guy who pumps gas and makes on average about $80 a day in tips (summer), and about $10 a day in tips (winter). This is at WaWa. Kinda like 7-11, only cleaner. They even have a 401k which they match, stocks, and health care which is like $50 a week. The only thing is you're working for $10 a hour. I wouldn't want to pump gas for 40 years though.

I have lived in NJ for 42 years and I have never, and don't know anyone who has, tipped the gas station attendant... Especially not at Wawa where they are working for a big company that provides real pay. Are these all just crazy out of staters?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I have lived in NJ for 42 years and I have never, and don't know anyone who has, tipped the gas station attendant... Especially not at Wawa where they are working for a big company that provides real pay. Are these all just crazy out of staters?

People lie about their income all the time, just look here the median salary is around $350k

 

[LTC8K6]

https://kutv.com/news/offbeat/entir...tions-quit-after-wages-cut-to-4hour-plus-tips

Entire staffs at 3 Sonic locations quit after wages cut to '$4/hour plus tips'

So the story about the note and quitting now makes no sense to me at all.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I think the key here that nobody is mentioning are the DOL rules which outline when a restaurant is subject to FLSA.

https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs2.pdf

If this franchise exceeds the sales requirement then they are now in more trouble.

 

[LTC8K6]

I can no longer tell what the employees were upset about. The tip story still doesn't seem to be correct.

And in any case, the Sonic locations could never pay them less than the state minimum wage.