pooled tips
Combined server earnings
Pooled tips are gratuities collected from customers and shared among staff rather than kept by the individual server who received them.
The pool typically gets divided according to a formula based on hours worked or role: The restaurant pools tips so bussers and hosts get a cut.
Pooling reduces income disparity between servers in busy versus slow sections, though high earners often resent it.
- gratuityPayment beyond the bill
- sharedHeld in common
- waitstaffRestaurant service employees
- jarWide-mouthed storage vessel
- serviceAid or maintenance
house rules · split · restaurant · bartender · collective · equal share · wages · minimum wage · busboy · front of house · back of house · server · divided · cash · hospitality · service industry · food service · teamwork
- Revenue Sharingroyalties, commissions, residuals, licensing fees, streaming royalties
- service wagesgratuity, gratuities, automatic gratuity, auto-gratuity, service charge
tip distribution method
pooled tipshourly wage
Pay calculated per hour
base pay · flat rate · no tipping · service charge · salary