tip pool
Collective gratuity fund
A tip pool is a system where employees combine their gratuities and divide them according to a formula—often based on hours worked or job role.
Common in restaurants, where servers, bartenders, and bussers share tips rather than keeping only what they personally receive: The tip pool meant everyone got a fair cut on busy nights.
- gratuityPayment beyond the bill
- sharingDividing among others
- serverOne who attends tables
- waitressFemale restaurant attendant
- bartenderOne who serves drinks
restaurant · back of house · split · shift · busboy · hostess · payout · wages · minimum wage · kitchen · front-of-house · distribution · fair share · fair · collective · earnings · service · cash
- service wagesgratuity, gratuities, automatic gratuity, auto-gratuity, service charge
- tippinggratuity, automatic gratuity, auto-gratuity, overtipping, undertipping
- fundsfund, funds, mutual fund, trust fund, hedge fund
- profit sharingprofit sharing, profit-sharing, shared profits, revenue sharing, bonus