The Growing Pressure to Tip: A Controversial Trend
TL;DR
More businesses are asking customers to tip, driven in part by the spread of digital payment technologies that include prompts to tip workers. Some companies could also be turning to tipping to avoid paying their workers more. Businesses relying on tips to help pay their workers is far from a new phenomenon, particularly in the restaurant industry. One potential reason service businesses are warming up to tipping is that they're under particular pressure to keep labor costs in check.
- More places than ever are asking for tips because worker pay is rising Business Insider
- NJ businesses that do this might guilt a tip out of you New Jersey 101.5 FM
- Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy confesses he’s ‘deathly afraid’ of being caught by new self-checkout policy... The US Sun
- Opinion: We are being asked to tip on everything these days. We shouldn't The Globe and Mail
- Tipping for carryout, pizza delivery before it happens? Customers are saying 'enough' St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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