Olive Garden & Red Lobster making workers part-time to avoid providing health insurance

[littlewolf]

27. this is the part from the link that really sux

The reduction was driven by several factors. Given the challenging job market, Darden has been able to offer lower pay rates to new hires. Bonuses for general managers have been reduced as sales have stagnated. Servers at Red Lobster are handling four tables at a time, instead of three.

And last year, the company also put workers on a “tip sharing” program, meaning waiters and waitresses share their tips with other employees such as busboys and bartenders. That allows Darden to pay more workers a far lower “tip credit wage” of $2.13, rather than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/09/3858817/olive-garden-owner-putting-more.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy

so now the poor waitress / waiter has to share with the bartender?
when I worked as a waiter some of us shared with the bus boys (got our tables cleared faster )
but this truly stinks ....