Stock options are because you could be paid more or you are taking risks for future rewards.
A mandatory tip is because your employer doesn't want to pay you full wage and instead of increasing the price and pay you more, they pass it over to the customers. So they get the same profits without having to bother.
Quite different reasons.
Variable, pseudo-optional tips seem like a much bigger problem.
evidently the tips under discussion were not mandatory.
Baristas are paid to make iced tea. The customer doesn’t expect them to do more than that, but they can be nice, learn your name, prepare your tea ahead of time, change the tea recipe to something you enjoy more. Don’t you think they should get a nice bonus too?
In the scenario I set forth, an employer assumes the role of customer during annual reviews of their employees.
Sounds like a tip to me.
> Stock options are because you could be paid more or you are taking risks for future rewards.
Sounds to me like the allure of a job in which tipping is expected.
> A mandatory tip is because your employer doesn't want to pay you full wage ...
Tips are not mandatory by definition.
> Annual bonus is either performance based
>>>> We'd even have it ready for him before he showed up so he never had to wait!
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