Tipping

[texasbelle5]

I may tip a caterer 5-10 bucks, but it certianly wouldn't be 15-20% of the entire bill.

[ahanix1989]

A sample catering.
2 pans of lasagna (serves 12 total)
2 pans of chicken fettucini alfredo (serves 20 total)
1 pan of garden salad (serves 8-12)
3 pans of spaghetti (serves 36 total)
a total of 56 breadsticks

i make it, package it, box it all up, drive to the location, unpack it, set up all the plates, utensils, cutlery, etc...

our catering menu is different from our regular menu (you order by the pan, rather than the serving, for example)

so it's a little more than "here's your pizza"

A sample catering, made/packaged








Now don't you think I deserve a little something for making that, packing it up, delivering it, and unpacking it ?

[Imprl59]

I've read messages here for a long time but never registered and posted until I saw this thread..

You are being taken advantage of in this situation in so many ways...

Do you reaize that if you have an accident and your insurance becomes aware that you were driving for business (kind of obvious with 50lbs of Fazzolis splatered around the car) they do not have to pay your claim? You have to have an additional level of insurance to be covered when using your vehicle for work. Sure you could go back and sue the company afterward but do you really want to be involved in years of litigation?

You should be keeping track of your mileage and getting paid for what you drive.

You should not be paid a server wage if you are preping the food and delivering it.

The best lesson I have learned in my years is that a company will take advantage of you in any way you will let them and they will spit you out the other side when they are done with you. I hate to be so negative, especially on my first post, but my gut feeling here is that they are screwing you over and you aren't aware that they shouldn't be doing this to you. Jobs in this sector of the market are a dime a dozen... If they won't be fair with you please find some place that will be.

Steve B.

[earl colby pottinger]

How?

Pretty much, I'm supposed to be officially reimbursed 41¢/mile, but rather than go through all that paperwork, my boss just occasionally gets me a gas gift card and has the company pay for it through a CPO. If I made a big deal out of little things like tire wear ($400 in tires lasted me 11 months, due to massive suspension problems), he'd just make the deliveries himself.

How is this a bad thing? You either win because you are where the tips are or your boss sees how much your work is worth and pays you more. Here in Canada I was making $0.27 cents per kilometer. That added up real quick.

[Emrld]

Here is part of the rub - your place of business has a section called a catering menu. Therefore the people who place the order expect that to be at a catered price and not the same as pick up, carry out, or delivery. Also, in business as was said earlier . . . the person receiving the delivery is not always the person who made the arrangements . . .and finance may have rules about when they can tip and it not come out of their pocket.
Really it is up to your boss to educate/ compensate you when it falls under the heading of catering.

[Velfarre2001]

Pretty much, I'm supposed to be officially reimbursed 41¢/mile, but rather than go through all that paperwork, my boss just occasionally gets me a gas gift card and has the company pay for it through a CPO. If I made a big deal out of little things like tire wear ($400 in tires lasted me 11 months, due to massive suspension problems), he'd just make the deliveries himself.

Then do that. You are getting nothing out of this but a LOT more work for practicaly nothing.

If you are being ripped off, and believe me YOU ARE! Make your boss do it. Simple.

[Jester]

Now don't you think I deserve a little something for making that, packing it up, delivering it, and unpacking it ?

Yes, you do. You should suggest to your boss that, since this IS catering, it would not be a bad idea for him/her to add a certain percentage gratuity to all catered orders, for the person doing all the work (whether it is you, him, Gretchen, Hans, Fabio, or whoever). You should also be botherered to do the paperwork for your mileage.

If he will not agree to either of these, tell him to find someone else to do his catering work for him, as you and your vehicle are taking a beating on all of this. And start looking for other work....if he won't go for this, he is an ass, and you don't want to work for him. Period.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Last year, when I drove about 180 miles round trip for a week to help out another store, I was paid 30-ish cents per mile. Which added up to a pretty sweet check for mileage.

That plus all the overtime I wanted.

I wouldn't drive that far again to help out another store though.

[ahanix1989]

I've got an interview on Thursday for a new job as an electricical apprentice. $8.50 starting wage, up to $16.50 in two years, benefits after 30 days, no overtime restrictions, doubletime on sundays, etc...

[TryNotToBeThatOne]

Okay, it's Thursday. It went well & they immediately offered you the job, right?!

[ahanix1989]

They're still doing the decision-stuff. They've called my boss twice

However, again, my dad's been there 20 years, and they hired my brother simply because he's related to my dad... and I'm practically identical to my brother (same looks, build, skills, grades, etc)

[CorDarei]

Last year, when I drove about 180 miles round trip for a week to help out another store, I was paid 30-ish cents per mile. Which added up to a pretty sweet check for mileage.

i don't know if it's different per state... but if you live in the US, and you only got paid 30c per mile, you were ripped off about 11c a mile, cos it's been 41 for at least a year and a half in Texas

and to be on topic, hope you get the other job, cos i also think you're being screwed over by your employer.

[Emrld]

There is a cap set by the IRS for milage - basically you can be paid that amount or below and there is no Federal/ FICA/ Social Security tax against it in the US.
I am not aware of any set standard/ rate after that. (In otherwords I believe it is up to the disgression of an agreement between company and employee - most employers use the max amount allowed by IRS)