Split Tips Fairly Among Staff
Distribute tips among servers, bartenders, bussers, and kitchen staff by hours worked or point system.
Methods
Equal: total / staff। By hours: proportional। By role: waiter 1pt, kitchen 0.5। India: service charge voluntary (CCPA 2022)। Many restaurants still add 10% — customer CAN refuse।
Delivery
Swiggy/Zomato tip: ₹20-50 common। Goes directly to delivery partner — please tip generously, they earn ₹15,000-25,000/month।
The shift from individual tips to tip pooling is accelerating — 40%+ of full-service restaurants now use some form of pooling. The argument for pooling: it reduces income inequality between positions, encourages teamwork, and smooths out the randomness of table assignments. The argument against: it can reduce motivation for exceptional individual service.
