They know it too it’s just a negotiating tactic, they can drop the demand in return for a management concession on something else.
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Unionized Maryland Apple Store Workers Request 10% Raise and Option to Accept Customer Tips
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The good thing about an Apple Store is you don’t getting harassed while you’re thinking. If they start paying commissions then shoppers won’t get a moment’s peace.
See previous post about retail staff harassing customers to earn tips.
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A lot were happy for the unionizing because “it’s for the best, they know better, they will fight for it all”.
We all might have passionate opinions on tids and bits on that but I think in that case we should let them operate as they will: maybe the employees represented asked for all of that or maybe for the workers organizations is now standard practice, like the time to mourn your pets (with all the cats and dogs pets proliferation lately to make company to people in an ever increasing isolated society).
Myself I got no skin in this game and would instead see how this movie plays out. It would also be very interesting to see how two close enough Apple Stores, one unionized and one not, evolve over time.
That said, I think it will become mainstream over time… tips and all.
We all might have passionate opinions on tids and bits on that but I think in that case we should let them operate as they will: maybe the employees represented asked for all of that or maybe for the workers organizations is now standard practice, like the time to mourn your pets (with all the cats and dogs pets proliferation lately to make company to people in an ever increasing isolated society).
Myself I got no skin in this game and would instead see how this movie plays out. It would also be very interesting to see how two close enough Apple Stores, one unionized and one not, evolve over time.
That said, I think it will become mainstream over time… tips and all.
Do you really get the same kind of customer experience at Best Buy and Target as you get in Apple Store? Really?.
I never have, and never will, tip in an Apple Store. It is Apple's job, not mine, to pay its employees.
I agree! They should be commission based. Tips are insane.
Tips on general are getting out of control. I will happily give a generous tip for table service, but it’s everywhere now.
meh... 30% tip on a $3000 computer coming out of the back room..... no, sorry, uh uh... no way...
This sounds very, "We won't raise you wages, but we'll give you a pizza party."
I did not expect to read an article about an Apple Store requesting the ability to receive tips. Hilarious. Absolutely not.
Customer service is part of their job description. They want the luxury and safety of a high base pay plus the benefits of gratuity. They do not deserve gratuity for standing in place of of a vending machine that could just as easily accept my credit card and spit out an iPhone.
Don’t get me started on the “tipping everyone” culture for doing the slightest task i.e. fast food orders, Starbucks etc. I’ve always been a 20% tipper in normal tipping situations (eating out etc) but tipping someone for taking an order at a counter is nuts.
10% doesn’t even cover inflation over the past few years……
Sorry, not going to get me riled up over a 10% raise.
As everyone else says, tipping is out of control. Sit down restaurants, salons, Uber, etc; tipping should only be allowed at places that provide a service over a period of time.
At my local (independent) coffee shop, one of the baristas always turns the terminal around and presses “NO TIP” before I even have a chance to add anything, and I usually add some tip for them just because they know me and I like them. She told me one day that they get paid enough.
At my local (independent) coffee shop, one of the baristas always turns the terminal around and presses “NO TIP” before I even have a chance to add anything, and I usually add some tip for them just because they know me and I like them. She told me one day that they get paid enough.
I'd be happy to give them "tips" on how to use Apple products. Every time I ask something to their staff, I realize I know more then them.
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"The union said that "these are initial proposals"
Here's your answer:
Nope....Nope....Nope.
If I ask advice, I might tip.
But....
$1800 iPad Pro 15% (or $270 for grabbing it out of the back room??)
Nopie-de-Nope!!
Here's your answer:
Nope....Nope....Nope.
If I ask advice, I might tip.
But....
$1800 iPad Pro 15% (or $270 for grabbing it out of the back room??)
Nopie-de-Nope!!
Imagine you buy a brand new Apple Product at an Apple Store and an Apple Specialist hits you with this...
There will never be a day I'm ever going to be tipping at an Apple Store.
Especially considering the high dollar purchases, even that 15% is going to be a lot. Tipping percentages doesn’t work so well when paying for anything more expensive than a meal.
45 days off for bereavement if your pet dies? This is so stupid.
Tips? very unprofessional.
Unions are good when they focus on worker safety and training and ensuring concerns are voiced. This is not that.
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Tips? very unprofessional.
Unions are good when they focus on worker safety and training and ensuring concerns are voiced. This is not that.
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Apple is not my friend but as a shareholder (extremely limited shareholder), I appreciate Apple using some of that cash for stock buybacks and dividends.
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Just because you have never rounded up the bill doesn’t mean no one does. People often do this in places you wouldn’t expect, why shouldn’t you be able to keep this money.