

> Generally, how much do you tip a good, hustling barback? Do you do
> it by a percentage of your total tips or is it all about the
> barback's effort? Also, how much teaching actually goes on between a
> barback and a bartender?
Where I work, bartenders pool tips, the barbacks get a 25% share of the total
tips, the bartenders split the rest evenly.
We tip higher than most places, but our barbacks also do work that is reserved
for bartenders usually. So, we pay them accordingly. Every time they
complain that they do too much work, and the bartenders don't do enough (this
happens about every 3 months), all we have to do is remind them that they get
the highest tipout of any bar I know of in Houston.
The bartenders also frequently tip out individually if they feel a barback
helped them out. However, the mandatory 25% doesn't change - even if a
barback does a bit of bartending (which is pretty rare).
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