Tipping

More than fair. TOO fair. How many other people earning $60,000 per year in secure union jobs with generous health and pension benefits can expect "tips" in this city?

bb10024, my rental building sounds very similar to yours. Your tipping ideas sound fine to me.

thanking you!

Geez. I guess I am cheap. Those tipping levels sound absurd to me if they are totallyiing well over 1000 as it sounds. These people are doing a job that they are fairly well compensated for with decent job security in a fairly low stress job with no cumulative physical damage.

That is very very generous. I think even if you went a little lower that would still be a very good tip. But i usually give my best doorman $100.
But naturally you should do what works for you.

I wonder how many of you willingly handed over your lunch money to bullies on the playground when you were in school ...

bb10024 - those numbers seem right on target, particularly if they were your instinct anyway.

I dont know why Matt insists we make 60k a year. 1950 an hour does not equal 60k. I am a concierge/doorman. What you are giving is definitely fair.

I think that Matt is the bully. He won't allow tipping in his building but I believe he works in media & almost certainly gets a handsome year end bonus; & can't you just HEAR the squall if he were to not get his? Mean fellow, our boy Matt.

Kevin, I don't want to sound harsh, but $20/hr for a concierge/doorman is plenty of money for the education/training that you need for your job. I'm sure you're a good guy, but you should never complain about your salary when there are guys breaking their back picking tomatoes for $1/hr and busboys making $7.20/hr. Those are the guys who needs some extra tips.

how does apt size or the number of people in the unit correlate with what to tip?
if 100 for the super is standard...should a single person in a studio do 50?

Robot. I am in no way complaining about how much I make. I was just refuting Matts frequent claims that we make 60k. I also agree that we are paid decent for what we do and in fact I would say some of my coworkers are overpaid considering they dont speak english well (which causes frequent problems that those who speak english have to solve) and some are lazy. I know some might think Im stupid considering Im not welathy but I usually tip about 30% for haircuts, food deliverys, cabs etc.

"but $20/hr for a concierge/doorman is plenty of money for the education/training that you need for your job."

Do you need any education/training to be a doorman? My impression is that your job requirements were: (1) Open the door for people who live in the building, (2) If there's someone who doesn't live in the building, call the person they claim to be visiting.

Do you really need a degree to do that?