tboy said:
2) Tip calculations: Tips are paid out by the customers based on a percentage. How can management change that? If you really are a server, and you pick up the bill from the customer and they say "keep the change", managment has no control over that. In addition, when paying with a CC, there is a separate line for gratuities isn't there? Maybe your service wasn't that great which resulted in a lower overall percentage....
The OP said that they were a server on the buffet table so they wouldn't get tipped directly by the customer. Instead (based on how it worked when my SO worked in the food trade) management takes a % of the tips received and divides it up among the staff not on "the front line".
hornykid:
2 month vacation? Geez it sucks to be you.
I'm amazed your boss agreed to hold your job that long.
You were gone 2 months. When did they change the percentage? If it was soon after you had departed chances are they just forgot to let you know it had changed.
As for not being scheduled to work until after your return. Did the boss know when you were able to return to work? Did you make sure to tell them the exact date you were ready to start work?
I don't think there's much point in complaining to ESA. Far as I know there's no requirement to spread tip money out among the staff, so the fact that you get any should be considered a bonus. As for the scheduling thing unless you have something in writing that specified when you were coming back to work and what hours you were supposed to get in a week you don't have much (if any) of a case. All the boss is going to say is that you asked for a couple of months off and they got you back in as soon as they could after you told them you were back and available.
And not working Sunday: Stupid move IMO. All that that will accomplish is: You lose a day's pay, your coworkers have to pick up the slack, and you've shown your boss that you aren't dependable. I'm willing to bet your job isn't overly hard to restaff.