Every week people write to me asking the same thing before they apply or move: what does a barista actually earn in Germany, in the UK, in Denmark? So I sat down and put the numbers in one place. Two…
Pay, tips & contracts
Wages by city, tip splits, trial shifts, hours, what is fair.
Coins in a jar, a card prompt, nothing at all? What do customers actually leave in your city?
Simple survey. Are your breaks paid, how long are they, and where are you? No judgement, just the numbers.
A flat white is €5 in the city I work in. I make €13.50 an hour. I cannot afford to drink in the shops I work in, and I certainly cannot afford to live near them. Is this just cities, or is something…
Our tips fell by about a third when the shop went card-only, and they arrive with payroll instead of daily. Owners like the paper trail; staff liked the cash. What happened in your shop, and how did…
Our shop pools all tips and splits them by hours worked, which means the dishwasher gets the same as the person on the espresso machine. Some people say that is fair, some say the bar should get more.…
I keep seeing wildly different numbers for the same job. A café in Berlin quoted me €13 an hour, a friend in London says £13.50 plus service charge, and a shop in Melbourne advertised AU$28 for…
I see the job ads, but ads don't say what people actually take home. If you're pulling shots in Zurich, Switzerland, what are you on, and do tips change it much?