Gratuities, does the employees actually get them?
At dinner we had a very friendly waiter and we started chatting. He mentioned that on this cruise there were 3000 passengers, next week there would be 3200 and the week after 4000. I ask him "That would be a good thing right?" He said he would be very busy. So I asked (i probably shouldn't, but he was very friendly) isn’t your salary depending on the amount of people on board? We all either pre-pay the gratuities or are charged daily. Therefore it makes sense the more people the more gratuities
See my posts #29 and #31.
Let's say a waiter signs a contract that says he will get $1200/month, of which $400 is base salary, and $800 is DSC contributions from the passengers. If everyone onboard removed the DSC, then the waiter's salary would only be his base salary of $400/month, except that the cruise line has to step in and meet the mandated minimum wage of $675/month (so they kick in $275). So, to answer your question, if everyone removed the DSC, the salary would go from $1
