Pay for the barista
Thats right.
I'm about to re-work my "contract" at the cafe. I've been working for Temple for over a year and a half, and I'm one of the "top dogs", so to speak. I'm on extremely good terms with the Big Kat, and I feel that, since I'll be doing more stuff with our new location (roasting, more 'cafe' responsibilities, etc), I figure I could use a little raise (the Kat has brought this up, as well). We haven't thrown around figures yet, and I want to be fair to him and myself.
As of right now, I'm just king barista: typical 40 hour+/week shifts, almost all of them weekday mornings (i.e., "the money" shifts), plus I do most of the internet work for the coffeehouse.
So, I guess the big question is: For a barista (or an employee, rather) that is going to be working the bar, doing roasting stuff (roasting, bagging, etc), website work, and maybe some other "office-paperwork" stuff, what would you consider to be a fair hourly wage?
note: This was a discussion that died (and wasn't properly worded, on my part) in the "retail coffee" forum, so I closed that and moved it over here.
I'm about to re-work my "contract" at the cafe. I've been working for Temple for over a year and a half, and I'm one of the "top dogs", so to speak. I'm on extremely good terms with the Big Kat, and I feel that, since I'll be doing more stuff with our new location (roasting, more 'cafe' responsibilities, etc), I figure I could use a little raise (the Kat has brought this up, as well). We haven't thrown around figures yet, and I want to be fair to him and myself.
As of right now, I'm just king barista: typical 40 hour+/week shifts, almost all of them weekday mornings (i.e., "the money" shifts), plus I do most of the internet work for the coffeehouse.
So, I guess the big question is: For a barista (or an employee, rather) that is going to be working the bar, doing roasting stuff (roasting, bagging, etc), website work, and maybe some other "office-paperwork" stuff, what would you consider to be a fair hourly wage?
note: This was a discussion that died (and wasn't properly worded, on my part) in the "retail coffee" forum, so I closed that and moved it over here.
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Permalink Reply by Benza Lance on
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$20 an hour, plus tips.
There, I threw a number out there.
LET THE DISCUSSION BEGIN.
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Permalink Reply by John Owens on
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Benza:
Maybe the Big Kat would be open to the idea of some sort-of profit sharing model. If you're integral to his business he might be more open to that than a fixed increase in his weekly costs. If you are incentivized to help him increase sales and net income, then it seems like a win-win for everyone. He'd probably want the payout percentage to be based on net income versus revenue. This is just an idea to throw into the discussion.
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Permalink Reply by The Barista Formerly Known As JavaJ on
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You might be the King Barista, but I am still the Emperor!
Unfortunately, that title doesn't pay anything or include benefits.
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Permalink Reply by Jason Dominy on
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I was going to throw out what I thought, but realized, I can't speak for the cost of living where you are. So, there. Here, $15 would be appropriate for all of those duties. Factor in tippage, and you have a good little salary there. But, that's what I think, and not tied to whatever the cost of living is where you are. I remember hanging out with Andy Newbom in MN, and he said in CA where he lives, if you don't make $24 an hour minimum, you couldn't make it. That's crazy money.
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John Owens!
I've thought about this, and it would work, I would just have to present it in the right verbage to the Kat. Good idea though.
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But you do have J Jr.
I have a broken La Pavoni in my kitchen.
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Yeah, CA is pretty high, as far as living goes, but fortunately Sacto is cheaper, by far, than San Jose, or the entire Bay Area, for that matter.
If I made $24 an hour, it would be robbery on my part.
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Permalink Reply by keith on
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to throw a bunch of numbers out there:
I live in Minneapolis, MN.
rent for a decent studio is 595$
student loans+
I work at a cafe avg. 52hrs./wk
my duties are opening/closing, behind the bar/register. pretty basic all around barista. no computer stuff.
I was making 9.50 before, but the owners couldn't afford to pay me time and a half overtime. I did'nt want to complain because then they'd only give me 40hours and my gross salary would be lower..
we compromised and set it up so that I'm on a salary of 550/wk
my paycheck comes every 2 weeks and it's 880.80
this avg to 10.58/hr. if you don't count time and a half for over time.
or 9.5 if you count time and a half for overtime.
so it's basically the same wage as before...
I've seen another cafe in town that offers 11.40/hr. as a living wage for baristas.
should I be looking for that job or should I feel pretty set up?
thanks,
Keith
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