Tip splitting and pooling
How teams divide tips: equal splits, hours-weighted shares, points systems and pooled tronc arrangements, with worked examples you can copy.
What is a tronc — and when do you actually need one?
Tronc is a catering word for a tip pool that someone is accountable for. It is not a different kind of money. It is a pool with a name on the rule, which is often all a team was missing.
How to split tips by hours worked
When shifts are different lengths, an equal split is the argument waiting to happen. Splitting by hours is the default for a reason: the hours are already tracked, and the shares always add back up.
Tip-out percentages: how much support roles should actually get
Most tip-out arguments are really arguments about the base, not the percentage. Taking a cut of sales and taking a cut of tips behave very differently on a slow night — and one of them can go above 100%.
How to split tips fairly: five methods that actually work
Five ways real teams divide tips — equal, by hours, by points, by sales and hybrid pools — with a worked example for each and honest notes on where each one breaks down.