Is CARNIVAL NOT PAYING their Crew?
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The creator addresses recent accusations circulating in a Facebook group claiming that Carnival Cruise Line does not pay its tipped crew members a base salary. The rumors suggest that the company uses passenger gratuities to cover employee wages, only topping up the difference to meet an agreed amount. The creator examines a response from a Carnival brand ambassador who categorically denies these claims as false and inaccurate. To provide context, the creator reviews Carnival's official website, which states that 100 percent of assigned gratuities are distributed to the crew members. The video also explores the economic model of tipped employment, comparing it to the United States system where tipped workers often receive a lower base minimum wage than non-tipped employees. While the creator expresses frustration with the current automatic gratuity system in the cruise industry, which often leads to passengers double tipping, they conclude that the practice of paying a lower base salary supplemented by tips is a common labor model. The creator notes that they have never heard a crew member claim they were not receiving a proper salary.
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I spent about six years working in a tipped position and that drove me to do some research on how tipping salaries work in the United States.
I think what he's trying to say is that the gratuities aren't the only way that crew members get paid they are paid a salary by Carnival and the gratuities are in addition to that salary.
I hate the way the Tipping is done in cruising it's set up so that the consumer often double tips.
I've cruised on Virgin voyages and none of the crew members are expecting a gratuity you pay all that on the front end their complete salary is baked into the cruise fair.
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