Just off Star....UBP bartenders don't get tips? Or how do they?

[pieshops]

Not doubting your BIL's word, but I doubt a bartender is privy to the number of UBP packages sold for a particular week or month and how much money was collected by NCL on those 18% Gratuity and Service Charge fees, then divide it out by bar staff and ever have any idea whether the amount shown on their pay stubs was their share of 100% of the pot or only 1%, with NCL pocketing the remainder as a "service fee".

 

Do they show them the actual numbers and the calculation used to come up with their share? If so, I might believe they are getting this fee in it's entirety, but if not, I will assume that there is a reason they added the words "Service Charge" to the name of this fee, otherwise they would just call it a "Gratuity Fee". So much simpler.

 

Since you have someone on the "inside", can they provide a little info on how the incentive portion, which is where I assume the 18% would go, is derived? Does it fluctuate each paycheck? Fixed amount per contract or per quarter or other pay period?

 

Are you talking about the dsc? Or the 18% from the beverage package or purchased drinks

[punkincc]

Are you talking about the dsc? Or the 18% from the beverage package or purchased drinks

 

The OP's question was on the 18% on the UBP packages, so that is what is being discussed. But whether on a "package" or just 18% on individual drinks, it is one and the same, the money all going into the same pool.

 

Your BIL may see an amount in his paycheck that is designated as being from this pool of money. But my question is how he could ever possibly know whether or not it actually constitutes the full 18% taken in by NCL, unless they are giving the employees the amount in the pool and the calculations done to arrive at their share.

 

Especially when they call it both a gratuity AND a service fee.