Who do you tip and do you base it off a percentage?
Do you tip management ?
Do you do it based off how helpful they were or club requirements ?
I'm asking because I'm confused.
I feel like everyone expects a high tip but I could just be overthinking
I worked as a dancer for years at two clubs in NJ that basically you swiped a card in and out of dances and VIPs and you gave the fee that the screen said at the end , and the rest went in your purse. It was logged on the computer but only you knew what you made.
Both of those clubs had like a DJ top of $20 or $25 , the one club didn't allow you tip more than that, some DJs didn't accept more, but generally I gave DJs 10%.
The manager didn't cash you out and no one tipped them ever , you just didn't need to. If you tried to they'd refuse it. You tipped the waitress when she got you drinks and would give her extra when she brought your drinks to vip.
If the door guy or security had to stay late bc of you or go out of their way for you , you'd tip them like $5-$10, but other than that like $5 for walking you to your car if they did.
Now I live in Los Angeles and just started dancing here, and where I work now you have a house fee that's relatively low ($15-$45) depending when you come in. They take five from every dance and 35 from every 100 vip
But the way they do it is the customer pays at the register upfront and at the end of the night the manager cashes you out by the DJ booth. So the manager and dj know how much you made that night.
I typically give the DJ 10% to 15% sometimes more but never less (ex one night I made $600 and tipped the DJ $100 bc he was really helpful) but usually I only make like $150-200 there (twice I've made nothing) so I usually give him a 20 and I tip the manager a few singles for cashing me out (depending on how much I made like usually I tip him or her a little less than the DJ ) and the door guy/ security I tip $5-6 if they walk me outside otherwise I honestly never see them.
But like I've seen people say to tip 20% to dj 10% to management and 5% to security but like to me that's rediculous giving 30-40 percent of the money your getting after the club already takes their cut i(in this area it's usually 20/50% given to the club )
I've had nights where I worked my ass off but after tips and fees brought home so little I was sure I needed to get a better system of who I tip and how much lol.



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It truly depends on their attitude and how well they do their job.

I paid it later and he looked SO sheepish and then kissed my ass every time after.

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