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Is this a USA-thing? In Europe tips are most usually split between front and back of the house.
In the USA there is a "minimum" wage, and a tip wage. The tip wage means your employer pays you $2.17/hr and you make nearly all of your income from the kindness of strangers. It's mindnumbinly aweful.
To be clear, if you don't make enough in tips to reach minimum wage, your employer pays the difference
When I was in Seattle the servers got min. state wage (15? at the time) & you could not split your tip unless the other person had interaction with the guest (no cooks got tips unless they did tableside cooking). Our best server for one restaurant group rolled in last, got 300+ tips, and was cut first- usually a 3.5/4.5hr shift. Kenny was a fucking legend.