Money Moral Dilemma: Should I accept tips because my colleagues do?

badmemory

How do you know that the delivery you just made & accepted a tip from wasn't to a person paid by your employer to see if you DID accept the tip?

sjaeagle5

badmemory said:

How do you know that the delivery you just made & accepted a tip from wasn't to a person paid by your employer to see if you DID accept the tip?

Surely that would be entrapment.

mecoprop

pff said:

 It's not like it's an ethical violation or going to compromise how this person does their job.

Correct, only in that is not LIKE an ethical violation blah blah.

It absolutely IS an ethical violation and it absolutely DOES affect how well a person does their job. It encourages expectations of entitlement to more than the agreed cost and building resentment when it is not received. 

JayD

Personally, I wouldn't risk losing my job over a few tips and I would be happy to inform those generous customers that you are not allowed to accept them. I expect most of them could do with a few extra pounds themselves too!

I also feel, at this time when we have a killer virus on the loose, handling cash is also a very risky thing to be doing - which is why most retail outlets are requesting contactless payments by card wherever possible. So, for me, I wouldn't risk either my job of my health.

BrianMcCann

Yes take the TIPS. Just don't tell anyone else, it's your business not theirs. Life is to short and life is expensive. We all need to earn as much money as we can to survive, and I doubt being a delivery driver is that highly paid. Look after No1 because nobody else will.

Rodders53

Gratuities (Tips) are a form of taxable income... https://www.gov.uk/tips-at-work/tips-and-tax

If you tak them, don't forget to do a self-assessment every year.  Mind your changed Tax Code might alert your employer and if it is really forbidden to accept tips...

JGB1955

I wouldn't dream of tipping a delivery driver, nor my hairdresser, nor waiting staff in a restaurant, nor a taxi driver (and my husband was a Private Hire Driver)!  I don't have the same postman two days running.  The binmen... (sorry, refuse collectors) are never the same team. So... it wouldn't be a problem here, because you wouldn't be offered a tip.....

BristolGary

I think the whole area of tipping is a moral failure. Tipping arose out of employers not paying sufficient wages and therefore I would rather not subsidise the companies to do this. I realise that, in the meantime, the employee loses out. But isn't it the case that tipping is just removing the need for workers to pressure their employers into paying a proper wage?

meknowalot-51

Are there really companies out there that instruct their employees to not accept tips?Rules is rules and if they say it's a no go then you can't do it.Is this really genuine?

Doc_N

Puzzled as to why Tesco delivery drivers have always refused small gifts of chocolate, ice cream etc (happily accepted by postmen, dustmen etc).  Maybe Tesco have a rule on this?