Casino: NCL now keeps 60% of tips?

[fstuff1]

it used to be 50% of ship's tips get pooled with all other casinos in the fleet and split  among all the dealers in the company.

other 50% gets split among the dealers on the ship.

 

from a couple of dealers i've spoken to this year, ncl keeps 60% of casino tips and other 40% gets split among that ship's dealers. 

 

[perditax]

Time to stop calling them tips.

[Birdie And Sue]

100% BS.

[LrgPizza]

If you were my customer, I'd tell you they keep 80% so that maybe you'll react emotionally (as you are) and tip me bigger.

[fstuff1]

heard the same story from an ex-NCL casino dealer now working for a rival cruise line.

he said the ncl dealers only get 40% of the tips. thats why he left.

 

so unless there's a conspiracy among ncl dealers to spread the same rumors, i do believe the story that ncl keeps 60% of dealer tips.

 

[luv2kroooz]

On 6/28/2019 at 8:34 AM, LrgPizza said:

If you were my customer, I'd tell you they keep 80% so that maybe you'll react emotionally (as you are) and tip me bigger.

Wow, so if I understand you, you'd lie and take advantage of someone else's misfortune for your own personal benefit? You know what they say about karma.....

[Love my butler]

I am shocked NCL lets them keep 40%.  The other 60% going to the fleet 'pool' is a fraud.  

[17cruisesnsl]

Does this also apply to the slot attendants? When we tip them following that rare hand pay? 

[luvcruzing]

On 6/28/2019 at 8:34 AM, LrgPizza said:

If you were my customer, I'd tell you they keep 80% so that maybe you'll react emotionally (as you are) and tip me bigger.

That reasoning doesn’t make sense to me.  You think I would tip more so that NCL would keep 80% of a larger tip pot?  Wrong.

[BirdTravels]

On 10/26/2019 at 8:02 PM, fstuff1 said:

heard the same story from an ex-NCL casino dealer now working for a rival cruise line. he said the ncl dealers only get 40% of the tips. thats why he left. so unless there's a conspiracy among ncl dealers to spread the same rumors, i do believe the story that ncl keeps 60% of dealer tips.

Sure. And people eat up this kind of fairy tale and bump up their tips as you did. 

[adam_s_allen]

 

On 6/27/2019 at 9:41 PM, fstuff1 said:

it used to be 50% of ship's tips get pooled with all other casinos in the fleet and split  among all the dealers in the company.

other 50% gets split among the dealers on the ship.

Does NCL actually keep any of it? the way you word it seems as though they aren't keeping the money just pooling tips

[Casino Comp Chick]

1 for you, 1 for me, 2 for you, 1,2 for me, 3 for you, 1,2,3 for me.

Knowing DelFeo, I can see that happening.

 

[fshagan]

I'm confused. The wording isn't very clear. I have three questions:

 

1.  If NCL uses the tip pool for all the dealers is the only change the percentage split between local tips and fleetwide tip pool?

2.  If NCL used to use the tip pool, but has stopped using it while at the same time lowering the percentage to the ship's dealers from 50 to 40%? Two changes in this one, abandoning the tip pool and also reducing the amount of tips the dealers on the ship get.

3. If NCL never used the tip pool and the dealers got 50%, then is the only change that the dealers are now getting 40%?

 

[ray98]

The dealer is not losing 60%.....even if this number is true he get 40% up front and then his share of the fleetwide pool.

 

On an above average tip he may only realize 90% of the value, on a poor tip he may end up with 110%, on everything that meets the average he is basically getting it back dollar for dollar.

[phillyguy31]

This is a rehash of an earlier thread and just another way to bring up tipping. If the dealer left because he wasn't happy his pay structure, good for him that is the way it is suppose to work. However let's be fair and honest about things, would you take at face value something an employee said negative about his past employer, unless you know for sure why he changed jobs.

 

[Sam Ting]

On 10/29/2019 at 10:20 PM, 17cruisesnsl said:

Does this also apply to the slot attendants? When we tip them following that rare hand pay? 

The few times we have had a hand pay we tipped them exactly the same amount they tipped us on the days we lost a bundle. Zero, that’s right the big goose egg!  
 

The cruiseline can keep 100% of that zero for all I care!

[graphicguy]

OP....I’ve seen you post this previously.  You’re mighty gullible!