[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Tom.

Bar staff aren't as badly paid as people think, definitely not where I've worked anyway. Actual bar staff were on about £7.50 an hour, supervisers on about £9 (what I was) and then managers on yearly salary. Then imagine time and a half or double pay for bank holidays etc and they don't come out with a bad wage at all.

Actually the majority of bar/waiting staff are on minimum wage, and majority of places do not ever pay double time on weekends/bank holidays.

Even on Christmas Day the place I worked for paid minimum wage and offered a £10 bonus if staff worked a minimum of 6 hours on Christmas day AND Boxing day! £10 is all they got (I refused to work for that day).