ᐅ Tips and Common Practices for Tipping on Construction Sites

Bookstar schrieb:

Yes, that’s how it was about 40 years ago. Nowadays, for example, they send Romanians to the construction site who have no skills, no motivation, and no expertise.

And who sends them.......??
It’s probably easy to understand why they lack motivation, especially after you’ve spent 4 weeks sleeping in a damp, cold living container with 8 others, far from home, for €1200/month, minus €500 for accommodation costs.

pagoni2020 schrieb:

And who sends the.......??
It’s probably easy to understand why they lack motivation, especially after you’ve spent four weeks sleeping in a damp, cold living container with eight others, far from home, for €1200/month (about $1300), minus €500 (about $540) in housing allowance.

A clear example of why you might offer a worker a sandwich, but not the office clerk with air conditioning.

Sometimes you do things because they are the right thing to do, not because you expect something in return.

Because I read “tip for the subfloor”...

In our case, the garbage collectors have felt like they’ve received something extra every Christmas for decades. Since they are no longer allowed to accept anything, there just happens to be a pack of cigarettes available!

For me, it’s not about money at all, but about recognizing good work. The mail carrier sometimes receives pictures of the children and a box of chocolates. The waste collectors change too often nowadays. Otherwise, they also used to get something at Christmas.
The cleaning staff in my office also receive something. And now and then, I offer them a coffee when there is time.

Does the frequency of visits from mail/courier services and waste collectors change significantly when moving into a house?

I can honestly say that I have seen representatives of those services fewer than half a dozen times since I moved into my current apartment in 2014. Even since the pandemic and working from home, they just ring the doorbell and leave before I’m even in the stairwell.

I will also try to implement the suggestions regarding beverages at our place. Hopefully, one of the new neighbors will have moved in by then. Apparently, kids in the neighborhood have been drinking containers full of everything from the shell construction during the summer holiday nights.

Bookstar schrieb:

Never think that this would even slightly improve work performance; it does not.

I see it the other way around. If people deliver excellent work even without meals or tips, then they have certainly earned those meals and tips fairly.

My perspective is probably influenced by the fact that during business trips, I am regularly provided with coffee and pastries, canteen meals, and evening restaurant visits by both the client and my own employer. So when someone works hard and performs well for me at home, they should be treated just as well—without me expecting anything in return.