I am sorry but min wage pay for kitchen work is sickening hell dishwashers here make like 12 bucks an hour and this is a low paying area to work load Maine as mentioned above. If you don't bother to pay employees a fair wage for the portion of business they are responsible for don't expect happy employees. I mean if you like the idea that your employees are at what a little over half way to reaching the poverty line in yearly income then more power to you. I mean really this guy is probably taking home like $8,000.00 a year after taxes, that barely covers a studio apt and nothing else for the year its questionable whether they could have utilities turned on with that pay in many areas on top of the rent. so you on one hand have a guy who is pocketing a couple bills a night probably most likely not getting claimed and another who is probably walking with 40 bucks for a full workday after taxes that's not disparity that's just laughable.