When I was in NZ the kitchen staff earned more than the frontline. The frontline receives tips from customers and tips are then split up for everyone in the restaurant.
Chef/Cook handles mise en place, food/kitchen hygiene, cooking, washing pots and pans are all in one. Yet some companies, pay the same wage as the frontline and retail assistant.
The f&b jobs in Singapore needs to pay us more for all the maintenance we need to do in the kitchen. It's all time consuming when everywhere has a lack of staff.
It’s starting to feel like capitalism is reaching its highest peak. People are getting richer yet Mother Earth and Nature is not recovering at a speed it should be, naturally.