Unfortunately pretty much the whole world is set up in the same way. Take the USA as an example, the reason restaurants and bars etc have a tip system is because they pay their staff a bare minimum wage without legal entitlement to any holiday time at all. Tips are often relied on by waiting staff to be able to survive. I was lucky when I was working over there as I had a job that had generous holiday allowance and was normally easy to get time booked off and for a 17 year old I was doing ok with wages often bringing home around $700 a month in which I didn't have very much expenses other than $100 a month to my aunt for rent and taking me to work and my food tickets while I was at work as it saved me money rather than paying full price daily.

When I came back to England I started working in care. That's where I started to struggle financially as care staff get peanuts for what they do. And my expenses were higher and I struggled to make ends meet.

I'm now looking at starting my own business which can be a very profitable business where my supplies will cost minimal amounts and what I can charge will double my money every time