Tipping culture in Argentina

[on the brink]

Trying to decide how much to tip the portero as a year-end gift. Suggestions?

 

[elhombresinnombre]

There's a thread, started in '22 continued in '23 entitled Tipping the Building Porter. Maybe uprate the ideas from there?

 

[on the brink]

I tried it and got this notice:

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[elhombresinnombre]

Tiping the Building Porter?

Any advice on how much to give our long-time building porter as a regalito for Christmas/ i.e. year-end tip?

baexpats.org

 

[Rich One]

Save yourself a search buy a Coto gift Box for 5 0r 10 K

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

No hay plata

 

[Rich One]

No hay plata

It's a conundrum your gift secures your CC , mail and boxes are received....!

 

[on the brink]

Would rather give him a cash bonus - he deserves it.
Money is far more appreciated than those gift boxes. Specially this year.

Save yourself a search buy a Coto gift Box for 5 0r 10 K

 

[Rich One]

Would rather give him a cash bonus - he deserves it.
Money is far more appreciated than those gift boxes. Specially this year.

Guess each building is a universe, choose for what's best for you. The Box saves him buying items separately. It saves money.

I have 5 full-time Porteros/Personnel..! 3 for 24-hour-security shifts, plus one backup and another for maintenance etc.

 

[antipodean]

Guess each building is a universe, choose for what's best for you. The Box saves him buying items separately. It saves money.

I have 5 full-time Porteros/Personnel..! 3 for 24-hour-security shifts, plus one backup and another for maintenance etc.

Same here - there is already a christmas tree in the lobby for the neighbours to start placing gifts for the staff under.
The chief portero and two others absolutely refuse to take cash (even when they go way above and beyond in helping out!) but a material gift or kind gesture is much appreciated and less awkward. The others will accept cash but very discreetly. Despite this apparent "no tipping" policy, they are all always there to open the door, call the elevator, take care of shopping bags, deliver mail as and when it arrives, have the car ready and waiting out front and always up for a friendly chat etc. My take on the charm offensive is that they simply want to make sure all neighbours continue to value their work so they don't end up replaced by an outsourced security service or robo-portero should neighbours eventually start to complain about the heavy weighting of wages and social contributions on the expensas - their jobs being worth far more to each of then than a $50 or $100 tip once a year.

My previous building however was a stark contrast to this...