# Anthony Valletta on tech, training, and tearing up the traditional pay model | 070

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Podcast: [The Pre-Shift](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pre-shift-3009561)
Published: 2025-10-08T12:00:00+00:00
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What if your dishwasher earned the same as your most tenured line cook? At bartaco, that’s not a hypothetical—it’s the reality. In this episode, we sit down with Anthony Valletta, President of bartaco, to discuss the innovative strategies fueling their nationwide growth. Anthony pulls back the curtain on their revolutionary compensation structure, where every hourly employee receives the same base wage and an equal share of tips, eliminating pay disparity between the front and back of house. ...

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