I’m assuming you may have missed the part of this article that suggested tipping your moving helpers by the hour. If I recall correctly, it was suggested that a tip between $5 and $8 per hour would be appropriate. As an owner of a fairly small moving company I would guess that a $7000 job would probably take a team of movers, depending on crew size, around 8 to 16 hours of actual labor, texcluding any drive and/or travel time. If you tipped a minimum of $5/hr each mover would only get $40-$80. Depending in what your job included I would guess that you had around 4 movers total so that would cost you an extra $160- $240 which is about a 3.5% maximum tip. However, personal experience from being a moving helper as well as owning a moving company now myself I can attest to how hard most of these guys work. It takes alot of physical and mental strength to be able to do such a job. They deal with a good deal of mental stress on top of an extremely physically demanding job. Customers in this industry can be some of the most difficult people to work with and can be extremely hard to please. Moving helpers have to be mindful of their attitudes. Facial expressions, language, appearance, all while being as quick, careful, and efficient as possible. The job might seem pretty cut and dry but you should remind your self of the reasons why you hired help in the first place bc my first guess would be you either don’t want to deal with the physical exertion on top of all the other stressor that come along with relocation. Personally, if I needed a job done big enough to warrant a $7000 charge from a moving company to do for my own home, i would much rather pay that total and tip each worker up to a 30% tip if they went above and beyond to complete my job with caution and care to make sure that I was happy and completely satisfied. If you can afford to spend $7000 for the moving “help” (in this case should be referred to as “Movers” not “helpers” bc I’d bet money you didnt lift a finger after the way your comment was stated with such arrogance and entitlement bc you CHOSE to hire these people therefore you chose to spend that amount and apparently chose not to tip the people who saved you from having to bust your butt and move all the “stuff” you needed relocated. Just ask yourself how long it would ha e taken you to do in your own and IF that would have even been possible. To wind this up, maybe you shouldnt hire help or spend that much money if you are unwilling or possibly unable to tip the strangers who probably bent over backwards to please you when they could’ve just done an average job and been compensated the same. People like you are why the working class has become so unmotivated. What is the point in working hard or giving your best when you aren’t going to benefit any differently than the people who drag their feet and do crappy work. You might find that you get better work out of people when you make sure they know how much you appreciate their efforts. I could go on but I shall digress. I can only hope that you understand what I am trying to explain here and take time to self reflect and be more aware of how you should treat those you choose to hire or learn to he more appreciative of the people you hire.