I don't know about barista/shift relationships, but we have two baristas who are dating and it's Not Great. I'm sure it's not an "all couple" situation, but they joke and flirt a lot more than they actually work and interact with customers.

My boss hired someone and after a few months hired their wife and it was a god damned nightmare. It didn’t help that they got married right outta high school and they were still in that weird stage of showing off to each other and ugh. Never again.

As a shift or a barista though, I would NOT be okay with a barista dating a shift. I don’t care if they don’t work together at all, I don’t care if they promise they will keep it professional. 100% not okay with coworkers dating.

In pretty much every work environment I’ve been in dating isn’t allowed between an employee and someone in a position above them (supervisor, manager, etc.).

I’m not sure exactly what the Starbucks policy is on this, but it’s most likely not supposed to be happening :/

Edit: you said that you work at different stores and I didn’t see that at first, that’s a tricky situation, but I’m pretty sure it’s allowed if you work at other stores.

At my store there’s a barista dating a shift and it’s fine. Besides them taking their breaks together occasionally, I never would’ve guessed that they’re even a couple. As long as you’re not all lovey dovey at work and don’t really change how you act around each other, it should be fine. Nobody at my store seems to care, they’re both very nice people and it doesn’t affect how they do their job.

Just be straight up with your sm. My girl and I have been together almost two years, and she's only been working at our store for a year. I started at the beginning of 2019, and going in we made sure to disclose that information. Afterwards, at work, keep it professional.

Yeah I think the standard is two weeks.

I took my shift out for drinks and have plans again this week. It was super awkward between us the first week but it’s fine now.

Also no one knows.

There’s this saying “you don’t shit where you eat”

No matter where you work, dating your coworkers is a horrible idea. So unless they’re at different stores then I’d say no.

If I'm not incorrect, as long you guys don't work at the same store you should be okay. It doesn't matter if he goes to cover shifts for your store, he wasn't originally hired in yours. :)

I had coworkers that dated, they kept it pretty lowkey until they broke up and one of them started dating a waiter at the applebee’s across the lot. Now they can’t be in the same room with each other. It’s pretty fucking annoying to be honest 🙃

Nope. It’s against policy to date someone who is higher up than you.

My husband and I met at Starbucks when he was a shift. It’s kind of a gray area, most SM’s don’t approve. He ended up leaving Starbucks completely, so nothing came of it! My current SM met her husband the same way, so honestly I just think it depends on your store!! There is also the option of transferring if you have another store, if it really comes down to it.

You can date. Just PLEASE no drama!!! Have seen several relationships start and remain strong at sbux.

what i've been told is that a supervisor can date a barista but not another supervisor. we acrually got this situation going on at my store.