I'm just posting my experience on here to see if anyone else has had any experiences in regards to partners misgendering and engaging in bigoted harassment to not be reprimanded? I can handle the heat that customers can bring to me, and I can handle the urgency of this job, but this has been far too personal and grating for me to really handle adequately.

I had extensive experiences with several different partners with little to no traction in solving them, so I decided to quit to alleviate the personal stress I've been dealing with. I wasn't feeling comfortable at work anymore solely because of the sheer amount of absolute bigoted behaviour I have experienced from not only customers but partners. While customers will always be shitty, on the other hand, I've had multiple partners ask invasive questions in regards to both my sexuality and gender. It has been incredibly degrading to be subject to this, and when I did everything right, nothing happened. The impression this gave me was extremely discouraging, and strongly influenced my decision to leave.

The worst part about this is that it seems to be festering. I've had a couple of different trans baristas in our district come to me about specific partners engaging in targeted misgendering and harassment. Some of us go through the proper channels and means in an attempt to have this addressed, only to have our superiors not reprimand the harassers, but reprimand the people being harassed? Like I am friends with someone who was forced into transferring stores TWICE because of partners harassing them for using they/them after a shift spread around their dead-name behind their back.

I think what the company fails to understand is that misgendering and bigoted harassment are not just flighty words, they are mentally degrading attacks on our existence. I wanted to be comfortable among my fellow partners when I leave my home store to hustle at another one, but that just didn't happen. I wasn't medicated at the beginning of my tenure, but as I am exiting, I'm dealing with a lot of mental health issues that have arisen because of the constant harassment I have faced. I didn't ask to be trans or gay! That's just how it happened for me!

What initially attracted me to Starbucks was its devotion to inclusivity: it was my first job where I was out to the world, and I thought I would at least have the company to fall back on when I would be met with inevitable scrutiny. I learned over my tenure here that this was not the case.

I really loved my time here. I loved the regulars, my emotional support coworkers, and even making evil custom drinks. It's been good for my personal growth, but I would absolutely not recommend that any trans person work here. While they do fund our surgeries and cover our extensive healthcare, I feel like there is a culture of transphobic and homophobic sentiment that needs to be addressed not only in front of the counter, but among our ranks as well.

TL;DR - My experience at the bucks as a trans person was horribly degrading as I felt very helpless in regards to addressing the harassment I received.