Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Why do they hire so many baristas? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by crzyshiba
just curious our Dm hires like 50 baristas for our store and now my hours are literally 8hr or 4 a week why do they over hire? Then our customer service score goes low since their is only like 4 people on floor
yyz_barista 7 points 3y ago
Are you a new store? Often times leadership will overstaff a new store and if sales are low you can end up in a pretty ugly situation.
PurpleTIEFighter 2 points 3y ago
\^\^\^
This is what's going on at my store now and it's terrible. I don't get it, corporate seems to think that every new store will be \~\*the best store ever\*\~ and meanwhile we're not pulling adequate sales while having damn near forty people employed here. So, you know. RIP my hours, I love working five hours a week.
This is what's going on at my store now and it's terrible. I don't get it, corporate seems to think that every new store will be \~\*the best store ever\*\~ and meanwhile we're not pulling adequate sales while having damn near forty people employed here. So, you know. RIP my hours, I love working five hours a week.
crzyshiba [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Yeah same here I got a seasonal job at target since my hours are like 4 hrs
PurpleTIEFighter 1 points 3y ago
Boi I'm trying to go for a job that pays $14/hr and keep Starbucks and my other OTHER job. It's just not enough and I'm getting discouraged.
Target pays well though I've heard.
Target pays well though I've heard.
crzyshiba [OP] 1 points 3y ago
That’s what I’m guessing sales are not to goo but it’s a huge store but it’s the location
yyz_barista 3 points 3y ago
Yeah, so normally new locations will struggle to build a customer base. Could be location, demographic, ect. but the idea is over the first few months you should be able to build one. I've seen stores almost get closed though if they're not able to have enough sales to support the costs.
At the same time, new stores are often staffed with a lot of new baristas. Anytime a barista is hired, there's a risk of the hire not working out, especially when it's a new store. If your store is entirely new baristas then a good chunk of the baristas may end up leaving within a few months, leaving you with an understaffed store.
When you add these two factors together, it's not an ideal situation, you have a bunch of baristas who might not all stay for longer than a few months and a store with no sales and therefore no labour.
To top it off, you're going into Holiday so volumes are likely to be high and under-experienced baristas aren't the best for peak periods.
I'm not trying to say that your leadership is bad or good, just trying to provide some insight into what goes on with a new store. All the best though, hang in there and things will hopefully get better. You can also try to cover shifts at other stores in your area if you're looking for more hours, it's a good way to build experience and see how different stores run (if you're a trained and somewhat experienced barista).
At the same time, new stores are often staffed with a lot of new baristas. Anytime a barista is hired, there's a risk of the hire not working out, especially when it's a new store. If your store is entirely new baristas then a good chunk of the baristas may end up leaving within a few months, leaving you with an understaffed store.
When you add these two factors together, it's not an ideal situation, you have a bunch of baristas who might not all stay for longer than a few months and a store with no sales and therefore no labour.
To top it off, you're going into Holiday so volumes are likely to be high and under-experienced baristas aren't the best for peak periods.
I'm not trying to say that your leadership is bad or good, just trying to provide some insight into what goes on with a new store. All the best though, hang in there and things will hopefully get better. You can also try to cover shifts at other stores in your area if you're looking for more hours, it's a good way to build experience and see how different stores run (if you're a trained and somewhat experienced barista).
spicymamas 6 points 3y ago
do you have a problem with people calling in and then no one wanting to cover those shifts? that’s what happened at the last store I worked at which caused them to hire too many people because none of the current people ever wanted to go in on their days off. businesses are also known to do that to prevent too many people from being full time and receiving benefits. they might also just want to be able to schedule for only like 4 hours per day so they don’t have to give out 30s. really depends on the store.
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TomCat1223 1 points 3y ago
Do you mind me asking where/what district are you from??
crzyshiba [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Well I’m in Southern California area
TomCat1223 1 points 3y ago
Were having the same issue with our district. I'm from Central California
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XBL_Unfettered 1 points 3y ago
It’s also possible you have a shitty DM/SM that’s trying to cut their overhead by keeping baristas below the min hours needed for some of the benefits. I don’t know if that’s still a thing but it was back in the 00’s when I worked there.
crzyshiba [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Yeah some baristas are getting hours else where using vacation time or like me I got a second job
crzyshiba [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Oh interesting from what I was informed I guess they thought we would be a busy store and we aren’t making profit so they cut our hours cut back on ordering food crazy to me
PurpleTIEFighter 1 points 3y ago
Oh is THIS why we're running out of things by like 10 am every day? That's interesting.
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