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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2020 - 02 - 01 - ID#exhwo2
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boss won’t accommodate to my school schedule (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by cilantroprince
i told my boss that i was going to be starting school in january about a month beforehand and that i was going to need to cut hours. it took a while to get my schedule figured out at school but once i did i changed my availability and everything was fine. then come a few weeks later i notice out of nowhere i was being scheduled during my class hours. i told my manager about that, and we mixed up what hours i could and couldnt work, but i set it straight with him. still he said i had to find coverage. so i went off asking every single person at my store and going into a bunch of other stores trying to find coverage but being in the middle of a weekday, most employees not scheduled during those times were also at school so nobody had anyone to cover me. so i had to come in and miss school. it happened again and again and my grade is suffering (my overall grade in a lot of my classes drops 5% with each additional absence and so i’ve had to cancel doctors/therapist appointments and come into school ill/in bad circumstances to try to pass) and nobody can help me/wants to help me. my boss is awful and grumpy, he’s fired people over a lot less, so i’m at the point where i don’t know if i should just not come into my shift next time this happens, because i value my education a heck of a lot more than a part time job, but i don’t want to be fired because i’m living on my own and have to pay rent :/ are there any policies starbucks has that could help me here? or suggestions?
extracrispysprite 7 points 3y ago
its not your job to find coverage especially when its their fuckin fault lol you got school dude, go to school and miss the shifts and if they try to write you up call ur dm or pcc.
cilantroprince [OP] 3 points 3y ago
i’m worried because starbucks doesn’t have a policy saying that they have to respect school schedules so i feel like they can fire me for not coming to my shift
nate_smithws 6 points 3y ago
But they have a policy saying the can’t schedule you outside your availability
ilovebrandonj 6 points 3y ago
Is there another store nearby you can transfer to? If your SM is this bad then the best way to get around it and keep the job is a transfer!
cilantroprince [OP] 2 points 3y ago
i actually tried! well i asked my boss about it and he said he’d take care of it and never did anything so i guess i better take it into my hands now haha
ilovebrandonj 3 points 3y ago
find a store with an SM who will take you, get their info, then tell your SM and put in a request to transfer to that store!
cilantroprince [OP] 1 points 3y ago
i’ll try! thanks!
BuffyBoltonVampFlayr 3 points 3y ago
It kinda sounds like he's trying to push you out... I've seen it done so many times before, not even just at SB. It's like that classic trope of when a dude you're with starts treating you like absolute shit to try and entice *you* into breaking up with *him* so he doesn't have to feel like an asshole. A lot of dickhead employers do this so as to prohibit you for claiming unemployment and shit (people are scum). As someone else mentioned, definitely check in with as many SM's at other stores as you can, **in person**, and try to go around that shit SM of yours as much as possible.

PS - Where the *FUCK* do you live where you can afford rent on pt wages????????
cilantroprince [OP] 2 points 3y ago
i wouldnt be surprised if that was the case. i should definitely transfer
oh and i love in MN, pay is $13.27 for a barista and it’s enough with student loans, and living with roommates instead of my own apartment, to get by pretty good even part time
godsandheroes 3 points 3y ago
Wait he was accommodating your new schedule, but then just changed it randomly and said he got it mixed up? Something doesn't add up.
cilantroprince [OP] 1 points 3y ago
the first two weeks the schedule he put me on apparently just happened to align right because he assigned me to the weekends, but when he started assigning me to week days then it didn’t. so i asked and the schedule is sent in wasn’t clear and if said the hours i wasn’t available i was, so i cleared it up but after that he continued to schedule me during school. and when i mention it he goes “well... it’s on the schedule now so it’s your shift unless you find a cover”. it is confusing how it happened but it went from a misinterpretation to him just not caring
Herry_Up 3 points 3y ago
Whaaatttt?!? This is insane, please try to find a part time at the school and chunk up the deuces
BuffyBoltonVampFlayr 1 points 3y ago
Chunk up the dueces 😭👍
lizeken 2 points 3y ago
Im a college kid and paying for this term’s tuition out of pocket. If this happened to me (when the SM KNEW my availability and didn’t do shit to change it) then yeah I wouldn’t have worked. School is more important, dude. I’d contact the DM or higher ups because that’s definitely NOT okay
colonade17 1 points 3y ago
Fuck that. Call you DM and explain that your SM messed up. It's ridiculous to expect you to miss school because of a scheduling error. Do your best to get it covered, but at the end of the day (unless you're looking for a long term career with starbucks) then school is more important.
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