Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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please be grateful for the options starbucks is giving you! (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by brit_666
i’m tired of seeing people complaining about the options that they’re being given by corporate. i work at a licensed store, and as of yesterday, the entire store is laid off until further notice. we don’t know when or if we’ll be called back, which sucks because most of us loved the job and working there. you guys have great opportunities from corporate, but i don’t think i’ve seen anything positive about them. i wish we could have had those options instead of our reality, but unfortunately we didn’t. so please be grateful you have the options that you do and think about all of us licensed store baristas who aren’t as lucky as you all are.
CoffeeChesirecat 12 points 3y ago
I'm sorry you were laid off :-(
Yeah, I think 30 days is very generous. I just hope that we can all go back after that and carry on with our lives again. I love my staff and miss work.
Yeah, I think 30 days is very generous. I just hope that we can all go back after that and carry on with our lives again. I love my staff and miss work.
prosecco_junkie_69 9 points 3y ago
I work at Peet's coffee and we are getting no extra pay. We have no drive thrus, as is our business model, and have to do mobile orders only, but even then people still pay through the register. We have moved the register IN FRONT OF THE DOOR. 3/5 stores in my district have closed (not mine though) and we don't have anything remotely close to 30 days off paid. We have the option to take two weeks off or a leave of absence, where we are required to use our PTO first. Be grateful for the options because I know my team would love to have them.
BlazedCollegeKids 5 points 3y ago
Y’all also get paid more. Just saying. Sucks you guys got closed tho. I would’ve worked through the pandemic. Don’t you guys get like 15 an hour ? I’m my state we get like 9 and change.
Kaywin 3 points 3y ago
From what I hear they’re also eligible for like 0 of the perks that we at corporate stores get. A local Tarbucks told me they only get a 10% discount on food/drinks/retail, no markouts, they don’t get partner numbers to get discounts at corporate stores, and I’m pretty sure they aren’t eligible for the same insurance or childcare benefits we at corporate stores get. Where I live they get $1 more an hour than I make, maybe even less.
pinpeach 1 points 3y ago
yeah we don’t get any benefits but a 5% discount and we get paid minimum wage at my licensed store
BlazedCollegeKids 1 points 3y ago
Things I wish would affect my paychecks since I don’t “utilize them”
1. Head space
2. Maybe trade my daily mark out / drink beverage for more money ?
3. 10s
4. Insurance (HOWEVER: after I run out of my parents insurance I’d consider Starbucks insurance )
5. ASU online (current situation being, maybe I’d see myself going back to school ?)
It seems that these things I want because I’m a bit privileged (parents insurance for example )
But I think a bottom dollar is more important than benefits. Cash is king.
1. Head space
2. Maybe trade my daily mark out / drink beverage for more money ?
3. 10s
4. Insurance (HOWEVER: after I run out of my parents insurance I’d consider Starbucks insurance )
5. ASU online (current situation being, maybe I’d see myself going back to school ?)
It seems that these things I want because I’m a bit privileged (parents insurance for example )
But I think a bottom dollar is more important than benefits. Cash is king.
Kaywin 2 points 3y ago
I've really come to appreciate the insurance aspect in the past several months.
I've had a bit of experience navigating the insurance market -
Had my parents' insurance until I was 26, in 2018; insurance from my University 2010-2014 and for all of 2018; went on Medi-Cal (my state's version of Medicaid) in January 2019; became eligible for Starbucks' insurance in August 2019, and helped my partner pick ACA/marketplace insurance in January 2020.
Depending on your particular medical situation, different insurances will help or hurt you differently in terms of access to healthcare. Long story short, my parents' insurance was a high-deductible plan that didn't cover quite a bit of the medications I needed. My school insurance did cover them (Between that, copays, and premiums, it was a very good deal, aside from some bureaucratic red tape with choosing providers.) I lost eligibility for that when I graduated. Nowadays, my partner and I have comparable insurance plans, but Starbucks (I believe) subsidizes a good amount of the monthly payments for mine, and my partner's insurance costs about twice what mine does in a month. If not for tax credits (another opaque part of insurance,) hers would cost 4x as much as mine each month. Helping my partner navigate buying insurance made me realize just how good I have it through Starbucks' insurance offerings.
I've had a bit of experience navigating the insurance market -
Had my parents' insurance until I was 26, in 2018; insurance from my University 2010-2014 and for all of 2018; went on Medi-Cal (my state's version of Medicaid) in January 2019; became eligible for Starbucks' insurance in August 2019, and helped my partner pick ACA/marketplace insurance in January 2020.
Depending on your particular medical situation, different insurances will help or hurt you differently in terms of access to healthcare. Long story short, my parents' insurance was a high-deductible plan that didn't cover quite a bit of the medications I needed. My school insurance did cover them (Between that, copays, and premiums, it was a very good deal, aside from some bureaucratic red tape with choosing providers.) I lost eligibility for that when I graduated. Nowadays, my partner and I have comparable insurance plans, but Starbucks (I believe) subsidizes a good amount of the monthly payments for mine, and my partner's insurance costs about twice what mine does in a month. If not for tax credits (another opaque part of insurance,) hers would cost 4x as much as mine each month. Helping my partner navigate buying insurance made me realize just how good I have it through Starbucks' insurance offerings.
elsha007 3 points 3y ago
It depends on the state and city. Many partners only get paid 9 something, some a bit more. Seattle raised minimum wage to $15 but the cost of living there is high. My district in Philadelphia gets $12 to start. It's all over the place.
nathalierae 2 points 3y ago
I couldn’t agree more!
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