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Keep $3 Service Pay for Partners (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by sirfoo108
Hi fellow partners, below is a petition regarding the $3 service pay we are currently receiving. Please take a look at it and sign if you agree and please share with others! Thank you all!
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Pheebers713 107 points 3y ago
I really encourage people to sign this. This shouldn’t be considered “service pay” it should just be a raise for all the bull shit we have to put up with working for Starbucks. The pay that people who are able to work right now are getting should have been our salary from the start. We put up with some of the most entitled people on the planet and it SUCKs. We deserve a lot better then slightly above min wage and we now know Starbucks is making enough as a company to pay us like this.
HardcoreHudson 51 points 3y ago
Starbucks has 291,000 employees. Assuming every employee worked an average of 20 hours a week, an extra three dollars an hour would cost Starbucks just over $838,000,000 a year above what they are already paying us. Just because a company can do something temporarily doesn't mean they can afford it permanently without cutting other benefits, reducing hours, raising prices, or letting employees go. Like it or not, Starbucks has gone above and beyond for their employees during this time, but I'm become convinced some of the people on the Starbucks subs are the most fragile people I've ever seen.
ReEliseYT 80 points 3y ago
Yea and our ceo makes 15 million dollars annually with a potential for 50 million dollars in bonuses. Meanwhile, the people who actually work and make this company work are lucky to make just 12 thousand in a year. Corporations will always pay you the bare minimum of what they can get away with. The worker is always exploited for their labour.
HardcoreHudson -5 points 3y ago
Except they literally, factually aren't paying the minimum they could. Particularly with benefits factored in. It's a base level job that allows people with no experience in any certain field to get free college, reasonable insurance benefits, and make a better than bare minimum income with room for advancement. I just don't see what's so evil about that.
beingalivesux 53 points 3y ago
are you defending corporations right now? you’re obviously free to hold whatever opinions you do, but corporations don’t care about you.
you’re right that they aren’t paying the minimum that they could and the benefits are better than other corporations, but the bottom line is that it is still not a livable wage. if sbux claims their mission & values are to inspire & nurture the human spirit, then paying a livable wage is a no brainer!
corporations will hype their benefits up left and right to convince you that they care about their employees. spoiler alert, though, they don’t. corporations exist for a profit. hiring unskilled laborers is not them doing us a favor or throwing us a bone. it’s a mechanism to select individuals who need the money so badly that they won’t question their worth and value to the company first. they want blind loyalty so the working poor won’t recognize they’re being exploited.
sbux is a fun job. it’s okay to want to work for starbs long-term, and for people to do that the company needs to offer a livable wage.
you’re right that they aren’t paying the minimum that they could and the benefits are better than other corporations, but the bottom line is that it is still not a livable wage. if sbux claims their mission & values are to inspire & nurture the human spirit, then paying a livable wage is a no brainer!
corporations will hype their benefits up left and right to convince you that they care about their employees. spoiler alert, though, they don’t. corporations exist for a profit. hiring unskilled laborers is not them doing us a favor or throwing us a bone. it’s a mechanism to select individuals who need the money so badly that they won’t question their worth and value to the company first. they want blind loyalty so the working poor won’t recognize they’re being exploited.
sbux is a fun job. it’s okay to want to work for starbs long-term, and for people to do that the company needs to offer a livable wage.
Spacerelic62 14 points 3y ago
If the work has to be done then the person performing the job deserves a living wage.
jadehrley 12 points 3y ago
"they're not paying you the legal bare minimum that they COULD be paying you. why aren't you grateful for that?" hey man hows the boot taste
Trans-Sapphic 7 points 3y ago
BOOTLICKER ALERT
_delgxdo_ 5 points 3y ago
^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is very true. Although, maybe starbs could workout some sort of qualification criteria. For those depending on an income during these times, I can imagine a situation where if a person has insurance n what not covered but may be struggling to keep their place to live. I think that a person in the same or a similar financial situation, hypothetically, could qualify for the raise.
This is very true. Although, maybe starbs could workout some sort of qualification criteria. For those depending on an income during these times, I can imagine a situation where if a person has insurance n what not covered but may be struggling to keep their place to live. I think that a person in the same or a similar financial situation, hypothetically, could qualify for the raise.
HardcoreHudson 1 points 3y ago
Happy cake day!
espressoonfleek 41 points 3y ago
Also please remember that the 291,000 employees include those that are paid salary and those that work outside of the United States, and those working in offices in Seattle and other places within the US. After looking at graphs in-store US partners account for only 181,000 partners. Subtracting one partner as the SM (salaried) for every store in the United States, and assuming that a District Manager (responsible for 10-12 stores + salaried) and a Regional Manager (salaried) do not apply to this increase, the total cost to Starbucks will be a LOT less than the number that you claimed.
Mayachees 9 points 3y ago
It’s probably closer to $300 million.
Starbucks made over $3.5 BILLION in profit last year.
They can afford to pay the backbone of their company a little more.
And they can start by paying their CEO a little less.
Starbucks made over $3.5 BILLION in profit last year.
They can afford to pay the backbone of their company a little more.
And they can start by paying their CEO a little less.
CriticalSheep 4 points 3y ago
Is this worldwide or in the US? I don’t know how things are being handled abroad, especially how much partners are paid outside the US but I’d be interested to know if they consistently pay low or if it’s just a US thing...
mxs4235 1 points 3y ago
It’s not even a Starbucks thing. It’s a minimum wage thing and that’s something to take up with individual states/provinces/etc
Most service industry jobs are minimum wage jobs and so anyone working at Starbs or Tim’s or McDs will start at minimum wage.
Minimum wage in my province is $14/h. That’s where I started two years ago. It’s where I would have started at any service industry job. However does Tims provide insurance? No. Does Tim’s have other perks? Nope.
Minimum wage and livable wages are two different beasts and what a livable wage is in X city will be entirely different than a livable wage in Y city.
Most service industry jobs are minimum wage jobs and so anyone working at Starbs or Tim’s or McDs will start at minimum wage.
Minimum wage in my province is $14/h. That’s where I started two years ago. It’s where I would have started at any service industry job. However does Tims provide insurance? No. Does Tim’s have other perks? Nope.
Minimum wage and livable wages are two different beasts and what a livable wage is in X city will be entirely different than a livable wage in Y city.
jmarti67 3 points 3y ago
291,100 is total employees not baristas. You are right it would still be a lot.
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Chesterfield_S 1 points 3y ago
This.
centarx -2 points 3y ago
100% agree. Be careful, they’ll start calling you a boot licker.
jmarti67 37 points 3y ago
Signed.
This is the only comment on my last partner survey - keep the pay increase if we’re essential
This is the only comment on my last partner survey - keep the pay increase if we’re essential
crzyshiba 14 points 3y ago
Signed
Noxiel 8 points 3y ago
Signed
Psychedelic_Doughnut 7 points 3y ago
Signed
ellaaaaaaaaaaa 6 points 3y ago
signed!🤝
Hermione117 6 points 3y ago
signed
nonfatextrahot 5 points 3y ago
I second this.
KifferKen 4 points 3y ago
Even though I think Starbucks provides us with more than other corporations, I continue to think of my fellow partners who are much older than me. They have children, student debt, major bills, etc. I signed this for them. I do not believe I am entitled to $15 an hour, but my coworkers NEED that extra $3 an hour.
briiwinters 2 points 3y ago
signed c:
Capcombric 1 points 3y ago
This should be a pinned post. If they can afford to pay us an extra $3 in a lockdown and still break even, then they can afford it all the time.
AdamAce3 1 points 3y ago
Signed
kokomo214 1 points 3y ago
Just signed!
ashwlo 1 points 3y ago
What.. I have never heard of this I work on a military base store ...
coffeeslinger2000 1 points 3y ago
Is it a corporate or licensed location?
ashwlo 1 points 3y ago
I’d say licensed because whenever I ask a certain question their like we can send you to a corporate location .. I just started a month ago 😅
shomolo 1 points 3y ago
Signed!!
billybobw1 1 points 3y ago
Signed! I have been a barista for over a year. We deserve better.
sunnyismybunny 1 points 3y ago
Signed and donated
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hexhawken -2 points 3y ago
Im a former partner i left due lack of pay but conceder yourself lucky you actully get something i currently work a delivery expert for domino's. We are not getting any benefits we are working longer hours, delivering to confirmed cases and we get no added pay or payed time off if we do catch covid
brooklynjohnston -1 points 3y ago
I mean working during the pandemic is pretty awful I choice not to work because of my roommates major respiratory problems, but isn’t it kinda a selfish of us to ask for this I mean we have probably one of the best benefits plan in the world even available to part time employees and we get amazing prices on that. I can imagine most people were getting by just fine before the pandemic and now we have an amazing plan in place which allows for some of us to be able to not work while still get paid.
I’m a Canadian partner so I don’t get the free food or free education and other cool benefits the United States has and maybe other people get. I don’t know wouldn’t it be asking too much??
I’m a Canadian partner so I don’t get the free food or free education and other cool benefits the United States has and maybe other people get. I don’t know wouldn’t it be asking too much??
okayishsamaritan 8 points 3y ago
No, it's not selfish to ask for a living wage while our CEO makes 15 million dollars a year. Thinking it's selfish is exactly what big corporations want us to think.
okayishsamaritan 3 points 3y ago
And I'm not trying to be rude or anything because I used to have the same mentality as you. But I'm so tired of the fact that we stand on our feet for 8+ hours, tolerate verbal and physical abuse from customers, many of us suffer from back and foot problems because of the nature of food service jobs, we do all this while smiling, and yet corporations have still somehow tricked thousands of people into thinking that they don't deserve enough money for a roof over their head and food on the table because it's an entry level job.
NinBonaryTram 4 points 3y ago
A living wage is not asking too much.
Kyenne_Pepper123 -85 points 3y ago
I feel like it should only be for the partners who worked during the cat-pay period
girlwhoplayswithbugs 45 points 3y ago
Um. My store closed. Lots of us work at cafe only and mall locations. Piss off.
Pheebers713 16 points 3y ago
Same here, I was able to pick up a few shifts at some drive through stores but other then those 5 shifts, I’ve been out of work
Kyenne_Pepper123 -36 points 3y ago
My cafe store did too but I went to another store to go work because I have bills to pay. And if you work at a Starbucks in a mall this doesn’t apply to you.
OkayWhatSize 21 points 3y ago
So I had to stay home the last few months because I live with high risk people and I'm being forced back on the 3rd because I have no vacation or sick time. Family members of mine could DIE if I catch the virus and bring it home. I deserve three extra measly dollars.
Kyenne_Pepper123 -30 points 3y ago
That’s one thing. If you had family’s to take care of. But I’m saying people who said “oh I can get paid for doing nothing” shouldn’t benefit from this
SteampoweredClock 12 points 3y ago
We don't make a living wage currently, pandemic or not.
Pheebers713 35 points 3y ago
So the ones who had legitimate health related reasons not to be at work during this time should be punished?
aintdeadyetmf -54 points 3y ago
no they should receive the extra $3 as well, just the lazy ass partners who simply didn't wanna work and take advantage of CAT pay will be excluded from this.
OkayWhatSize 34 points 3y ago
Who decides if a partner was actually worried or faking worry? Lol
nerdheartRN 31 points 3y ago
You are definetly part of the reason Starbucks has a toxic culture. You can fly a kite with that theory of yours. I've had some of the most disgusting customers come in and do some nasty shit.
No damn way during a pandemic was I risking the health of myself, my asthmatic boyfriend, or my pregnant roommate.
You can kindly fuck off with thinking $9.00 - $12.00 is worth it.
No damn way during a pandemic was I risking the health of myself, my asthmatic boyfriend, or my pregnant roommate.
You can kindly fuck off with thinking $9.00 - $12.00 is worth it.
gothgrrrl 5 points 3y ago
What’s wrong with using a resource provided to us by our workplace? You’re so bitter and jaded that you value the whims of a corporation over the livelihoods of working class people. Are you proud to be calling people lazy asses when they are lucky enough to be in a position to value their health and the health of others over working for a corporation in an unsafe setting? Also, how can you be so presumptuous about the lives of others to accuse anyone of laziness during such a dangerous and unprecedented situation?
Bootlicking is a disease, I hope you recover from your horrible attitude and learn to mind your own business soon.
Bootlicking is a disease, I hope you recover from your horrible attitude and learn to mind your own business soon.
aintdeadyetmf 1 points 3y ago
i already said what i said was dumb if u read the whole thread. the main reason i said that was bc 1.) yes, i'm v bitter abt working bc it's non stop lines out to the road all day but i seriously could NOT pass up the opportunity to make more money and 2.) some of my coworkers that took cat pay have straight up told me they just did it bc they were tired of working and could afford to take the break. i do think everyone deserves the extra $3 now it's sometimes hard to not feel like i deserve extra for deciding to continue working, but that was my choice so i know tahts a selfish way to think.
Kyenne_Pepper123 -45 points 3y ago
I’m not necessarily saying that but the people who worked during this time also put their health on the line because receiving cat-pay wasn’t going to pay the bills. If you had a health reason that’s one thing. But if you took cat pay because of pure laziness why should you be rewarded.
Pheebers713 32 points 3y ago
There is a litany of other reasons why someone could have chosen to not work, assuming it’s because of pure laziness is toxic as hell.
Kyenne_Pepper123 -33 points 3y ago
Like I said, people who had reasons like health and being high risk are one thing, but if people didn’t want to work because they were able so sit on their ass all day at home and get paid, why should they benefit?
justdoinmybesttt 12 points 3y ago
How does it affect you in anyway what someone else is making? Can you see us little people from your pedestal way up there? Just because you have the luxury and privilege of going to work doesn't mean the rest of us are lazy. Would I have loved to take advantage of that $3 extra an hour? Yes, I haven't gotten a raise since 2014. However, daycares are closed. I have immunocompromised relatives that need help. Regardless of whether cat pay was offered or not, I couldn't go to work.
Starblix 9 points 3y ago
You risked everyone’s health for 3 extra dollars and you think you should be rewarded lol
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