Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Dear Starbucks, (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by drama2000
I did not sign up for group therapy with my fellow partners. Thank you.
Did anyone else feel the meetings being held to welcome back cat pay partners, was a little too personal? It may just be me, but I definitely did not sign up to address my inner worries and currnet mental health state with my other partners. When coming back to my store, of course I'm filled with anxiety, worry and all over the place emotions, but I don't want to show that at work. I come to work to make a customer's day better and make real connections with other's. Not to talk about my feelings.
I'd love to hear other opinions about these meetings!
Did anyone else feel the meetings being held to welcome back cat pay partners, was a little too personal? It may just be me, but I definitely did not sign up to address my inner worries and currnet mental health state with my other partners. When coming back to my store, of course I'm filled with anxiety, worry and all over the place emotions, but I don't want to show that at work. I come to work to make a customer's day better and make real connections with other's. Not to talk about my feelings.
I'd love to hear other opinions about these meetings!
posthumouschild 22 points 3y ago
it all felt manipulative and dishonest. I think they just want us to be grateful for them supporting us in the barest of minimal ways and this was their opportunity for damage control regarding returning partners
lebrellj 19 points 3y ago
It felt like performative care.
There was literally no comment about the severity of the actual situation.
They went on this winding, run-in sentance about how some partners may have felt OH SO LONELY and some may be resentful and some may even have thought their Great Aunt Gladys had the sniffles" but at no point actually said "There may be partners who know someone who died. There may be partners who have died. There may be customers who have died."
They did everything they could to whitewash this. It felt gross.
There was literally no comment about the severity of the actual situation.
They went on this winding, run-in sentance about how some partners may have felt OH SO LONELY and some may be resentful and some may even have thought their Great Aunt Gladys had the sniffles" but at no point actually said "There may be partners who know someone who died. There may be partners who have died. There may be customers who have died."
They did everything they could to whitewash this. It felt gross.
orangechristmas-tree 17 points 3y ago
I thought it was boring
drama2000 [OP] 5 points 3y ago
yea, that meditation portion almost killed me.
golden_pinky 10 points 3y ago
When that bitch said "now picture a customer" I laughed out loud.
pixiepourover 3 points 3y ago
I found it to be a waste of time and resources. How about give us a raise, even if .20 instead of all the finances used to make that useless training model.
they-were-roomates 14 points 3y ago
Think about someone you love;
Now think about the customer?????
Just so we’re clear there’s several regulars who are wonderful, and I love seeing them everyday and I missed them over my cat pay weeks but I don’t love them in the same way that I love my partner, and that just felt very strange to me. I don’t understand what kind of idea they were trying to convey with that part of the exercise and if anyone could tell me I’d really appreciate it.
Now think about the customer?????
Just so we’re clear there’s several regulars who are wonderful, and I love seeing them everyday and I missed them over my cat pay weeks but I don’t love them in the same way that I love my partner, and that just felt very strange to me. I don’t understand what kind of idea they were trying to convey with that part of the exercise and if anyone could tell me I’d really appreciate it.
gaayrat 6 points 3y ago
Oh that part fully sent me. I laughed
nofoam_cappuccino 5 points 3y ago
Dude this struck me as some culty brainwashing
cascadebabe 8 points 3y ago
I was just chilling, eating donuts and cheetos and slurping my drink. I took a longgg pee break during the meditation not gonna lie.
EvenTheKitchenSink 1 points 3y ago
I was on my phone the whole time
gaayrat 7 points 3y ago
Yeah it was weird. We split ours into two days & first day was the worst. It was long and felt longer bc I hadn’t had any coffee so I was miserable the entire time. No one really said much but our DM was there so we had to do everything. The second day my manager skipped some activities (?) they wanted us to do and we were out in an hour
kykai4 6 points 3y ago
Again I say, all that shit could’ve been said in an email or group text. Although, they did announce I was Partner of the Quarter so I guess that’s cool.
lizeken 5 points 3y ago
I’m having the meeting tonight so y’all are really freaking me out 😩😂
gaayrat 8 points 3y ago
Don’t be freaked out just prepare to dissociate for several hours to save yourself from boredom & corporate BS
angrybreadsticks 5 points 3y ago
*ayyy, I wasn’t the only one sitting there dissociating, thank god*
cosmicsnowpea 1 points 3y ago
And group meditation
angrybreadsticks 4 points 3y ago
it felt like cultish propaganda, honestly
(I posted about this, too, and someone got all up in my DMs tryna tell me how to get fired and still collect unemployment and I’m just like..... chill...)
(I posted about this, too, and someone got all up in my DMs tryna tell me how to get fired and still collect unemployment and I’m just like..... chill...)
drama2000 [OP] 3 points 3y ago
um? sharing opinions? I mean I dont believe that's grounds for termination unless I was told some bs. in no way am I trying to bash the company. Starbucks has some great programs in place for partners and is easily one of the best establishments for college kids, like myself, to be employed at. I just think it's inappropriate for a corporation to sit employees down to talk about feelings and meditate when nobody was previously informed. I dont know, it just felt like wrong place, and wrong time especially since we already have Lyra.
MyWiddleSmushFace 4 points 3y ago
I don't and never have work at starbucks but have some thoughts on employers:
I want to work somewhere where I can say to my boss "I'm too stressed" and they say "get well then come back."
My bosses and vice president noticed my hours shifted to an unhealthy place (working 7pm to 6 am, sleeping through the day) and offered paid time off and to shift my work around. I didn't take it but them asking without my needing to say anything was pretty great.
I don't know what went on in your meeting so I accept I may be off base but it strikes me there may be another interpretation of what they were trying to project (whether or not they meant it or succeeded is another story, though.)
Your outlook is a good one, too, btw; taking care of the customer. it's wonderful you are in a good place and don't need the support ~~they~~ *work* seem*s* to be offering right now. Maybe some of your coworkers do, though?
I want to work somewhere where I can say to my boss "I'm too stressed" and they say "get well then come back."
My bosses and vice president noticed my hours shifted to an unhealthy place (working 7pm to 6 am, sleeping through the day) and offered paid time off and to shift my work around. I didn't take it but them asking without my needing to say anything was pretty great.
I don't know what went on in your meeting so I accept I may be off base but it strikes me there may be another interpretation of what they were trying to project (whether or not they meant it or succeeded is another story, though.)
Your outlook is a good one, too, btw; taking care of the customer. it's wonderful you are in a good place and don't need the support ~~they~~ *work* seem*s* to be offering right now. Maybe some of your coworkers do, though?
coffeeslinger2000 2 points 3y ago
There is another interpretation. I usually refrain from disagreeing on this sub because I get labelled as a corporate shill or a sheep that doesn’t think for myself. It was kind of personal, but no one had to share if they didn’t want to (at least at my meeting). And at that, it wasn’t that personal. We were asked to share how we felt about going back to work, what we were up to in our time off if we took the cat pay, stuff like that. I understand that everyone has a different perspective on things but I also think that some people just want to hate this company no matter what they do. I also recognize that people have experiences with this company that contradict what the company stands for, but that falls on shitty management. There are plenty of partners who feel that the company is living up to the standards that they have set. It’s all in perspective and experience.
orangechristmas-tree 4 points 3y ago
You should see all my doodling lol
nofoam_cappuccino 3 points 3y ago
It felt very brainwashy. No I do not want to do a guided meditation with a bunch of people that I’m forced to be around all day. It’s all so disingenuous.
cosmicsnowpea 2 points 3y ago
It was kind of odd at some points, but I really like my partners so it was like a giant hangout with pay
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