I would think option 2- IF we’re eligible for u/e - and that’s A big IF/ even tho they say they’ll report it as involuntary loss of hours not a voluntary LOA- I’m thinking it’d be based thru employment commission analysis of your actual average hours worked over past 18 mos..

We may not get our choice but also- does anyone know if it might work the other way?

Ie choose LOA but they give you “separation “???

See page 11 of 12 on the pdf for faq in Det. Our preferences:



Q: What factors did Starbucks use to determine if partner preferences were honored or how partners were selected to have their preferences honored?


A: The determination was made based on business needs for staffing, partner preferences and partners’ availability relative to the business needs. In the event that this criteria wasn’t sufficient to reduce the number of partners competing for hours managers considered documented corrective actions (Final Written Warning or multiple Written Warnings in the past year) and company tenure. Undocumented performance issues were not considered.

I’m confused though, do we lose all benefits like insurance and stuff like that???

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT I MISSED IT PLS HELP

We shouldn't lose ASU. My understanding after speaking with my manager was that our goal is to give every remaining partner at least 20 hours for those who remain. As the only partner in my store attending ASU I stressed my need of at least 20 hours a week to remain eligible. I'm really lucky tho as I have a very caring manager so he will ensure I can still remain eligible. I also found that we can use vacation and sick time to supplement possible hours missed. Sorry for the long reply but hopefully this information helps those who are curious.

I feel for those going to ASU to go to the next place in their lives. They do pay for one more semester with option 3 I believe.

The $600 additional unemployment benefit ends at the end of July.

Tell me about it. I have a cousin who worked 3 weeks in his lifetime(doesn’t go to school) that filed for unemployment and makes twice as much as me(whose parents make $190k I might add) when I get to work 30 hours average. Making ends meet is already hard but I would love to stay at home since I’m the only parent working and I have a daughter who has to do 25 hours of therapy a week and a step daughter who has two more months of school :(

two weeks from now I’m scheduled for a total of 14 hours. I’m freaking out.

honestly I haven’t liked this job in years but during this crisis I’ve realized how much I do appreciate just having a job, especially a job that provides benefits (health insurance in particular rn), and offers things like the cat pay.

I can’t survive on 14 or even 20 hours a week, but who tf is hiring now?

This is helpful. Thank you. I didn’t know about Wednesday. My SM just keeps saying preference and that we have to turn it in on Saturday. Even though the paper says Sunday. Thank you 🙏

Is this for all states? My manager told me all about this today and said I have until Friday to decide. Two days to deliberate is not enough time tbh.

This is not accurate.

You have until Sunday to give your preference to your SM. During this second meeting, you'll be asked questions in order to flesh out some of the details like which stores you would be willing to help out if you end up staying on.

On Monday, the SMs and DMs are meeting to go over all preferences in the district. They need to balance everyone across the district to keep all of the stores open. For instance (extreme example), if all of the partners in one store prefer to separate, the DM needs to decide if they might need to transfer partners around/decline some LOA preferences in order to keep the example store open. This will vary widely based on state/geographic location. Downtown areas are much easier to transfer partners around.

Tuesday through Friday, the SM will meet with all partners again to tell them the final decision that was made by the DM and SM with the partner preferences taken into account.

My meeting about it is Thursday. Whoops.

This partner posted this which I think is a helpful place to start


https://www.reddit.com/r/starbucksbaristas/comments/gvlazl/did_anybody_else_get_this_bullshit_were_being/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Thank you. You as well.

I’m going with 1 because I’m able to work and I don’t wanna contribute to the unemployment thing. But I’m also in the position that I’m able to and I recognize that not everyone has the privilege.

I was a barista during the recession. Jobs were so hard to find, I don’t know. Even Starbucks had a hiring freeze and they laid off a ton of ASMs. I’m going with option 2 because I’m immunosuppressed and in an active flair but I fear as a shift I’ll be recalled. I want to stay at Starbucks but i live in a community that isn’t taking it all that seriously. Thankful I have the option to take my coffee break if it comes down to it.

That is horrible! And an SM on here said that next Wed is the REAL deadline.

My district had a deadline on today as well cause we are so large and have many partners and we have our district meeting on friday. Store manager also got the information very quickly and had to change schedules again and find the time for partner conversations . Then we are going to have to change schedules again once this is figured out.

Same

It's worth noting that this is for US corporate stores only. If you fit that criteria, please contact you SM/DM/PRSC directly to ask about it. The SMs have until Friday to have a 1:1 with every partner.

It's possible your manager on got the info monday

Technically it´s 6 months... but a SM can rehire at any point. Personally, I would not re-hire anybody that took Option 3. Plus, alot of SM´s need DM approval for re-hire... and I doubt DM´s will take kindly to people taking Option 3 as well.

Yes to the hours paid. It’s not like a definite ‘oh you won’t get rehired if....’ it’s just that one, on a typical shift, you’ll have one keyholder and a bunch of baristas so keyholders are not necessary to keep in abundance. And two, I imagine that if they can pay people less, they would. So they wouldn’t want to keep a lot of shifts in a store.

I will confirm what your SM told you. If you don´t work enough qualifying hours under Option 1, you will lose SCAP. On Option 2, you will be quaranteed 20 benefit hours weekly. Talk to you SM... they should be honest about what they can foreseeably give you (especially if you´re on SCAP).

No. I was actually shocked to read that ASU is not a guaranteed thing. I might have been wrong but do go on Partner Hub and search Partner Care Preference, there’s a 12 page PDF and one of the pages specifically mentioned ASU.

Yes, THIS. I thought ASU was safe along with other benefit hours.

I think Canada is safe. This is an effort to furlough people because it’s not possible to keep everyone on payroll.

I was just wondering this! I was at work yesterday and my manager didn’t say anything about it, neither did any of my partners so I feel like it must not be happening here ?

>you're getting paid 60 hours and Sbux will contribute to COBRA

You can be recalled from Preference 2 with a 7 day notice, as stated in the Partner Care Preference FAQ document.

You risk losing ASU. Health benefits are not affected. For option 1. At least until September.

I think for that you may need to talk to your manager for clarification. And congrats. That’s exciting.

Hey I’m Maryland. As far as I understand, it’s company wide that we have till Sunday to turn in our decisions. Your SM should have started talking to people on Monday and collecting their decisions. You can read the 12 page PDF by going on Partner Hub and search for ‘Partner Care Preference’

I'm also in Ohio and our SM told us about it yesterday

I believe this is all partners everywhere, I'm in IL ( suburbs of Chicago, we've been having 1 on 1 with SM all week on this. It was very brief, she read some stuff on it & advised us to do more reading/ research online. Wish they gave us more than a few days for our final answer

There’s a manager on here that said they’re process all leave on the 11th and that should be the last day but do clarify with your SM. If he/she can’t provide an answer, call PCC.

If you are on their payroll, they must. For some strange reasons, a lot of SM have not been proactive about reaching out to partners about this so I’m not sure. Wait till tomorrow. If you haven’t heard anything, reach out to your SM.

I believe with option 3, the day you turn in your decision is your walk away moment.

Absolutely. Any way I can help at all. From my understanding, this might not happen to a lot of stores that do extremely high volume? All this is is an effort to ‘furlough’ (their word) a bunch of partners bc they can’t keep ALL of us on payroll.

This is an effort to furlough a bunch of partners bc it’s not possible to keep all of us with the hours that will be available. Some stores might just be fine though.

None of the options are guaranteed. They are strictly YOUR preference. Obviously Starbucks will try to accomodate, but it depends on your store´s current business needs. It also depends on a Tool that we have that tells us how many partners we´re allowed to keep with our current business climate.

‘I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so now I’m afraid i have something of a mess on my hands.’