Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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THE 3 OPTION CHOICES (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by MemesandSpeech
So I recently had the "talk" with my SM and I am honestly STUCK between choosing option 2 or 3.
I have noticed that throughout this whole month that I would work for 4 DAYS and my hours have shrunk. Recently, One of my partners quit and my boss asked me if I wanted more hours. I said yes and had an extra day of work. The following week, I had the same 4 days. Honestly, I understand that we are still in a pandemic but seeing as how hours are getting cut (And thus I don't have enough money for bills, etc.) I see no point in working if my hours are going to shrink again. Hence why I'm stuck between choosing option 2 or 3 since living in NY, everything is expensive .\_.
So yea, I'm stuck making my decision by tomorrow and would like some assistance on what option is best at this point.
Thank you & stay safe. :3
I have noticed that throughout this whole month that I would work for 4 DAYS and my hours have shrunk. Recently, One of my partners quit and my boss asked me if I wanted more hours. I said yes and had an extra day of work. The following week, I had the same 4 days. Honestly, I understand that we are still in a pandemic but seeing as how hours are getting cut (And thus I don't have enough money for bills, etc.) I see no point in working if my hours are going to shrink again. Hence why I'm stuck between choosing option 2 or 3 since living in NY, everything is expensive .\_.
So yea, I'm stuck making my decision by tomorrow and would like some assistance on what option is best at this point.
Thank you & stay safe. :3
mykotman12 2 points 3y ago
Does your state offer partial unemployment? If so, you can choose number 1 and still get partial unemployment as long as you keep your hours/income a bit lower (based on your state).
MemesandSpeech [OP] 2 points 3y ago
Yea my SM told me something along the line of that, I might ask her for more detail tomorrow asap
snowpeech 2 points 3y ago
See if you qualify for unemployment per your state's eligibility. If your hours have been cut significantly, you probably do - but it varies state by state. That in itself should give you extra $ because of the CARES act, at least until July 25th.
Other things to consider are:
\- can you get a job somewhere else quickly? It looks like there are some job resources on the Starbucks partnerbridge
\- do you need the benefits? Health care & ASU are the primary ones. Starbucks will pay a chunk to COBRA if you take option 3 and are currently on Sbux benefits, so that should probably cover an individual for a few months, or you can use the money to find your own insurance coverage.
Financial breakdown for the two options, as I understand them:
Option 2:
\- no hours. unless called back to work. Then you have up to 2 weeks to brace yourself to go back to work
\- unemployment, $600/wk until July 25th, \~ 6wks + w/e comes from your state
\- Sbux pays for health care premiums. Continuation of benefits, like daily food & beverage markout
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Option 3:
\- 60 / 84 hours paid out - depending on if you're a barista or shift
\- unemployment, ($600/wks for 6 weeks + w/e comes from your state)
\- Starbucks provides an additional chunk of money to help pay for benefits, this can be used for COBRA coverage
Good luck!
\*\* edited with better understanding. I'm learning too!
Other things to consider are:
\- can you get a job somewhere else quickly? It looks like there are some job resources on the Starbucks partnerbridge
\- do you need the benefits? Health care & ASU are the primary ones. Starbucks will pay a chunk to COBRA if you take option 3 and are currently on Sbux benefits, so that should probably cover an individual for a few months, or you can use the money to find your own insurance coverage.
Financial breakdown for the two options, as I understand them:
Option 2:
\- no hours. unless called back to work. Then you have up to 2 weeks to brace yourself to go back to work
\- unemployment, $600/wk until July 25th, \~ 6wks + w/e comes from your state
\- Sbux pays for health care premiums. Continuation of benefits, like daily food & beverage markout
​
Option 3:
\- 60 / 84 hours paid out - depending on if you're a barista or shift
\- unemployment, ($600/wks for 6 weeks + w/e comes from your state)
\- Starbucks provides an additional chunk of money to help pay for benefits, this can be used for COBRA coverage
Good luck!
\*\* edited with better understanding. I'm learning too!
nightkat89 2 points 3y ago
You mistook option 2 for option 1. 2 is a leave of absence in which you don’t work at all.
snowpeech 2 points 3y ago
But ... if they have hours available and need them filled, you can be called back, right?
nightkat89 5 points 3y ago
The way it works is this.
IF your store cannot meet the hour needs of the baristas, it will send those who requested option 2 on leave. Aka your leave will be accepted or declined.
While on leave you are essentially “on call” for when business picks back up enough where they can bring you back to work. If you decline to return when called upon (they give you 7 days notice), it’s considered job abandonment.
During this time you have all your benefits, Starbucks pays your insurance premiums if you have insurance through them, you maintain your partner status.
They will try and pair you back to the store you left from, but the possibility IS there that you’ll either work between multiple stores if the hours are available, or even possibly end up at a different store altogether.
Option 3 (severance) who decide that they want to be hired back at a later time will come AFTER those who went on leave are able to be brought back.
Does that help clear things up a little?
IF your store cannot meet the hour needs of the baristas, it will send those who requested option 2 on leave. Aka your leave will be accepted or declined.
While on leave you are essentially “on call” for when business picks back up enough where they can bring you back to work. If you decline to return when called upon (they give you 7 days notice), it’s considered job abandonment.
During this time you have all your benefits, Starbucks pays your insurance premiums if you have insurance through them, you maintain your partner status.
They will try and pair you back to the store you left from, but the possibility IS there that you’ll either work between multiple stores if the hours are available, or even possibly end up at a different store altogether.
Option 3 (severance) who decide that they want to be hired back at a later time will come AFTER those who went on leave are able to be brought back.
Does that help clear things up a little?
snowpeech 1 points 3y ago
Ah.. yes.. Thanks for clearing that up and explaining all of that! I think my area feels like business is returning to normal that I can't imagine them honoring a lot of LOAs, so option 2 looks like option 1 in my mind and I did mix them up.
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