Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Hey DMs! Go f*ck yourselves!!! (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by dancing_durian
(Lots of negativity ahead)
Seriously!
I hate all of you! Don’t pretend like you care. And yes, there might be some good DMs out there but that’s few and far in between.
Don’t pretend like you care about us after one of my partners was bashed in the head by a crazed homeless man with blood running down his face and the perp still running loose yet we couldn’t close the store.
Don’t pretend like you care about us being infected and being at risk when you make us fill out the dumb questionnaire before EVERY shift on that damn COMMUNAL iPad and log our temperatures using that COMMUNAL thermometer. But you would so happily make us take an order from customers that don’t have a mask. Welcome them in. You even encourage giving masks (our own PPE that you ‘generously’ provide us with) to those customers, further risking exposure.
These logs and questionnaires are just ways for you and corporate to escape accountability because if there happens to be cases of COVID, you can just simply throw your hands up and say ‘well, we made them check! Here! See?!’ They don’t mean anything to us and is not a way to truly keep us safe. And you jumping from store to store to ‘check on’ everyone is reckless and dumb.
I don’t know your job. I don’t claim to understand your job. But from what little I have you seen done, I’m not impressed! You’re part of the problem!
Seriously!
I hate all of you! Don’t pretend like you care. And yes, there might be some good DMs out there but that’s few and far in between.
Don’t pretend like you care about us after one of my partners was bashed in the head by a crazed homeless man with blood running down his face and the perp still running loose yet we couldn’t close the store.
Don’t pretend like you care about us being infected and being at risk when you make us fill out the dumb questionnaire before EVERY shift on that damn COMMUNAL iPad and log our temperatures using that COMMUNAL thermometer. But you would so happily make us take an order from customers that don’t have a mask. Welcome them in. You even encourage giving masks (our own PPE that you ‘generously’ provide us with) to those customers, further risking exposure.
These logs and questionnaires are just ways for you and corporate to escape accountability because if there happens to be cases of COVID, you can just simply throw your hands up and say ‘well, we made them check! Here! See?!’ They don’t mean anything to us and is not a way to truly keep us safe. And you jumping from store to store to ‘check on’ everyone is reckless and dumb.
I don’t know your job. I don’t claim to understand your job. But from what little I have you seen done, I’m not impressed! You’re part of the problem!
_hamburglar__ 177 points 3y ago
They don't know or understand their job either. Most are brought in from other companies and have no clue what being in a store is like.
dancing_durian [OP] 67 points 3y ago
My current one is a career corporate shill. Literally just holding the same position at multiple companies.
aintdeadyetmf 36 points 3y ago
hire from within companies >>>>
saltylung 26 points 3y ago
I worked at Starbucks for a year and I was so relieved to finally quit. I’ve worked so many jobs in retail and I have to say that place is the grossest place I’ve ever worked at. It was full of human disparity and greed. Truly a soul sucking place that destroys any shred of positivity and happiness. They don’t give a flying fuck about partners. We are as disposable as the parchment paper liners we use to heat shit food in the oven for the very customers who contribute to our daily hell.
dancing_durian [OP] 8 points 3y ago
That oven metaphor is beautiful! Bless you!
kizuni_ 5 points 3y ago
As a former GameStop employee I’ve witnessed 3 or 4 managers/district managers from Gamsetop get hired on as management at Starbucks. It’s wild.
Jom_Camby 67 points 3y ago
My last day was Saturday, and I will never again miss a visit from my DM. He didn’t do shit when he came in and he never made a single attempt to get to know ANYONE in our store. Good fucking riddance.
throwaway536xx 17 points 3y ago
Same, I had a DM that didn’t care about us at all. She’d *pretend* to get to know us, but there were FOUR different times she beamed a smile at me and asked if I’m going to school. Four times I told her, I already graduated. She didn’t remember anything else about me either.
I guess I appreciate the “effort” but don’t act like we’re buddies if you’re not even going to really make an effort to remember anything about me.
I guess I appreciate the “effort” but don’t act like we’re buddies if you’re not even going to really make an effort to remember anything about me.
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dancing_durian [OP] 27 points 3y ago
That is disgusting! And to have a woman making light of sexual assaults! That’s setting us so far back on our progress. I’m sorry you guys had to deal with that.
Somefemalereading 61 points 3y ago
Not to mention most of those DMs who are hired out do not understand social interactions. They always want you to talk to every customer like you’ve been beat friends for years. My DM made my shift lead coach me after I “failed” to connect to a group of customers. They were in a small group just at hand off station and clearly were in a deep conversation in a different language. They didn’t want me to butt into their conversation and I could tell that; however, I was still deemed to not be doing enough for them. Part of being a barista and making a third place is understanding social ques which clearly most of these DMs fail to caught onto
dancing_durian [OP] 36 points 3y ago
When the pandemic first made its round and the world had not yet rung the alarm but still there was enough concern about it to where my cafe store was grab and go only, my DM was in the lobby, coming up to every customers, getting super close to them and touching them, trying to ‘connect’
Somefemalereading 25 points 3y ago
Yeah no, that’s bullshit and really inconsiderate to those who probably felt super uncomfortable but not sure how to handle that situation
capoony147 10 points 3y ago
I fucking hate that shit. DMs think having good customer service means getting into other peoples' shit. When I go into a store to get a drink or something I don't wanna have a conversation about my day with the server, I just want my fucking food.
Somefemalereading 1 points 3y ago
That and it feels so fucking force! Like, if I do want a conversation I don’t want it to feel forced and out of the blue!
WildCaterwaul 35 points 3y ago
Our thermometer doesn’t even work, lol. It’s several degrees off.
BartolomeoTheCamibal 37 points 3y ago
I think most of them are. Ours reads anywhere from 88-95.
We're all dead and I guess that's not far off
We're all dead and I guess that's not far off
lesbian_valkyrie 4 points 3y ago
Ours does too. Think they gave us thermometers that are purposely off?
myotheracctisaboat 9 points 3y ago
Nah, more like they didn't want to spend a lot of $ on a big order//they went as far down the list as they could in terms of quality. Shocker: an in-demand item that's relatively cheap doesn't do its job right!
lesbian_valkyrie 1 points 3y ago
You are right. I didn’t think about that! My bad hahaha
myfavoriteflores 3 points 3y ago
It’s reading our cold dead soul temps
altairbitch 6 points 3y ago
Right?? Our thermometer reads 80-89 and will not go past that. We’re all perpetually dead
WildCaterwaul 3 points 3y ago
Is this the part where we find out we sold our souls to the ‘bucks and we’re all just siren-born wraiths haunting the earth, wailing for higher wages and more caffeine?
sassy7girl 3 points 3y ago
Yeah I feel they’re low!-/ I’m NEVER 95 on my home ( old school) Thermom- which makes me worry IF they are low & someone’s just 100.4– it could register easily as 98 or less. Very bad.
official_koda_ 34 points 3y ago
The dms really seem like they don’t do much of anything...yet make the big bucks. My DM visited for literally no reason other than to find things to complain about a few weeks ago and we were CLEARLY slammed and the dm had the audacity to order a whole bunch of drinks...it made me so pissed.
dancing_durian [OP] 32 points 3y ago
You literally boil it down to the number one reason I hate them the most: the guest that comes to your house every blue moon and tells you how to arrange the furniture. Let’s see them bar during a rush!
official_koda_ 25 points 3y ago
They should all be REQUIRED to work a minimum of five years as a regular barista before working for corporate
lipstick-lemondrop 8 points 3y ago
...THEY *DON’T?*
As a krobux person, I see our corporate people maybe like once every few weeks, if that, and they just make sure we’re not spitting in the food or screaming at customers or whatever. Our store managers are pretty much required to know a bit of training for each department, usually including ours. While I doubt any of them could solo vs a horde of frappuccino kids, they can at least make drinks while I take my break. The more and more I hear about “regular” corporate, the more grateful I am that ours isn’t (as much of) a weird corporate cult.
As a krobux person, I see our corporate people maybe like once every few weeks, if that, and they just make sure we’re not spitting in the food or screaming at customers or whatever. Our store managers are pretty much required to know a bit of training for each department, usually including ours. While I doubt any of them could solo vs a horde of frappuccino kids, they can at least make drinks while I take my break. The more and more I hear about “regular” corporate, the more grateful I am that ours isn’t (as much of) a weird corporate cult.
official_koda_ 4 points 3y ago
Funny enough my store had someone who was going to work for corporate come and “train” at my store. She literally just came for a day or two and was showed how things run, but just watched my shift do stuff. And that was it. Nothing else.
Castiels_Bees 2 points 3y ago
Conversation between my DM, and a newly-hired (external, of course) DM he was training: Okay, so you'll do your two weeks' barista training, and then--
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Me, a SSV with several years' experience: TWO WEEKS' BARISTA TRAINING?! Are you kidding me?
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My DM: Well, Castiels\_Bees, it's not like he's going to be working behind the counter.
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This was back in the days when you didn't get left alone on bar until you had passed a barista certification, which was at least 3 weeks' worth of espresso bar training. Not to mention all of the book work, cold bar, and register training involved.
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Needless to say, when I heard that this DM was "promoted to customer" when we closed all of those stores in 2009, I did a little dance. Sadly, the new DM he was training was really nice, but he only lasted about a year before he promoted himself to customer.
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Me, a SSV with several years' experience: TWO WEEKS' BARISTA TRAINING?! Are you kidding me?
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My DM: Well, Castiels\_Bees, it's not like he's going to be working behind the counter.
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This was back in the days when you didn't get left alone on bar until you had passed a barista certification, which was at least 3 weeks' worth of espresso bar training. Not to mention all of the book work, cold bar, and register training involved.
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Needless to say, when I heard that this DM was "promoted to customer" when we closed all of those stores in 2009, I did a little dance. Sadly, the new DM he was training was really nice, but he only lasted about a year before he promoted himself to customer.
thebetawolf21 8 points 3y ago
I have a decent DM who has actually stepped in a few times to help us when we were slammed on bar. I was so shocked he did. He was good at bar too which was even more surprising. I'm totally awake he's corporate bought and sold lmfao. But he's a decent dude. But our RM ... god she's satan. She comes in and just tells us how bad we're doing and changes random things for some unknown reasons.
official_koda_ 4 points 3y ago
My DM just continues to badger my SM about damn DT times even though they know how busy we are. There’s literally a pandemic on but yet they complain about DT times and scores from the comfort of their homes when there’s a PANDEMIC going on!
dancing_durian [OP] 2 points 3y ago
That’s super cool of your DM. They’re rare, aren’t they? Omg, I’m fully convinced that RM’s job is to instill panic and hysteria. Everyone goes into panic mode whenever there’s just a whiff of the RM MIGHT be visiting.
thebetawolf21 2 points 3y ago
Yeah he's a good person I can say that from the genuine convos I've had with him about our interests and such. But I distrust most store managers and above honestly. They're all mostly numbers driven. And while my DM did that he probably just did it to make sure numbers didn't suffer or at least it could have factored into it.
f__theking 27 points 3y ago
My last DM made a deal with us that if we had the best numbers in our district he would come work a shift on the floor with us. He never did, no doubt because he couldn’t handle it. But he always had things to whinge about.
My store had the best times in our district for 12 weeks once. I did not care about keeping it up because the company and DMs gave us no incentive to do so.
I am not 15 and a pat on the back is not a fucking reward.
My store had the best times in our district for 12 weeks once. I did not care about keeping it up because the company and DMs gave us no incentive to do so.
I am not 15 and a pat on the back is not a fucking reward.
dancing_durian [OP] 24 points 3y ago
That is one more lies I no longer register anymore. Along with the ‘fraps earn labor’. Maybe they do but I know my closing crew will be making all the fraps but won’t see any of the labor. I would say tho that when I first started in ‘16, I was a brand new bean on bar during a rush and my DM at the time came on to help me in a pair of leopard pumps.
visi6n 19 points 3y ago
Amen. I’ve stopped telling my DM how I feel about how the company is handling covid. I would tell her I feel unsafe, but then she just outlines how Starbucks is going ‘above and beyond’ to make sure their partners feel safe. A partner in my store reported covid symptoms & whoever worked with that partner had to self-isolate. Instead of closing our store down when 90% of the partners went to self-isolate, they closed a lower volume store down to come support my store, the busier one. It’s all about the money.
Edit: to add all of the above
Edit: to add all of the above
dancing_durian [OP] 13 points 3y ago
Yup yup yup. And I have a conspiracy that they only ask you to learn who have negative feelings about the companies that they can place on a watch and ultimately ‘separate’ for some nonsensical reasons.
myfavoriteflores 2 points 3y ago
I had to check your profile you see where you were are - this has happened at two stores in my area since all this business began. So, cool cool cool, at least they’re consistent in their DM rhetoric. 😑
libbythebard 16 points 3y ago
my DM chose not to report and press charges on a guy who stole our tips in the drive thru even though we had him and his license plate on camera :) because it was our money and not the stores :) and then when we got complaints about us telling people through the drive thru box that we were closed, our DM told us that we have to now go stand outside after we close to tell people we can’t take their order and put ourselves directly in danger :)
dancing_durian [OP] 10 points 3y ago
Sounds like a DM to me! I’m sorry you went through that. Nobody should have had to.
BlooperBoo 11 points 3y ago
Every time I see a rant on here Im so thankful for my store. We have to sanitize the thermometer and ipad after every use, arent allowed to give masks to customers, and its my SM’s call to close the store or not. And she did the other day with a protest of maybe 20 people down the street.
It breaks my heart seeing fellow baristas treated like shit, ESPECIALLY when I know we are capable of better. But thats big corpos for ya, I suppose. Im sorry for this added stress on you during an already bullshit time.
It breaks my heart seeing fellow baristas treated like shit, ESPECIALLY when I know we are capable of better. But thats big corpos for ya, I suppose. Im sorry for this added stress on you during an already bullshit time.
dancing_durian [OP] 4 points 3y ago
I’m so happy knowing other SMs are doing the right things by their partners. Like my freaking SM would say shit like ‘I care about you’ a good 6 times a day but when it comes time to advocate for us, she wouldn’t. She told me to just do whatever the DM says so that the DM doesn’t bother her.
cush4 10 points 3y ago
They seriously need to eliminate all DM’s, create a role for one top operations Store manager within a district and give the store that the Top Store Manager works at an additional shift that works 24-32 hours. The money savings would be huge. Regional VP’s are out of touch too. They need to put on an apron and work the job
loyaltyloveanon 10 points 3y ago
Typical Starbucks in my opinion, my DM and SM could care less about us. We had a temp DM that was pretty good though, but she stepped down 😞
dancing_durian [OP] 8 points 3y ago
All the good ones are always broken by the apathy displayed by this company.
EeePeeTee 10 points 3y ago
You are correct in your criticisms and feelings but I think the problem extends far above the DM level. If they are largely acting along the same guidelines, then they're just drones doing what they are told. The real problem lies with the people who make the rules, not just the people who enforce them.
lillyloveswriting 9 points 3y ago
Yeah those temperatures don’t do crap because partners could easily lie about their contact with someone with Covid and think they’re okay. Which happened at my store and I’m surprised he’s not fired honestly. Like, he knowingly went to work, signed the paper that he had no contact and called what we were doing for precautions stupid and always went home to a family member who was positive. He was tested negative, however, you can transfer it without knowing.
dancing_durian [OP] 5 points 3y ago
That’s so scary. I swear some people don’t take this seriously and this is why this pandemic just won’t go away!
lillyloveswriting 5 points 3y ago
My DM is also an a-hole who sits in his nice ass house while he controls my manager like a puppet. He never visited any of the stores during the pandemic, but he made it seem like he knows exactly what’s going on in the store even though he hasn’t stepped foot into it since January.
dancing_durian [OP] 1 points 3y ago
They do see the metrics and sales. And of course, SMs report on things during the weekly meetings. I once found out that every incident report I submit on the iPad goes directly to the DM so one slow day, my partners and I filed like 7 - from the most innocuous incidents like customers being mean to not wearing a mask to crazy stuffs. Have fun sitting at home reading those.
nomad23 9 points 3y ago
I can't speak for all DM's, but I do know there's a group of people at corporate who specifically look into ways to make the store environment better for partners. I used to work in downtown Seattle, and had a second job at a barbershop. One day we had a TERRIBLE experience with a guy who came into our location and just went crazy, yelling at us, pushing the syrups/ lid holders at us, and throwing basically anything not attached to the condiment bar at other customers. Later that day, someone from that office came into the barbershop I worked at (I pulled doubles 4 days a week), and magically I found out he worked at headquarters. He was one of the people in that group and asked if I was okay, how the rest of the day went. He really seemed to care about partner safety, but he can't do anything without knowing about what's happening. Not sure if that would just be a PCC call or what.
Anyways, sorry you and your partners had to deal with all of that! On another note, we had a regular once poop on the sidewalk outside, then someone accidentally roll their suitcase through the mess and into the cafe, leaving a trail of poop. We stayed open for some reason while waiting for hazmat to come and clean it, just had someone at the door making sure no one stepped in the trail. :/
Anyways, sorry you and your partners had to deal with all of that! On another note, we had a regular once poop on the sidewalk outside, then someone accidentally roll their suitcase through the mess and into the cafe, leaving a trail of poop. We stayed open for some reason while waiting for hazmat to come and clean it, just had someone at the door making sure no one stepped in the trail. :/
dancing_durian [OP] 3 points 3y ago
That’s a lot of horrible things and I’m glad you’re coming out on the other side ok. I want to believe the goodness in people so bad but with everything happening lately, it’s getting incredibly difficult to.
nomad23 4 points 3y ago
Very true. Its hard to feel supported when corporate isn't just down the street. I moved to another state, and am working at a new location, and it's definitely been a wake-up call. Communication is definitely more disconnected when DM's aren't coming over straight from meetings at HQ, or even the distance between stores in places that you have to drive to get to the next closest location (compared to just walking a couple blocks away). And the stores further away from HQ are way more inclined to only care about the numbers. Sales, window times, getting everyone in and out ASAP. It's a complete 180 compared to the first store in Seattle. I only worked there once, but we were encouraged to give everyone the experience they were looking for. If they wanted to ask you a million questions, answer all of them! Have a conversation. The girl showing me around said she'd once had an hour long conversation with someone while on register, and everything was totally fine! Going from that environment to trying to both connect with every customer while keeping drive times as low as possible gave me whiplash!
bbun223 7 points 3y ago
The first week our cafe opened was the same week of summer launch and we got absolutely slammed. We were not prepared for having to serve customers at POS again. We didn’t have enough partners to have someone on register. DT line wrapped around and all through the plaza parking lot. Lines of customers in the cafe. One bad day in particular we had 1 call out and another partner left work in tears from the stress. No one to come in and cover.... our SM asked our DM if we could at least close the cafe doors because we could not handle both cafe and DT with 3 partners. He said no. We were in that store an hour and a half past close. I could not clean or do a single one of my SSV duties until close. It was actual hell. It’s planted a bitter seed for me with my DM. The 3 of us having to work that shift should not of been put in that position.
dancing_durian [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I’m so sorry you went through that. I wouldn’t even wish that on my worse enemy. that DM is true scum, sitting pretty while letting people work past their breaking points. Ofc it’d be easy to decide to keep the store open when you’re not right there working in that horrible condition.
strawberrifield 7 points 3y ago
Haven't been a barista in several months now. but my DM had me still working with a shift who touched my butt and would repeatedly sexually harass coworkers. They only did something when I threatened to call PRC... So yeah, I'd agree with your statement even without working at Starbucks during Coronavirus.
borutosfather 7 points 3y ago
our DM will scream at homeless ppl who just want water on a hot day to fuck off bc they aren’t buying anything, say that the hour cuts are because our drive times are too high (they were the highest in the district for two weeks when covid leave ended) and we’d get our hours back if we pushed drive times down again, and constantly allows customers to use the bathroom bc she can’t handle having ppl complain while we don’t have the time or labor at our high volume store to sanitize the bathroom after every use during peak, which means our type one diabetic ASM can’t even use our own bathroom (and has to lie on the questionnaire every day). even tho at that weird indoctrination meeting she said “we will always abide by policy and cdc guidelines.” she’s a piece of shit numbers driven woman who fired a shift for stealing money but ironically was known to steal money at her old job at a different retail corp, and she was hired as a DM but has absolutely no precious experience in food service period.
dancing_durian [OP] 5 points 3y ago
Oh yeah! They’re the biggest hypocrites. Similar to that bathrooms story too, although not dire a consequence (your poor ASM), she made us give people masks because ‘it’s not worth a call to corporate’. And when I told SM (more like yelled at my SM) about it, my SM said ‘just do what the DM says so she doesn’t harass me’
StormTheParade 6 points 3y ago
I think I've had *1* DM that knew their shit and loved every single partner they came into contact with. She was an absolute blessing to have and if anyone is in the Dallas area with a 6ft tall heavily tatted woman as their DM - no names/locs - then send her my love.
But that's 1 DM out of theeee like 5 or 6 I met. And the higher you go, the less capacity they have to care about the little guys because we're just that low on the food chain. Baristas and SSVs only matter if you can get the whole store or district rallied.
But that's 1 DM out of theeee like 5 or 6 I met. And the higher you go, the less capacity they have to care about the little guys because we're just that low on the food chain. Baristas and SSVs only matter if you can get the whole store or district rallied.
idonthinksoannie 5 points 3y ago
She's still around 😉
StormTheParade 3 points 3y ago
Thank goodness :D
She genuinely genuinely made my whole time before I left. She is the main reason our store turned itself around!
She genuinely genuinely made my whole time before I left. She is the main reason our store turned itself around!
dancing_durian [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Sounds like I need to move 🧐😏
crzyshiba 6 points 3y ago
How do you even become a DM? Do you need to move up the ladder?
dancing_durian [OP] 16 points 3y ago
That’s the dream but Starbucks always do outside hires when it comes to DMs. So you get these people that have never spent a day of their lives on the floor but somehow get to judge and tell us little people what to do and how to do our jobs better.
crzyshiba 3 points 3y ago
Ohh interesting 🧐 well I would love to become a DM if I do justice for barista haha,,, “been with the siren for only 10 month”
pretiburdi 10 points 3y ago
My DM trained as a barista for 2 weeks. Max.
sadsadbarista 3 points 3y ago
I did the barista basics for a DM. Yup, 2 weeks.
pretiburdi 4 points 3y ago
You can't see me but I am doing a BIG FROWN.
capoony147 5 points 3y ago
Most DMs haven't been baristas and therefore have no idea what the fuck our lives are about.
sholbyy 5 points 3y ago
My old DM would sit in the cafe eating McDonald's and criticize us while we were trying to work. I'm so fucking glad I got the hell out of that toxic environment. It was making ME toxic. I didn't realize it until I left.
What a shitty company. I'm sorry, OP.
What a shitty company. I'm sorry, OP.
dancing_durian [OP] 4 points 3y ago
Oh I freaking love it when they ‘do their work’ in the lobby. Accomplished nothing and you know if you work with your SM that day, you might be more productive with a limp and blind dog. Your SM would just go into a frenzy and not be of any help at all. I’m glad you got out though.
MemesandSpeech 5 points 3y ago
Some DM's be making baristas do THEIR JOBS while they be in the back playing with there Cell's and be complimenting you BUT when you ask for extra hours they be "Nah" or "Let me see" and give other people more hours -_-
sunnyismybunny 4 points 3y ago
Man when I read this subreddit and even the main one, I feel so bad for y’all. I’ve had two DM’s and both were good and the current one is better. My SM is pretty good, and my coworkers are great. Starting pay is 12.50 for baristas and 15.00 for shifts. And we averaged a dollar an hour for tips BEFORE corona and now about 1.50 or more some weeks.
I always feel blessed when I see these threads. I hope OP’s situation and anyone in a similar position improve soon!!!!
I always feel blessed when I see these threads. I hope OP’s situation and anyone in a similar position improve soon!!!!
Jeffyhere43 4 points 3y ago
I had a customer openly say he was going to jump me at my car after we close that night and after talking to the dm she said he was doing nothing wrong
dancing_durian [OP] 3 points 3y ago
That’s terrible. I hope you have mace or some form of self defense.
Jeffyhere43 2 points 3y ago
Luckily I’m not even in the same state anymore but like I’m sure I had some sort of ptsd from seeing that maniac every day loitering outside my store knowing I wouldn’t have the company behind me if something were to happen. I kept seeing him in the new state 500 miles away
Bartender12xxxxx 3 points 3y ago
My new dm is awful, everyone hates him. I live with an at risk person and so I am using a bunch of vacation and sick hours, and he tried to force me to return to work early and now I'm finding out that 2 out 3 options they gave us aren't even real??? No LOA and we won't qualify for unemployment if we quit. What the fuck is this bullshit? I am furious and I hope others are too. Corporate SHOULD NOT be allowed to get away with this! WTF.
dancing_durian [OP] 2 points 3y ago
They word it very cleverly. It’s ‘preferences’. So when you make your choice, you’re essentially saying ‘well, I PREFER to do this!’ So they can go ‘well we gave them a choice’ but yeah, the ultimate decision belongs to them. With option 3, I heard one of the ways you might not qualify for unemployment is if they have enough hours and make you take option 1 but you turn that down and go for 3 (because technically you have a job but turn it down) not sure though. You can ask around.
mykotman12 1 points 3y ago
1. Starbucks can’t “make you take option 1”. These are preferences and it’s up to to pick one.
2. Once you pick a preference, you can’t change it.
3. If you picked preference 2 and it got denied, you can either work or quit.
4. If you decide to quit after your preference was denied, you are quitting voluntary and won’t qualify for unemployment.
5. You can’t just pick preference 3 after you got denied your original preference or if you decided later that staying and working is not something you want to do.
2. Once you pick a preference, you can’t change it.
3. If you picked preference 2 and it got denied, you can either work or quit.
4. If you decide to quit after your preference was denied, you are quitting voluntary and won’t qualify for unemployment.
5. You can’t just pick preference 3 after you got denied your original preference or if you decided later that staying and working is not something you want to do.
ricket026 3 points 3y ago
I still can’t figure out my DM. She seems to be nice and friendly, but she has this like attitude about her that’s sort of scary in a way?
I was halfway through my LS leader training when she told my manager she didn’t think I was ready and cut me off completely. Though anytime I had seen her before this she never made ANY sort of comment regarding that.
Then she up and decided I was ready to go again so??? I honestly don’t understand.
There’s also a lot of iffy stuff with what happened with the last manager and purposefully getting her removed so I’m not sure.
All I know is she makes a lot of money and I’m not sure what her actual job is lmao
I was halfway through my LS leader training when she told my manager she didn’t think I was ready and cut me off completely. Though anytime I had seen her before this she never made ANY sort of comment regarding that.
Then she up and decided I was ready to go again so??? I honestly don’t understand.
There’s also a lot of iffy stuff with what happened with the last manager and purposefully getting her removed so I’m not sure.
All I know is she makes a lot of money and I’m not sure what her actual job is lmao
dancing_durian [OP] 4 points 3y ago
They answer emails all day. That’s it! And act like they care. That’s why it might be hard to figure her out. They’re great at putting on this front like they have our interests at heart. Whoever say the best actors are in Hollywood? Wrong. They’re all here, working for Starbucks, breaking spirit one partner at a time.
mykotman12 0 points 3y ago
So in your post you said you don’t know what their job is, but now you do?
Their job is more than just “answer emails.”
If you want to know more, go look at the DM approach or even the job description on the website.
Their job is more than just “answer emails.”
If you want to know more, go look at the DM approach or even the job description on the website.
dancing_durian [OP] 2 points 3y ago
Hi corporate!!!
mykotman12 0 points 3y ago
Apparently having common sense means I work for corporate. Got it. Thanks :)
officialsmolkid 3 points 3y ago
Our DM hires out of district for higher positions making it nearly impossible for you to climb the ranks. So if anyone is in a district that has a good DM that promotes internally hmu 💁🏻♂️
catsoserra 1 points 3y ago
God I feel you so hard on this. When I was at Starbs in a mall (amazingly corporate owned) it was like a poor reject child for the DM's district. She put us through 4--yes you read right, FOUR--managers she acquired from different manager positions that did not happen through Starbucks in the span of 6 months. ONE WAS A FUCKING BASKETBALL COACH. I feel you so fucking hard dude. My bf is still at Starbs and still has to put up with that DM and has another Manager Situation like we did at the mall. It fucking sucks with this pandemic too they just do not give a shit. Not to mention partners with disabilities (my bf has a heart murmur and type 1 diabetes and during rushes (which is everyday for him nonstop since drive thru has reopened at his store) if he has a low blood sugar there aren't enough people there for him to pop a glucose tablet)...ughghgh I'm so fucking pissed for y'all even tho I dont work there anymore. I hate how screwed over you guys are right now. They should have kept hazard pay until the end of the year for you guys.
EDIT: fixed minor typos bc phone keyboards are tiny
EDIT: fixed minor typos bc phone keyboards are tiny
dancing_durian [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I’m sorry you and your bf went through all that. At some points, sure, the company doesn’t care about us but if the SMs and DMs can step up and advocate for the little people, it wouldn’t be so bad.
cosmicsnowpea 1 points 3y ago
So we had a partner get diagnosed with ‘rona. I’m high risk autoimmune and I started feeling under the weather the last couple days. I’m still coming in because my manager “positive we don’t have a chance of getting it”. So I have few mild symptoms (no fever) and took a covid test today before my shift.
I failed the check in process (said I wasn’t fit for work) but didn’t tell anyone because I knew It wouldn’t be taken seriously, and just continued to step on for my shift.
I failed the check in process (said I wasn’t fit for work) but didn’t tell anyone because I knew It wouldn’t be taken seriously, and just continued to step on for my shift.
mykotman12 1 points 3y ago
You should’ve told someone and you shouldn’t have worked. By not telling your manager that you failed the pre-check you are potentially putting other partners at risk. If you don’t feel well, stay home. If you’ve Beene closed for Covid in any capacity, stay home!!
dancing_durian [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I’m pretty sure somebody, most likely the DM, sees those results and it comes as no surprise that there’s inaction on their parts because these ‘paperwork’ type thing is just to cover their behinds. Protect yourself. These big wigs don’t care about us.
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