Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Starbucks is ruining my life. (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by soda_rain
I have had disability paperwork on file since December. I was terminated for missing shifts while involuntarily hospitalized. I called when I got out of the hospital, said let my caseworker call you Monday. Within an hour, I had been reinstated and put on a personal leave of absence against my will. Now, instead of $400 a week FMLA leave, or unemployment, or SSI, I’m receiving nothing and my medical insurance has been suspended. No payments since May 11. I’ve already contacted Sedgwick and the PRSC, 7 days ago. No response. My SM and the DM are not returning my calls or texts. I’m broke. I’m going to be evicted at the end of the month, and I have over 20k in hospital bills.
lrdz2124 10 points 3y ago
Woah.. I missed a shift cuz I was hospitalized as well due to my auto immune disease. My manager found coverage for me and didn’t penalize me at all....
Not cool
Not cool
soda_rain [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Thank you for the validation.
Raychable 6 points 3y ago
That’s not cool. I love this company and what it has done for a good portion of people but when I see issues like this I loose some faith. Store managers that aren’t willing to help you because you have health issues and need assistance are obviously forgetting that we are here to support our communities; support our baristas. If they aren’t nurturing and uplifting YOUR human spirit, how can they uplift and nurture your neighborhood, the community they serve?
Practical advice: try applying for cup fund. Call Sedgwick, and keep all paperwork and document EVERYTHING! My brother in law is fighting wrongful termination (from a different retailer) because he had a heart attack and subsequently had heart surgery (double bypass!) that put him out on disability for 6 weeks and they fired him because paperwork hadn’t come through from Sedgwick yet (even though they knew it was coming). They’re looking at getting a couple hundred thousand from the lawsuit on top of medical payment from what I understand.
Practical advice: try applying for cup fund. Call Sedgwick, and keep all paperwork and document EVERYTHING! My brother in law is fighting wrongful termination (from a different retailer) because he had a heart attack and subsequently had heart surgery (double bypass!) that put him out on disability for 6 weeks and they fired him because paperwork hadn’t come through from Sedgwick yet (even though they knew it was coming). They’re looking at getting a couple hundred thousand from the lawsuit on top of medical payment from what I understand.
cilantroprince 2 points 3y ago
that’s so incredibly messed up. i’m so sorry that starbucks could be so cruel and apathetic, and i’m so sorry that you’re in the situation you’re in right now. i hope that things fall into place for you soon, and that you can get your life back
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