Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Just here to vent. It’s a big boy. (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by ResidentialSaltbox
Okay, I need to get this out of my system while on my 10.
Im am sick and tired of my SM not taking me seriously.
When I was hired in October, I had open availability and I told my SM I would prefer to not work mornings bc I am not a morning person and at the time I did not have a car so relying on public transportation to get me here was not as reliable. I somehow became a central morning crew person.
I brought up my transportation issues many times and the schedule would be okay for a week and then go back to me working opens or mornings the next week.
I finally got fed up with him about it after 3 times and even though I have a car now, I changed my availability in the system so that I should not be able to start before 9am. I wrote in the notes, “I can work outside of this if ABSOLUTELY necessary” (and when I talked to him about it in person I told him, the case would be if like 3 partners requested off or something)
The most recent schedule comes out and he talks to me (because I am scheduled to open on that Saturday) and he said you’re just going to have to be my Saturday opener bc I have no other option except Partner A and Partner B and I don’t trust them to get here on time. First off it is not my problem that you cannot trust your two grown adult partners who both live 4 blocks away from the store to get here on time. Secondly, I have gotten my opens for the past two Saturdays covered so there are other options besides me. Third, I told him the reason I changed my availability is because consistently working mornings has been very detrimental to my mental health (to the point where I am crying while behind bar). Mind you, I have not had a Saturday off in the whole 9 months I have worked here (with the exception of me suddenly needing to go out of town bc of my grandmothers funeral).
Additionally, I interviewed to be a shift in March. And it was okayed by my DM. With corona happening, that was put on hold which I understand fully. But we have lost one shift since then and another is on the way out so we are working with 4 shifts working to their bone. If I’m passed up again I am out.
I am a great employee, I’ve been in the industry for 5 years and I am always picking up shifts or staying late but fuck man I am OVER IT
TL,DR; Im applying to another job or looking at transferring.
Im am sick and tired of my SM not taking me seriously.
When I was hired in October, I had open availability and I told my SM I would prefer to not work mornings bc I am not a morning person and at the time I did not have a car so relying on public transportation to get me here was not as reliable. I somehow became a central morning crew person.
I brought up my transportation issues many times and the schedule would be okay for a week and then go back to me working opens or mornings the next week.
I finally got fed up with him about it after 3 times and even though I have a car now, I changed my availability in the system so that I should not be able to start before 9am. I wrote in the notes, “I can work outside of this if ABSOLUTELY necessary” (and when I talked to him about it in person I told him, the case would be if like 3 partners requested off or something)
The most recent schedule comes out and he talks to me (because I am scheduled to open on that Saturday) and he said you’re just going to have to be my Saturday opener bc I have no other option except Partner A and Partner B and I don’t trust them to get here on time. First off it is not my problem that you cannot trust your two grown adult partners who both live 4 blocks away from the store to get here on time. Secondly, I have gotten my opens for the past two Saturdays covered so there are other options besides me. Third, I told him the reason I changed my availability is because consistently working mornings has been very detrimental to my mental health (to the point where I am crying while behind bar). Mind you, I have not had a Saturday off in the whole 9 months I have worked here (with the exception of me suddenly needing to go out of town bc of my grandmothers funeral).
Additionally, I interviewed to be a shift in March. And it was okayed by my DM. With corona happening, that was put on hold which I understand fully. But we have lost one shift since then and another is on the way out so we are working with 4 shifts working to their bone. If I’m passed up again I am out.
I am a great employee, I’ve been in the industry for 5 years and I am always picking up shifts or staying late but fuck man I am OVER IT
TL,DR; Im applying to another job or looking at transferring.
annaeclipsing 1 points 2y ago
Unfortunately people who start a job in food service with OPEN availability get screwed over. Honestly your SM doesn’t have to go by what you “prefer” if you wrote down open availability. Just say you can work when you are able to. These companies don’t give two shits about our feelings.
ResidentialSaltbox [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Believe me, I know that. I’ve only had jobs in food service and I used to do scheduling for 5 years for food service, I get how it works. but It’s frustrating when there are other partners in my store that also have open availability that are never scheduled in the mornings because it’s what THEY prefer. It’s just frustrating that I have had this issue going on for MONTHS. My issues with working mornings were always transportation related (my SM knew I used to rely on the bus and I was up front about this with him in my interview). I’m not a morning person but if it’s when I’m scheduled I’ll suck it up. My frustration that led me to write this post was that AFTER my new availability was accepted by my SM (starting at 9am) I was scheduled 4 weeks in a row at 5:30am when it was only talked about with me once and that was after the schedule was posted and not before as is customary. Also one of my partners told me that he used to be a morning shift person before I was hired and since then he only works nights despite having open availability as well.
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