Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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ripped off $3,000 (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by mazapan420
ok so I got hired end of january and didn’t start until maybe february bc my SM was sick. I took the paid leave off when covid shut some of the stores down and came back when my cafe opened. My SM and one of the shifts didn’t seem to like me?? they hired me knowing i have another job and would only give me like 8-10 hours a week! which is fine bc again I have another job this was just extra. They always seemed really bothered when I didn’t know how to make a drink or had questions but I was only there twice a week and spent most of the shift cleaning. My store manger asked me several times if this wasn’t working for me to the point where I called her out because I never had any issues unless she was working. (maybe shouldn’t have said that) My main source of income opened back up and I changed my availability which I had open before and all I did was have it match THE EXACT SCHEDULE SHE HAD BEEN GIVING ME SINCE WE OPENED. Then I get the call about the 3 options (1. work with reduced hours at another store, 2. take a leave of absence 3. RESIGN) and I choose to remain a partner but take a leave of absence. She calls me back an hour later and tells me I would need to open my availability up to even be considered, I told her that doesn’t make sense bc that’s been my schedule for months, she claims there’s nothing she could do on my end so I would need to resign... so I do.
MONTHS LATER my cousins friend who also works for sb as a shift tells me they were PAYING PEOPLE TO QUIT!! SOMETHING I NEVER GOT OFFERED.
I just wanna know if that was an everywhere thing or maybe just a district thing (we are in the chicago suburbs)
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF THIS MY MANGER NEVER TOLD ME I WOULD GET PAID TO QUIT SHE JUST SUGGESTED I RESIGNED BC OF BS SCHEDULING I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS INFORMATION LEFT OUT BC SHE DIDNT LIKE ME
MONTHS LATER my cousins friend who also works for sb as a shift tells me they were PAYING PEOPLE TO QUIT!! SOMETHING I NEVER GOT OFFERED.
I just wanna know if that was an everywhere thing or maybe just a district thing (we are in the chicago suburbs)
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF THIS MY MANGER NEVER TOLD ME I WOULD GET PAID TO QUIT SHE JUST SUGGESTED I RESIGNED BC OF BS SCHEDULING I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS INFORMATION LEFT OUT BC SHE DIDNT LIKE ME
[deleted] 6 points 2y ago
Part of the confusion around the three preferences is that everyone keeps calling them options. We weren’t picking what we *would* do, we were picking what we *preferred* to do. No one was guaranteed to get their preference. So while it sounds like you wanted the LOA, your manager wasn’t able to let partners take the severance (which was option 3) or LOA because business needs wouldn’t allow for it.
In the case of my district, my DM wasn’t allowing any SM to hire until all their partners were working a set amount of hours. The argument was that if there was a barista who only wanted under that amount of hours, then the job isn’t a good fit for them at this time while so many baristas were struggling to get those minimum hours.
If your manager couldn’t put you on the LOA or give you the severance, and they required you to open your availability, which you were not able to do, then they are allowed to separate you from the company. You would have only been paid out as part of the severance, not from regular separation.
In the case of my district, my DM wasn’t allowing any SM to hire until all their partners were working a set amount of hours. The argument was that if there was a barista who only wanted under that amount of hours, then the job isn’t a good fit for them at this time while so many baristas were struggling to get those minimum hours.
If your manager couldn’t put you on the LOA or give you the severance, and they required you to open your availability, which you were not able to do, then they are allowed to separate you from the company. You would have only been paid out as part of the severance, not from regular separation.
Flappadingo 3 points 2y ago
in June there were options no time before that. was your resignation in May? If so it wasn’t an option.
But yes there as an option to get a certain amount of hours paid out plus 3 months contrary coverage in June. it was explained the 1st week of June and then decided the second week. you wouldn’t have gotten $3000 unless you are a shift.
You were a brand new hire before COVID and the third option was really a “sorry you to see you go” (behind the scenes - not officially) to more experienced baristas and shifts.
And it was taxed at 40 percent - $3000 was really $1700.
Did you file for unemployment? that also came with the separation package. Guaranteed unemployment approval
But yes there as an option to get a certain amount of hours paid out plus 3 months contrary coverage in June. it was explained the 1st week of June and then decided the second week. you wouldn’t have gotten $3000 unless you are a shift.
You were a brand new hire before COVID and the third option was really a “sorry you to see you go” (behind the scenes - not officially) to more experienced baristas and shifts.
And it was taxed at 40 percent - $3000 was really $1700.
Did you file for unemployment? that also came with the separation package. Guaranteed unemployment approval
[deleted] 2 points 2y ago
Where are you getting $3,000 from? After taxes, the severance was only between $300-400 for baristas and $600-700 for SSVs
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