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Is this ethical? Serious inquiry (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by ucmyproblemisthis378
Hello my fellow partners. 241×××× barista here to share latest chaos from my store.
Let me give you some context before spilling the tea that is some utter bull shite. After three store shutdowns this past year from covid scares, we re-implemented block scheduling but instead of two blocks, we had three. I was in the mid block. This proved to be pretty impractical with the later two blocks given super low coverage. Lots of suffering for a weeks as we all grinded our brains to mush. So, eventually mid and closing blocks merged to reduce the conflict of finding any kind of coverage if someone were to call out. Things were going smoother for a couple of weeks after this change.
Then came the switching of partners across shifts to meet whatever standards my manager has had to drilled into their head during an already unrealistic time to be implemented. Anyway, I was switched from afternoons to mornings. Totally cool. Not a problem.
Here's where it gets fkin stupid. I work with two partners that are very close friends with one another. My mngr wants to separate them and send one of them to afternoons. The kicker here is that they are *roommates*. So....can you see what's happening here? Why would my mngr make such an impulsive decision during a time like this? This could create a larger, if not store-wide, spread in the case of a possible covid scare. Then the store would have to shutdown.....completely defeating the purpose of block scheduling.
Since we are pretty friendly with one another, I asked my mngr if they realized they were roommates after making this decision. Their response was it would only be an issue if one of them, specifically, had a positive test result. I'm sorry but what tf is you doing?????? By then, the spread would have continued since people can carry covid before having any kind of symptom. So, basically, a mess.
What y'all think?
TLDR: manager wants to separate two partners who are roommates from the block they're in, essentially defeating the purpose of block scheduling to begin with
Let me give you some context before spilling the tea that is some utter bull shite. After three store shutdowns this past year from covid scares, we re-implemented block scheduling but instead of two blocks, we had three. I was in the mid block. This proved to be pretty impractical with the later two blocks given super low coverage. Lots of suffering for a weeks as we all grinded our brains to mush. So, eventually mid and closing blocks merged to reduce the conflict of finding any kind of coverage if someone were to call out. Things were going smoother for a couple of weeks after this change.
Then came the switching of partners across shifts to meet whatever standards my manager has had to drilled into their head during an already unrealistic time to be implemented. Anyway, I was switched from afternoons to mornings. Totally cool. Not a problem.
Here's where it gets fkin stupid. I work with two partners that are very close friends with one another. My mngr wants to separate them and send one of them to afternoons. The kicker here is that they are *roommates*. So....can you see what's happening here? Why would my mngr make such an impulsive decision during a time like this? This could create a larger, if not store-wide, spread in the case of a possible covid scare. Then the store would have to shutdown.....completely defeating the purpose of block scheduling.
Since we are pretty friendly with one another, I asked my mngr if they realized they were roommates after making this decision. Their response was it would only be an issue if one of them, specifically, had a positive test result. I'm sorry but what tf is you doing?????? By then, the spread would have continued since people can carry covid before having any kind of symptom. So, basically, a mess.
What y'all think?
TLDR: manager wants to separate two partners who are roommates from the block they're in, essentially defeating the purpose of block scheduling to begin with
kitcat1210 6 points 2y ago
I mean honestly thats really stupid of your SM, theres no point of having block scheduling then. However I dont think theres any ethical concerns. Most stores dont even have block scheduling so like at the end of the day it really doesnt matter. Block scheduling was never a starbucks requirement so I really dont think there are any ethical concerns, its just stupid. Might as well get rid of block scheduling then
Flappadingo 4 points 2y ago
What you seem to believe is that SMs and higher ups care anymore about this pandemic.
Corporate has made it perfectly clear that *they do not care* about anything but $$$$$.
That is the only priority. They sort of bent to the society push of being careful and protecting each other and cleaning like they were supposed to but Starbucks profits are down and that is the only thing they care about now.
Does your store sanitize everything every 30 mins? Are POS and DTW planted with zero contact with food/drinks?
Is there a CS all day to support social distancing and counting heads in stores to keep numbers low?
Of course not. none of that matters anymore. $$$$$ talks, not health concerns
I’d be more worried about those things than a COVID house, honestly.
Your only choice is to decide whether these decisions are OK with you or not.
Pro tip: PCC or PRSC won’t care either.
Corporate has made it perfectly clear that *they do not care* about anything but $$$$$.
That is the only priority. They sort of bent to the society push of being careful and protecting each other and cleaning like they were supposed to but Starbucks profits are down and that is the only thing they care about now.
Does your store sanitize everything every 30 mins? Are POS and DTW planted with zero contact with food/drinks?
Is there a CS all day to support social distancing and counting heads in stores to keep numbers low?
Of course not. none of that matters anymore. $$$$$ talks, not health concerns
I’d be more worried about those things than a COVID house, honestly.
Your only choice is to decide whether these decisions are OK with you or not.
Pro tip: PCC or PRSC won’t care either.
NothingToSeeFolks 1 points 2y ago
Completely defeats the purpose of block scheduling. Super dumb.
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