That motherfucker should get jail time.

Dude. That really isnt right. I had a scare and came in contact with someone who did have it and I had to go thru hoops trying to get two test within a short span of time and I felt so rushed to come back I wanted to be safe so they made me isolate but getting the test wasn't rapid easy like when they first came out. They didn't care they just wanted me to come back asap like hello a pandemic is happening???? Ugh. Wish u luck.

I would also like to echo this by saying my SM has been working, haven’t seen our DM in a while but management isn’t horrible where I am.

My SM has also been working like crazy in our store without a doubt.

I’m honestly so jealous. I gave myself a concussion at work, and my store manager just told me I had to close the store down before going to the hospital.

She also left 15 minutes into happy hour, when we were down a person, and said “looks like you guys will be fine” even though she was scheduled till 7pm.

I’m quitting pretty soon, can’t handle it anymore.

Seconded. My store is super conscientious about hands-free hand-offs and regular lobby sanitizing, and we have a timer set for hand washing. Even so, it's impossible to get everything done. We wind up having to choose between keeping the place clean and keeping it operational.

At peak you can bet we're not all washing our hands every 30 minutes. There's just no way to drop everything and have everyone on the floor run to the single hand washing sink way over in the corner to wash their hands. We just do our absolute best to separate behind the counter from in front of the counter and to wash our hands if we transition between those two things.

Call PRSC.

SMS have to use their vacation or lose it. It doesn’t roll over like for baristas. Since most stores were closed for so long during the Covid shutdown, a lot of vacations had to be squeezed into the last couple months of the fiscal year. Even with that, most SMS didn’t get to use all their vacation time. I know leadership has been working way more than “40 hours a week” where I am. It’s an unprecedented situation we are dealing with. I think everyone is just trying to do their best.

Only the 8 stores in my district,and 2 in a nearby neighboring district. Ill admit it's a small sample size, but itsny daily experience.

*stores* meaning the people within, not the entity at a corporate level.

I’ve worked at 8 stores in four different districts. I know of at least four stores that stayed open with a covid case, and didn’t allow baristas to quarantine who should’ve been.

having fun licking the corporate boot? way to turn the blame onto the baristas for being stressed during a pandemic. sales for corporate are flourishing right now, but at the total expense of their work force's mental and physical wellbeing.

Look at partner resources- you don’t have to find your own coverage anymore

Dude it isn’t the end of the world for them to not use some of their vacation time. This situation is a clusterfuck and being leadership means you have to make some sacrifices during shit like this. I‘m not saying they shouldn’t take a vacation, I myself took one at the end of August, but fucking hell they shouldn’t be taking one week per every 4-6 weeks off right now.

Jesus. That's terrible

This makes me so mad. SMs that care and put in maximum effort get treated like shit, while SMs like mine can just not even show up for their shifts with no consequences. Sounds like you're already doing everything you can for your manager, and I hope she recognizes that.

Our SM is currently on maternity leave and due next week. Mind you she didn’t start her maternity leave until about a week and a half ago. Before her leave started she was coming in on days off, staying late, coming in early etc. she would jump on bar or reg or even CS to the best of her ability while being VERY pregnant and with a heart condition. She’s checked in with me daily since she left asking how I’m handling things and if she can find a way to help me. My car got stolen from in front of my house before my shift, my wallet etc was stolen the week before that and I’ve been dealing with deaths in my family. Literally back to back to back. I’ve told her a few times that I’m feeling extremely helpless and like life is just beating me down plus being verbally attacked multiple times by unruly customers. Between her and our interim SM I’ve been getting the support I need and our DM was notified of what’s been going on so I’ll be talking to her this coming week (she drops into our store specifically upwards of 3 times a week to evaluate a million discrepancies we have with partners not doing their job or just skipping shifts and heading to the beach). I know a lot of us aren’t happy and things are going to hell, but knowing there are SM’s DM’s etc that are doing their best gives me hope that there’s going to be some relief coming soon.

What’s the job out of curiosity? I would really love something easier while I’m in school

Okay we just found out our store made only 1/2 a days intake less of money than we did this year compared to last.. despite being closed for several weeks and having shortened hours most of the year we almost made EXACTLY the same amount of money.. but they still decide to cut the CRAP out of labor and throw us all to the wolves