Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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[deleted] [OP] 4 points 2y ago
Being required to work 3 out of 5 holidays is standard. Christmas is technically the only day that is volunteer only, all other days are normal business days, so you need to be available for them like any other business day. That’s retail.
There’s no rule about staying for a year, but you quitting so soon after being hired isn’t going to make you an appealing candidate to any Starbucks manager in the future. Hiring and training partners is an investment. Your manager probably hired you hoping that by holiday, you’d be a confident and independent partner. If you quit, instead of having a fully trained barista ready for holiday, they now have to find a brand new barista and train them and they won’t be fully trained until after holiday.
That being said, you need to do what’s best for you. Starbucks is not the end all, be all. Does it *really* matter to you if you couldn’t work here in the future? Keeping in mind you could for sure still work at a licensed store, like a Tarbucks?
Do what’s best for you, but recognize there may be consequences for your action. But if the consequences are worth it, then do it.
There’s no rule about staying for a year, but you quitting so soon after being hired isn’t going to make you an appealing candidate to any Starbucks manager in the future. Hiring and training partners is an investment. Your manager probably hired you hoping that by holiday, you’d be a confident and independent partner. If you quit, instead of having a fully trained barista ready for holiday, they now have to find a brand new barista and train them and they won’t be fully trained until after holiday.
That being said, you need to do what’s best for you. Starbucks is not the end all, be all. Does it *really* matter to you if you couldn’t work here in the future? Keeping in mind you could for sure still work at a licensed store, like a Tarbucks?
Do what’s best for you, but recognize there may be consequences for your action. But if the consequences are worth it, then do it.
hecaete47 1 points 2y ago
Wow, really? My manager told us only 2 were required. I'm listed as available for everything except Christmas/Christmas Eve anyways.
[deleted] [OP] 1 points 2y ago
It could be that your store has enough partners that your manager can only require 2. My store has enough partners and stores that close early around us that my manager can let Thanksgiving and Christmas both be volunteer only.
rynpickles 1 points 2y ago
Thank you!! I appreciate your reply a lot. When I was hired on my manager did ask how long I was looking to go home for christmas break, and I did tell her 2 weeks (break is 5 weeks) so I was just kinda surprised to see that working 3/5 upcoming holidays was required. I’m really just torn because I do like to maintain good connections with my places of employment even after I quit but feel like quitting now would indeed leave a bad impression. You seem to have a lot of experience with starbucks so I’m just curious to ask, if you were in my managers position how it would look if I talked with her about these concerns? I just don’t want it to come off in a way that it looks like i’m trying to make excuses for getting time off.
[deleted] [OP] 1 points 2y ago
If you told your manager that you’d only need two weeks off, but you really want five weeks off, your manager is most likely going to tell you that you can have two weeks off. Starbucks corporate policy requires you to take a Personal LOA when you want to take more than three weeks off, but they max out at 30 days. I’m not sure why you’d be surprised that working holidays would be a requirement. Like I said, it very typical of retail / restaurant work.
rynpickles 1 points 2y ago
I don’t want/need all 5 weeks off just the two weeks that I mentioned when I was hired on. I’ve worked in the restaurant industry for about 5 years but the two other places I worked at were smaller local company’s that were always closed so it’s a new adjustment.
[deleted] [OP] 1 points 2y ago
I’m assuming then that you’re trying to get the week of Christmas and New Years off. It’s not uncommon for this request to be denied. Everyone wants those days off but the business still needs to run. And two weeks for Christmas break can just as easily mean the week leading up to and the week of Christmas, which would allow you to work the other holidays.
ladycali87 2 points 2y ago
3/5 for our store also but that doesn't mean the days you sign up for you'll actually be working, just that you're available to work those days. I don't even know if our store is gonna be open xmas day lol
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