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does anyone have experience with attending college while being a partner? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by barrie2k
Hello! I’m currently a college student who was home this semester but will be going to campus next semester (leaving in a few days), returning home for summer, and going to campus in august for the next school year. Basically, I’ll be gone january-may (five months), home may-august (four months), and gone again august-???.
What the current plan is (and what my store manager wants me to do) is to transfer to a new store on campus now (january), transfer back at the end of the semester (early may), and transfer to the new store /again/ at the end of the summer (august). I would probably take a personal leave of absence for a month starting, well, now, while I find a store to transfer to that would end early february.
Does anyone know if this is a good idea? To me, it seems like a lot of stress and extra work to transfer at least three times in a year, and I haven’t even started to think about what taking a leave of absence would mean.
The only alternative seems to be quitting for this semester, reapplying at my home store in may, and /then/ transferring in august. That said, I would need to restart training and I’ve been advised against it. Does anyone have any advice?
What the current plan is (and what my store manager wants me to do) is to transfer to a new store on campus now (january), transfer back at the end of the semester (early may), and transfer to the new store /again/ at the end of the summer (august). I would probably take a personal leave of absence for a month starting, well, now, while I find a store to transfer to that would end early february.
Does anyone know if this is a good idea? To me, it seems like a lot of stress and extra work to transfer at least three times in a year, and I haven’t even started to think about what taking a leave of absence would mean.
The only alternative seems to be quitting for this semester, reapplying at my home store in may, and /then/ transferring in august. That said, I would need to restart training and I’ve been advised against it. Does anyone have any advice?
BaristaCoolbeans 2 points 2y ago
I’ve worked at two different Starbucks in my district and we have several partners who do this regularly. It’s no biggie, that’s the great thing about Starbucks, you can transfer literally anywhere. Back and forth. And back again. No need to stress (:
AvoFromCado 2 points 2y ago
I’ve never done this myself but there’s a partner that works with us who does this whenever she’s home from break and doesn’t seem to have any issues with it, I think it all depends on the managers and the district
Acceptable_Leather99 2 points 2y ago
I’ve transferred stores and it was super easy (although both sm’s made it easy). As long as both sm’s know the game plan and are okay with it, it’s not hard to do. I think the worst is the first week or two when you’re not really on the schedule but at least with my experience the sm was like ‘can you work this time on this date’ to get me hours. Usually it was covering call outs or they just rearranged the schedule. Then I was put on consistently until I left. The hardest part was learning the new store layout then going back to the old store layout
dwightshru 2 points 2y ago
I didn’t do this with starbucks but I did with hooters. it was stressful because it was two different areas. but I really needed the money. I couldn’t afford to not have a job while in school and I was grateful that I didn’t have to apply to another one, just simply transfer. I think you should make your decision based on how badly you need the job. if you can survive without it and buy whatever you need, just focus on school. but if I want to have some extra spending money or you just really need it, it might be worth the stress. in my opinion tho, the only stress was the paperwork bc I was employed by both hooters. otherwise, I settled pretty easily. but again that’s my experience with another company.
sheep_heavenly 1 points 2y ago
It's a pain, and frankly I've seen several partners end up quitting or ending up without a store trying to do this arrangement. If you don't need the money for essentials, it'll probably work out fine. You can miss a few weeks due to SM mixup no big deal. If you need this job to live, I'd be extremely hesitant.
graciousgaijin 1 points 2y ago
I’m currently a junior in college and have been working at Starbucks since my senior year of high school. Transferring has been no big deal for me whatsoever. The SMs do pretty much all the work and all you have to do basically is tell them when you’re moving between the stores and update your availability. I would research stores around your college, call and let the SM know you’d like to transfer and they will be able to walk you through the process. If working while at college isn’t for you tho you could always quit after transferring and trying it out for a bit.
barrie2k [OP] 1 points 2y ago
thank you so much!!!!
Dragonfruitme 1 points 2y ago
Hey that’s exactly what I am doing, but I am planning to stay in college for summer as well since I am a junior.
barrie2k [OP] 1 points 2y ago
oh cool! how has your experience with it been?
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