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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 01 - 28 - ID#l6svc4
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I finally quit... Trenta rant (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by EmeraldDreams-
It was going to be my 2 years in March at a licensed Starbucks location. I got tired of a teenage barista stealing tips meant for the tip jar, the manager allowing it... I’m so happy I now don’t have to spend 8 hours a day picking up after and doing all the work for employees that just text on their phone while I take orders, make orders, refill sanitizer trays, brew hot coffee, brew hot water, scrub and clean sinks.. is it supposed to feel this bad though? For some reason I feel like I did something wrong because I didn’t have a “good reason” to quit. It’s exhausting to feel so bad mentally and emotionally from work, a job I used to love. Customers are one thing but being a barista trainer and trying to teach policies and get coworkers to follow policies and it not working despite being nice, being firm, reminding, it seemed like nothing you do works if no one cares. My last day I told a coworker that it doesn’t feel very professional or helpful for her to be on her phone when I’m swamped. She responded with “I’m sorry you feel that way” and said “I’ll be right back” then to leave the kiosk for 30 minutes to talk to the manager mean while I had a full line of customers in a kiosk by myself - with an order of 30 shots. I didn’t even get to take my break for that 8 hour shift. When my manager came back the only thing she said to me was “you can leave now”.
vador4466 8 points 2y ago
They wanted you gone did they first reduce your hours and secondly they are showing you that they don't care and want you gone by making you do everything burn the person out who they want to not have around don't quit get the transfer to a different store ask for the paperwork and if the sm gives you hard time about it go to fl or partner resources
amandalzh 2 points 2y ago
I was there for 5 years before I quit. My tipping point was the manager telling me to smile more lmaooooooo I was always very nice but I refused to stand there and smile the entire time and I'm not joking, that's what she wanted lolol I was promoted to shift, demoted myself, promoted again cause I needed the money, but hated my life so demoted again. At my last store I wouldn't even train, I wanted the least amount of responsibility lmao

BUT now 2 years after that, I'm thinking about going back part time. The benefits are AMAZING and I miss those stocks lol also I started to master the art of not letting things get to me and not taking work home with me. I needed that while I was there for sure.

Maybe if you go back in the future try going to a different store. The people you work with make it or break it 100%
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