my manager does this when we dont have enough labor hours for everyone to get full shifts but my manager and ssvs always let us take two tens or a twenty here and there if we are really tired/hungry. not to sound condescending but lately ive been eating breakfast before all my shifts and it makes me feel so much better while working. like just more clear headed and then when my ten rolls around i have water and a snack, and im in a much better mood than usual (bc im soo cranky sometimes lol). so yeah maybe ask if you can be rotated around so you’re not burnt out in one place, and try to eat before + make sure you’re drinking some water throughout the day!

Yeah, I’d rather work an 8 than a 5.75.
I always think about how by the time I’m clocking out from a 5.75 shift, the shift I opened with has already had a 10, a 30, and about to start their second 10. How is that fair?

i hate those so much!!!! i kept getting scheduled for those and told my manager that it was really unfair and that i can't handle only having a ten and she got a huge attitude and was like YOU KNOW EVERYONE ELSE HERE TODAY IS WORKING 8 HOURS!!?!? and I was literally like yeah and that's actually better because they get two tens and a 30... and she just glared at me and stormed off. so i changed my availability so i am only available for 5 hours on days i work lol i mostly get 4 hour shifts now

what state are you in?? idk if it differs by state but i’m in WA and if i had a 5.75 hour shift i’d get a lunch and a ten :/ i’ve always gotten a lunch for any shift 5 hours or longer. it can be kind of annoying if i’m scheduled for a 5.25 hour shift, like 4-9:15, because then i feel like i might as well just work from 4-8:45 since i’m only gonna be on the floor for 4.75 hours anyway. but i couldn’t imagine working 5.75 hours without at least a second ten. i’m so sorry :(

Oof. I’m so sorry. I know this sounds ridiculous. But I actually love the 5.75 hour shifts. I hate having to sit down for half an hour unpaid when I could just go home half an hour earlier.

That being said. I know I’m not the only one who loves those 5.75 hour shifts. Your manager should keep note of who likes what shifts and try to make a schedule that works for everyone (to the best of their availability) I hope your manager can work with you! Good luck!

I only get 5.75 shifts. It is the worst thing I've ever experienced. It's not that I can't work that long without breaks, it's the fact that they specifically schedule you like that so you don't get a lunch that pisses me off. It's bad enough our stores riding our asses about our drive-thru times and to just add insult to injury like that is very frustrating.

I’ve been at the bux for a month and regularly get 5.75s with only one 10, the one time I got two 10s I felt so treated 🤣

I prefer this instead of getting scheduled 6 hours and only getting paid for 5.5. I like to be making money so I dont like having to clock out for meals 🥴

I'm so over block schedules. I just want 8 hour shifts so I only have to wake up before the sun is up a few times a week 😭😭

Yes yes yes I am you

It depends what time I’m scheduled for and what day. Like a 5.75 opening shift on a Sunday? A blessing. A 5.75 mid shift on a Saturday? I will leap from the roof.

Yeah my licensed store does that too. This week I worked from 2-8, 3-8, then 2-8 again back to back. They give me the option of taking a 15 minute break during these shifts but I usually don’t because the process of closing properly alone is so difficult (I usually close alone at my store). If I’m not actively attending to customers it’s more helpful for me to be constantly getting stuff done and work toward my close. Sitting for 15 minutes when I’m the only person working is a waste of time and more stressful for me than it is relaxing.

As a shift, it's really hard to run a bunch of 30s. At my old store only shifts worked 8 hours. Baristas would work 5.75 hour shifts

You can always ask for a second 10. Depending on how you ask for it your ssv should be understanding. Those shifts really do suck, as someone else already said, eating something before your shift and drinking water really does help a ton, even a small protein shake should be enough if you aren’t much of a eater in the morning. (That’s how I am)

My store has been doing block scheduling since Christmas so all of us at my store are feeling that and the only people who get a half are people working 8 hour shifts since no one else works a 6 hour shift with our block schedules.

i get scheduled on 4.75 hour shifts ALL THE TIME. while i feel like it’s almost better for my mental and psychical health to not be there for up to 8/10 hours, i always end up staying past the 5 hour mark just because they need the extra help so it’s almost USELESS to schedule me that shift just so i don’t have to get a break

I believe They do it so they don’t have to give you a lunch.

this is my schedule now literally everyday so i just take 15 mins instead of 10s idc lmao

My manager does this and I think it's fucked honestly. I'd rather stay the extra time to get a lunch in

OMG YES

Yup my sm does this a well. It's bs. And then she gives you your 10 an hour and a half in. Like wtf? I've never had a manager do this on a consistent basis until her. And i don't care that it's more work for shifts to have to give more lunches if you're scheduled 6 hours. That's the job you signed up for.

In Canada we get 2 15s and a 30 for 6.5-8h, a 15 and a 30 for 5h

my store’s whole morning shift (besides the 2 openers) is 5.75. Did 7 in a row, one day off, tomorrow is day 3 of this 6 in a row. Gotta love getting close to summer

I usually get 7-8, today I had a 10 and about halfway through nothing felt real anymore so I guess there’s an upside 🤷🏻‍♀️

still on block scheduling, but pretty much every time block only gets 5.75

y’all are getting 2 10s on your 8 hours ??🥲🥲🥲

Honestly I’d rather the 5.75 than scheduled for a 6 but only get paid for 5.5 but that’s just me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I used to get these all the time! My shifts always ended up giving me 2 tens or a 15 anyways cause they felt bad

i know how frustrating this is because it’s all i used to get as a barista. i didn’t understand why they would do that and i viewed it as a selfish thing. When i became a shift i finally understood why. It is so hard to give breaks and keep everything maintained especially if you work at an insanely busy store. it sucks so much and i always feel for that one person and i usually try to give them a second break or give them a twenty instead of a ten. if i can’t give them multiple/longer breaks then i’m losing my lunch as well. But now i see both sides of it and get why sometimes you gotta do it to make sure everyone who has a longer shift gets their lunch.

I always give two 10s on those shifts. Only on a 5.75 though.

Wait y’all don’t get lunches working 5.75 hours?? At my store, and in my state, it’s mandated that if you work more than five hours you get a 30 minute lunch break. That’s insane and I seriously can’t believe this! That’s such bs!

I don’t know what your labor laws are but in my state it’s required to have a 30 minute lunch if working over 5 hours

You don’t get a lunch? Is that legal?

Bruh I live far from work and thats all I get....like just don't schedule me or give me a long shitf for like 2 3 days tbh I dunno its not worth it ...

I literally will make my 10 a 15 for those shifts and I do not feel guilty about prioritizing my health in this way, like it’s literally just an extra 5 minutes but it helps and they can survive on the floor without you for an extra five minutes and my supervisors know this and they’re cool with it

I get that it sucks but you do get paid more technically if you would have just gotten a lunch instead.

I think maybe I have leverage with my manager bc I’ve worked here 6 months longer than anyone else and am one of the stronger partners and she’s scared of me quitting bc we have really really high turn over. I told her I only want to work 4 days a week and want 20-30 hours. Idc if she gives me the high or low end as long as I don’t work more than 4 days a week. I usually get like... one MAYBE 5.5 hour shift then.

My entire time working at my store that was the most my manager would ever schedule me for. I think I had 1 6hr shift she gave me on accident, otherwise it was always 5.75hr shifts on dto even though my manager and both of my shifts knew im hearing impaired 🙃

Those are the only kind of shift I get now. I'm at a licensed store though and breaks are 15 minutes instead of 10

I hate the way starbucks schedule ppl. They sometimes schedule me for 4.5hrs like whaa

I'm so sorry that happens to you. I completely understand.

My store there will be three or four people in the morning.

Two people who in the afternoon and one closer alone for 7 hours and one break.

I literally hate this kind of shift, it feels illegal. I wish you luck with those shifts, stay strong!!!

I just changed my availability to only allow a max of 5 hours 😅