Hi. 287 here. I’ve been with Starbucks for about a year and a half, and as much as I love my job, at this point I feel like I’m losing my mind. My store feels like a train wreck. High turnover rates, poor scheduling, and improper management have really wreaked havoc on everything about the store I once loved. And while I have so many things to be upset about, I’m here to ask one thing. Why am I still doing this?
After months of working myself to the bone, crying in the back, losing coworkers I know and love, on top of everything else. I just can’t understand why I should keep trying. My store is composed of 90% green beans. I’ve watched long term, multiple store, hardworking partners be broken by these conditions. And in a couple of weeks, the rest of the people I rely on will be gone. It hurts and I don’t understand why I’ve subjected myself to the torture of sticking it out. I can’t do this anymore. I don’t know where to go. If I should transfer or just leave. But I can’t keep sacrificing myself for this store that just sucks the life out of me over and over again.
And to put the cherry on top, I have this overwhelming guilt for wanting to leave at such an awful time for my store. And every time I think we’re in a good enough place, someone beats me to it and I feel guilty again. I’m so tired, I just need advice.