Ignoring the morning shift favoritism that seems to be in many stores where evening is blamed for everything even if it has nothing to do with them. It kind of just depends on you. Morning shift wakes up super early, but gets the opportunity to do things after their shift. The business you get in the evening can make or break your ability to close on time and it’s worse when you are down a partner. Those are the big differences I can think of, feel free to add to it.

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I would have to say mid shift is the worst of everything, especially on a Sunday. Sunday is the day most of the best partners get off, so it's a lot of the less experienced people working. Sunday also has a prepeak at our store that starts at around 9:30 or so, and peak may be starting any time between 10 and noon, and ending between noon and 2. It's also the day that there's only an opening shift and a closing shift, where every other day we have a lot more overlapping coverage. Sunday opening as a shift is my hardest day, but the closer has it harder in all honesty. I can only set up so well, once peak starts 🤷.

I havent done close or open yet but peak is stressful. I just try and remember, we are making lattes not saving lives.

I don’t like mid shift at my location because it’s always the least staffed, especially on the weekends. I like peak in the morning because we always have enough people to be comfortable since peak numbers are so important to corporate.

Closing(sometimes) and peak

Open

tbh any shift where i get scheduled 5.75 hours so i dont get to have a half. (fr though, i prefer closing, more freedom and i get to just put my head down and work. mornings are easier but i hate getting up early, and tbh morning crew screws closing crew over a lot so be careful.)

Besides the obvious of having free time after a morning shift vs. free time before a night shift, in my experience of three years:

Mornings:
- Tend to be more staffed
- Tend to be easier orders (at least before noon)
- Tend to be busier
- MUCH more likely to run into your SM or DM

Afternoons:
- Tend to get less staff
- Partners must flex more as a result
- Tend to have more absurd orders
- Business can be hit or miss, less consistent but damn you will feel it if it is busy

But without a doubt, the worst shift that I can get scheduled for is 11:00-7:00

It also definitely depends on who you’re working with. I’d take any shift with the right people over a preferred shift time with the worst people

Closing can be pretty rough, but I've found you make the best friends in the closing shift.

If you're looking for specific days that might be a bit overwhelming, Thursdays (Happy Hour), and Saturdays/Sundays (Weekends...) can be rough.

Not impossible though!