these are all coming from my experience, i've been working here since february (299****):

your coworkers will probably account for like 98% of the good things you'll experience. getting to know them and cracking jokes with them have really made this job a lot easier to handle for me. making a customer's day or connecting with nice regulars is also a lot of fun but it's few and far between.

bad: like the other person said, your work will definitely not be fully shown in your paycheck. customers will make outrageous requests, will make you remake their drink even if it's made exactly how they want it, will make snide remarks, and it can get ENORMOUSLY stressful. if you can separate yourself from it and handle stress well though, especially once you're off the clock, it's really not that bad. i will say though, i work in a pretty well-staffed store and have really never had to deal with the stress of being understaffed.

I’ve been with this company for almost six years now. Like every job it has it’s good and bad days. Every day it seems like drinks are getting more and more outrageous. However the people I’ve met and worked with are people I wouldn’t trade for the world. This job is a lot harder than it’s made out to be. We don’t get paid enough. Benefits are decent. But just like with any other company, corporate is always more worried about lining their pockets than they are about the welfare of their employees. At the end of the day it really just boils down to how much you’re willing to endure for a job.

I’m a 290 partner - I have been working at my store for 11 months. Starbucks has been my least toxic covid job by far. I love the people I work with for the most part. The management at my store respects me. The benefits are great. The job is relatively low stress even during the worst shifts. The pay could be better and the customers are not great, but overall, it is a pretty good job with benefits that rival many full time jobs. They’re very accommodating for whatever kind of schedule you have to work with as I work around having a child, school, and my husband’s military schedule. I have been working on getting leave and they have worked with me and made that super easy. Taking time off is no problem. Getting discounted and free drinks has been super nice. Overall, I am pretty happy with working for Starbucks. I don’t think I will be around for a lot longer as I graduate with my BS in December and hopefully will be getting a full time job in my desired field, but of all of the customer service jobs I have had in my life, Starbucks has by far been the best.

Not gonna lie, this job has its bad days. But as long as you have a supportive team of partners and a good manager, you will enjoy your time here. Starbucks is a great job. Yes, some customers make it really tough sometimes, but there’s also great customers that are kind and cool. There’s good and bad in everything. Starbucks is also a great place to learn skills (other than making coffee). I’ve seen some baristas who are extremely shy come out of their shell because working at Starbucks does require talking to people and “connecting”. I’d be lying myself if I didn’t say that I came out of my shell. Overall in my experience, the good out weighs the bad. There are definitely some people who will disagree, but I truly feel like it all comes down to management.

The good, progression within the role for those who work hard. Free drinks, meet friends for life through relating over wanting to die at the end of each shift, the bad management can be lazy and downright useless, will sit in the office all day come out front for a quick glance and start complaining about any tiny little thing that’s out of place regardless of how busy/understaffed you are. It’s one of those jobs where it’s alright when someone else is doing it, but if you follow suit ITS A BIG FAT NO. Ie: ( blending multiple frapps of the same type together when it’s busy is fine when it’s a SM, but as a barista? Oh no that ain’t Starbucks standard honey)

Depends I’ve worked with three separate teams, you often get the idiot who can recite the Starbucks rule book yet can’t put a single of those rules into practice. The lazy a*shole who sits in the office doing nothing, the person who sends inconsiderate messages to the group chat at all hours complaining about this n that, some awesome down to earth people who really know their stuff and are happy to teach you.

It’s a very clique place to work, if you’re in then you in. If you’re not, you never will be and when you think you are, they will drop you in a steaming pile of shit if it makes them look good.

Being expected to do way more than you’re paid for. The annoying people don’t even bother me as much anymore. It’s more so the fact that I bust my ass all day and yet the people next door at chipotle make more to just scoop something into a bowl or tortilla lol