I’ve been a starbucks partner for 3 years now. I worked the majority of that time at a different store than the one im at currently. At that first store, I was never a certified LS but was treated as one and was given a lot of responsibilities (which I happily took on). Including me, for a while we only had 3 trained baristas working and we lived at that store. I handled shipments, pallets, was given new hires to train, ran shifts, the whole shebang, but my manager did not start my LS certification process for a long time. By the time the process began, I was getting ready mentally to quit. I quit (in the middle of the LS training process) after probably over 2 years of being treated like dirt and somehow ended up at another starbucks that was just as busy, but is managed MUCH better and has a full staff. After a couple of months there, they’ve started giving me some LS-esque responsibilities and I’ve again happily accepted them. However, one of my lead’s that I’ve become friends with told me they spoke to our manager about me becoming an LS, but that our manager thinks I don’t have enough personality to become an LS and that she wants to “see my personality more” before she considers it. I was a little hurt by this because I am naturally a quieter person; I’m neurodivergent (I’d rather not specify further, sorry) and although I do get anxious, I believe I work fine under pressure and I’ve grown comfortable enough in this job to the point where I feel confident being there and I can easily communicate with the team. I don’t know what more she wants to see of me exactly; I’m not the kind of person to come to a shift all hyper and in everyone’s business, but I always say hi to everyone when I come in and check on breaks and make sure everything is going okay. Maybe I help out a little more than I should (I’ve been told a few times I’m too nice or helpful to coworkers who might not deserve it), but if being an LS at this store means that I have to become aggressive or hyper, then it’s not worth it. It just sucks having the experience I have and knowing my value, and still not being able to have the position I want.