Hi, I'm a partner on my way out and I'll give you some advice that helped me! It's gonna sound a bit weird but stop caring. What I mean is that you shouldn't be overly attached to certain outcomes at work. What I do as a person who mains Bar, is I set my pace at a point that's fast enough to get decent times, but not too fast that I'm killing myself over it. This can apply to drive through as well, but I'm not as good at that. I think as long as you're level headed and consistent, you'll turn out better in the long run. If a long line shows up, just ignore it, move a bit faster if you need to, and just focus on what you're doing. Stressing out isn't going to make it go away faster. A big one for me following these examples to be put more simply is to focus on what you can control instead of what you can't. It's hard, but as long as you're breathing, you're in control and you've got this!

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Take some time off! I know it’s not always feasible to do it. You do accrue some paid time off as you keep working, so maybe use that if possible. I always find that I am super excited to get back to work after taking some time off. And I mean like at least a week. A couple days definitely doesn’t do it for me. I take 2 weeks off around Christmas and then I did it last summer too and at the beginning of this summer. I am always super ready to go back. Some of it is because I love routine and so long without it makes me feel bad overall. But also, I love a lot of my coworkers too. I am currently on leave and have been since the beginning of July, and I am counting down the days to my return at this point. Another thing I would suggest is make the most out of your days off so they feel like you’re doing a lot in between work days.

And most importantly (I think at least) aside from taking time off/enjoying your non-scheduled days, put more stake in the relationships you build with your coworkers than you do in the job itself. If you enjoy the people you’re working with, your job will be much more fun for you. My first job I had in food service was great when I had a bunch of coworkers I got along with. They left and the job itself was AWFUL and suddenly it was absolutely no longer worth staying at. Starbucks isn’t an awful job overall. Yes, there is absolutely a bunch to complain about, but it’s a good job, so even on the days I don’t love everyone I’m working with, it’s still manageable - long term, that wouldn’t be sustainable. But I genuinely think that a lot of the people I have met at Starbucks have been some of the best people to talk to and hang around with and I look forward to working with them.

Best of luck! Hang in there.