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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

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Full History - 2021 - 08 - 27 - ID#pcsh3n

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SSV stepping down… (self.starbucksbaristas)

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Codyskank 55 points 1y ago

It’s a terrible time to be any kind of leader right now.

Edit- It’s just a terrible time for everyone actually

ItzBoogieMan 25 points 1y ago

Yup lol baristas are quitting too, Starbucks is miserable rn

[deleted] [OP] 4 points 1y ago

Yep. My last day is tomorrow and I’m so excited.

BeardiesRule112 29 points 1y ago

Most of my shifts quit, those who didn’t, stepped down.

BabySteele 16 points 1y ago

Im close to that line. Apparently a drive through near us closed and so we've been SLAMMED, getting almost twice the amount of customers per half hr. Im on my lunch now but im on the verge of tears just from the stress of it all. One of my best friends came in during the rush and tried to talk to me but I just mentally couldnt. I ended up actually pushing them away and said i dont want to see them bc I was just so overwhelmed. It doesnt help that we're a small cafe store. I get very claustrophobic around people so a lobby full of people and im on the verge of a panic attack

TheFriendlyFeminist 3 points 1y ago

😩 I’m sorry hang in there friend

sailorgrumpycat 11 points 1y ago

I've felt like I've been within like 5% of that point in a sine wave pattern for the past 6 months. My store used to be a varied age group mix of 1yr+ partners and ssv's, all of which had previous employment. After a few transferred, a few quit after finishing degrees, honestly a few getting fired for time and attendance, we now run a daycare of employees who are almost all green beans. There are 5 [M]'s on the schedule now. With shortages, new drinks always coming out despite STILL BEING IN A FUCKING PANDEMIC, and the revolving door that has been our attrition rate, i feel like no one is truly being trained properly. It makes me feel like even though I'm busting my ass it isn't enough.

I was really hoping i would be able to go back to college in person again, but with the resurgence of covid in my state and specifically my city that might not happen ever. Which means even if that sine wave peaks again over my limit, i might have to just suck it up and double down on my antidepressants.

TheFriendlyFeminist 4 points 1y ago

😩 this sounds exactly like my store

gabby24681 2 points 1y ago

Me too why is this all of our stores 😓

hawkeye281 6 points 1y ago

I feel like im dealt a shit hand every time i run a shift

OneRoseDark 5 points 1y ago

I've been a shift for nearly two years. The rest of our SSV team is a 14-year partner, a 5-year partner, a 1-year, and a brand new SSV who'd been a barista before. We're all struggling, and at the last meeting a couple of us had with our SM it basically became a complaint fest of how none of us like our jobs or want to come into work every day. Including the SM. we're all suffering together.

TheFriendlyFeminist 1 points 1y ago

Wow, that’s crazy even you all as well with all that experience. Our management crew is down to me, a 1-year partner, a 7 month old pregnant 2-year partner, and another 2-year partner, and my SM, a 19-year partner who is the most unorganized, incompetent person I’ve worked for.

femalehomosapien18 3 points 1y ago

I stepped down after being hired on as a SVV after 2 years cause of Covid, understaffing and underpaid. Definitely not worth the extra $2

sydthesquid95 2 points 1y ago

Wow it feels like I wrote this post :(

Roolita 2 points 1y ago

I’m basically going through the same thing as you. Everyone believes in me so much but I have so much anxiety after every close because it just feels like I can never do enough :-( I wanna step down but I need the money and love my (slowly dwindling) crew

alo-san 1 points 1y ago

Same, just got promoted and everyday feels like an uphill battle. I can’t seem to do anything right and no matter how much I try to prepare, it gets overwhelming and I can’t help but feel I’m failing spectacularly.
Thinking about stepping down too

lewabwee 1 points 1y ago

I still feel like it’s easier to run the shift than be a barista.

TheFriendlyFeminist 5 points 1y ago

I whole heartedly disagree.

lewabwee 2 points 1y ago

It took about three months for me to feel that way. Once I got into the swing of it I decided being on the floor all day and dealing with customers sucks ass. I couldn’t care less about getting yelled at here and there but I don’t want to talk to customer after customer. Not to mention before being promoted I had a few supervisors I didn’t like so I just don’t do what they do and it makes the shifts a lot nicer.

Like I usually put myself in support roles unless there’s someone I know who needs a break or can handle it and I do way fucking better at that than a lot of supervisors have done for me. You can really lower the stress levels of the whole shift once you realize how to prioritize your staff.

And I mean I don’t know your situation but whatever I don’t get done I don’t get done and if they’re mad then they can just be mad. There isn’t anything about being a barista at an understaffed store that’s easier IMO. Like I said it just takes time to get there and you can’t really expect to be there after only a month. You gotta experiment with different routines and get used to them.

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