Much earlier covid when I had a non-covid respiratory infection:

Me: Hm, I’m having respiratory problems and if I think it’s not my asthma, I fail the covid coach. But arguably could be my mild asthma.

Doctor: It isn’t your asthma. Go get a covid test.

Manager: It could be your asthma right? Just click that option on the covid coach and you pass.



I liked the idea of the covid coach, but it just requires so many levels of management to care / validate / not try and gaslight people.

Oh if I have so much as a single symptom I’m keeping my ass home and I don’t need a COVID coach checklist or even my manager to tell me different 😂

I was directly exposed for a few hours but because I had my first shot of the vaccine and no symptoms I was told to still come in and that I dont have to get tested. The covid coach is just so they can say they have policies in place

I did the COVID coach originally but after hundreds of times, what’s the point anymore? If I have a symptom, I’ll call in sick.

According to the thermometer at work, I've been dead for at least four hours every time I clock in, and the covid coach app stopped working about a week after it was installed on the ipads 😔 it's absolutely so sbux can say they're doing something, regardless of if it's helpful vs performative safety theatre.

Yeah my manager gets super upset/angry anytime anyone does the covid coach and it says they have to go. Its basically workplace harassment

Before I walked out, our store had you do the COVID coach...but then never let you go home if you failed. So, what's the point?

Our thermometer regular temps us at 88-94f so like, if someone actually has a fever we wouldn't know it.

I dont do the temp check because 1. our thermometer doesn’t even work and 2. it was determined months ago that temperature checks are not accurate determinants if someone has COVID or not.

my dm and manager filled out covid coach for me the other day telling me i was clear to come in after getting exposed with a confirmed positive test and i went in filled it out myself and failed on the second question it’s just frustrating especially when it’s only being used to try and keep us working

I'm working with minor COVID symptoms right now but that's because I can't afford to quarantine ten days, my grocery store won't pay us. I got no sick time either. I have bills to pay but I'm wearing my mask religiously. I know it's just my annual head cold I get near autumn. If I develop a fever I'll quarantine. Manager is aware.

Covid coach and “temping in” are nice ideas, not really practical though, and not super great ways of
Monitoring symptoms… I worked for 3 full days with covid, cause I had no idea it was Covid. I had no temp and no respiratory issues in the beginning, the pollen in my area was Super bad so I just thought the sore throat was from that… I did do the Covid coach but a sore throat wasn’t enough to have me go home and I didn’t have a temp, so I had to stay. And then my boss was mad at me for staying… but I was like- “I passed the Covid coach!” And she couldn’t argue with that… 😬

If we followed the COVID Coach to a tee, our understaffing problem would be so much worse than it already is. In my humble opinion, I think there's room for common sense here. One day I had a mildly sore throat. The COVID Coach told me not to work. My manager was like, "You can work. It's springtime right now. Your sore throat could be from breathing in all the pollen's that been in the air lately." I also worked when my vaccine side effects lasted longer than 72 hours. I worked another time when I had caught a cold. I ended up testing negative for COVID. Now, of course, there's nothing wrong with following the COVID Coach. But if Starbucks wants us to, they need to fully staff our stores. And they aren't.

And now that they've taken away isolation pay, how are people supposed to earn a paycheck? Not everyone has sick time saved, especially when you consider how many green beans there are.

Ever since I transfered to my current store, I haven't really done my temperature. My old store I would have to have my shift look at it but we're so busy when I come in no one cares they just want me to fill it out and they will lsign it before the last shift leaves

i've and my coworkers have literally never done it. the only time i've seen it done in my store was by our dm when he came for a visit

My second week I got a cold. Got tested immediately m, tested negative. Still came into work sick. Covid coach said go home but I ignored it because the managers seldom check if you did it not do they care because finding coverage sucks 😬😬

Had a few partners quarantine after they contracted covid or a household member did and no one else was told…. The store just kept running and the schedules were tweaked…

I think Covid coach is hilarious. Who are these mofos that can function with a fever?? I’ve had exactly one fever as an adult and I could barely move. Trust me, if I have any of those symptoms or a fever, I’m NOT at work. Any normal adult would be in bed, watching Tik Toks and drifting in and out of consciousness.