First make sure he’s interested and not reading the wrong signals, it can be awkward afterwards if you do read the wrong ones.


Source: me :/

As long as you keep the relationship off the floor, it should be fine. I've known plenty of people who work together and are in a relationship

Also if you date but one of you ends up not being interested in any more dating, that’s uncomfortable too.

It could be great but it also could be unbelievably devastating. Be prepared to find another job if its the latter

I don’t think it’s any of the company’s business to “allow” relationships or not. If you do pursue it, just make sure to keep it low key. No need to let other partners know. I dated a coworker (at some other place, not Starbucks) and it ended up being really annoying because of nosy people and gossip!

I’ve dated two of my coworkers at SBUX and currently dating the second one (although I quit) just keep it off the floor and be okay with it potentially being awkward if you guys break up. Have fun!

My partner and I got together as coworkers and are still together and working together almost 2 years on, highly recommend talking to your manager if things take off and making sure that you convey professionalism together and don't date across different positions (shift/barista, etc)

Yeah I dated my coworker for a while before we moved in together. You couldn’t do it if you were different positions without having to keep it extremely secret. As it is you just would want to keep it quiet. Even when people found out I never referred to her as my girlfriend, only by her name, or flirted with her at work for example.

And honestly if you’re both adults it would even be fine if you dated and broke up. The big thing is you both should be mature or it might get rough and be a bad idea.

There’s no rule against it but it’s not encouraged. If you can keep your relationship out of work great but I wouldn’t let your SM find out. Personally I don’t think it’s a good idea to date a coworker at your store. Another store isn’t as big of a deal but dating someone at your own store can get messy if things end badly. I would say no.

Management can't do anything about relationships unless it becomes disruptive to the workplace. I know couples who work in the same store that do just fine. Or couples who work in different stores and its no problem at all.

Bad idea. Dated a shift and I don’t recommend it.