Don’t shit where you eat.

Not the best idea. I dated a coworker and it ended up being a massive headache, with management breathing down our necks twice as much as they already were. If you go for it, I would keep it extra private, don’t even let your friends at work know!

Hiiiii I'm currently dating my coworker despite people telling me not to "shit where I eat" :3

I'm 21F and she's 19 and she's a green bean- makes me laugh all the time and has the dumbest shit to say. We get along so well and she'd drop hints she liked me until i finally understood 😅 haven't had anything bad hapoen yet!

We keep it on the DL and pretend we're just friends at work, we're not stupid- if it happens it happens, yknow? Just be careful, become good at acting if you aren't already and keep your coverup stories consistent- don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth yknow? Oh. And if one gets promoted, you better guard the secret even more, lest one or both of you get in trouble and/or transferred.

So many people will tell you not to date coworkers but bro, things happen. Just be mature about everything if you happen to break up. Simple shit, really. Can't let your relarionships (or past ones) get in the way of your work. As long as you're doing that, you'll be fine!

the only advice i can give u is: keep it a secret. like do not even tell your work besties and make sure you treat your partner how you did before you started dating. i made the mistake of telling too many people and it backfired. i started dating my coworker before i became a shift and i got promoted shortly after so we kept it on the DL because he was a barista. after several months some other shifts teamed up against me and retaliated about something unrelated and reported us to our manager. this started a wholeeee investigation and my manager literally interrogated me, my bf, and my roommate who was close friends with us and was also a barista. my bf ended up quitting bc he had been there for 5+ years and was sick of the BS and thought it was perfect timing otherwise i would've had to transfer or step down lol. i quit a lil bit ago and now i can finally post about him on social media without feeling like i'm going to somehow get in trouble again at work. it was honestly exhausting having to keep it a secret at work though. and,,,,, seeing other baristas flirt with him,,,,, while i couldn't do anything about it...... was quite painful. but we're still together almost a year later so it worked out :) (the shifts that reported me quit shortly after the incident when they realized i wasn't going to get fired :P)

Honestly who gives a shit about this job. Dating some one can be a positive thing that could affect your whole life. Go for it. I met my bf at our old job and we’ve been together 5 years

Tbh go for it if you want. A ton of couples work at my other job and while some of them are absolute train wrecks over working together, most of them are literally completely fine. No issues whatsoever, related to working together anyway. Worst case scenario if you guys REALLY couldn't handle dating and working together, misalign your schedules so you don't work together often.

This girl that was newly hired at my first store in 2019 flirted with me and totally ghosted me, HUGE tease. Good riddance. I have a cute boyfriend now, we met on a dating app but we both work at separate starbucks stores.

Don’t date at your store. At least wait until one of you quits.

I will say, I *did* date someone that worked in a starbucks in another city, that was fine. When it didn’t work out, I just never saw her again. We also met on a dating app and not at work.

Just make sure whoever it is, you can easily exit from eachother’s daily lives lol

It's not a good idea. Keep relationships out of work so you don't spoil either. Make friends with your coworkers, but if you want to date someone then one of you should leave for another job. Not only will it be easier on your relationship, but neither of you will impede the other's career progress if either of you wants to move up at all.

And for those of you young folks who think "no one would ever know we're dating!" -- you ain't slick, 99% of the time it's pretty obvious even if you think you're doing a fantastic job of hiding it.

I’d say it’s not the best idea but if you’re going to do it, be prepared to keep it fairly secret and be aware that it could cause some trouble. I dated a barista I worked with and fortunately our manager didn’t really care because we were both baristas and we usually didn’t work shifts together. I usually worked mornings and he worked afternoons and evenings. But it meant that neither of us were considered for being promoted to shift supervisor. Eventually he quit and then I was promoted. Two other baristas at my store also dated and when they broke up it caused a huge amount of drama because they basically refused to work together, so you’d have to be willing to be civil and continue working together if you were to break up.

Dated a shift. They singled me out and picked on me every shift and it ended up being miserable and the worst experience. 0/10 wouldn’t recommend.

My gf started working at Starbucks by my recommendation, then I moved in with her family and transferred to her store. Nothing wrong with working at the same store, just had to have convos with her to treat me the same as everyone else. For the most part we're scheduled opposite.

Two of my coworkers are dating. We had to put one on nights and the other on morning, because they would make one drink together. They would both pull the shots, both steam the milk. It took forever to get drinks out of them

personally i wouldn’t start a new relationship at starbucks but if you really like them go for it. i work with my bf of almost 4 years at my store

Generally speaking, and I really do mean generally because of course there is always exceptions:

It is never a good idea to date a coworker - Starbucks or not. Any job while dating a coworker can turn out for the worst especially if it's a new relationship.

As others have stated, if you're going to date someone you're working with, you best keep that information incredibly close and secretive. It's truly for the best if you insist on dating a coworker. Looking out for you more than anything, trust me.

Little late to the party but I thought I’d chime in! I didn’t date any coworkers here but I saw several others do it with varying degrees of success. One couple has been together for about a year now and they currently live together and they’re happier than ever. One is a shift and the other is only a barista so the barista ended up transferring stores after they made their relationship public, but they’re both ridiculously happy with the situation. On the other hand, one person went through a string of short term relationships with our coworkers which led to a lot of difficulty at work. None of the relationships worked out, and they all ended pretty bitterly which bled into their relationships at work - several people changed their availability so they didn’t have to work with the serial dater, and when shifts did overlap there was a lot of tension.

So, all of that is to say, it can be difficult to date coworkers, just as it can be with anyone else. The only hard part is that if things end poorly it’s significantly harder to get away from them. If you decide to pursue the relationship then I’d recommend really working hard on keeping your work and personal lives apart.

didn't date but had a crush on a coworker years ago and we would hang out together (alone most times) and were good friends. i thought the feelings were mutual between us. eventually, he told another coworker (in front of me while we were all working) that he was taking this other girl to prom, my heart fell so fast. 0/10 recommend but...

a couple of my friends are currently dating and we're all coworkers. only the few of us that are friends with the couple know and everyone else is clueless. it's even gone so far that some people think he and i like each other (very gross, he ain't my type & i have my eyes on a different dude) so safe to say that covers their secret pretty well lol

I don’t dislike my co workers but I trouble responding to them even they text me, why would I want to date them?

i started talking to my coworker when i first started working at starbs! few months later things didn’t work out between us & it got real awkward at work. & all of our other coworkers were in the business n i absolutely hated working afterwards.

BUUT one year later, me n my coworker started talking again, n things have been going well so far!! LOL we’re keeping things lowkey n setting boundaries at work!!!

all i can say is make sure it’s worth it LMAO & don’t tell anyone at work. jus keep it private!!

i should also say the reason why we started talking again is bc im moving soon so we wont be working together for too long!!

If you both can be mature when you break up it’s probably going to be fine but the odds of both being mature are 15,000,000 to 1 so, don’t shit where you eat.

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I dated my coworker and we’ve been in a long term relationship now. It was not easy, but it was worth it. You have to be able to separate work from home