Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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New management screwing up schedules (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by _lanalana_
Im making this post mostly as a rant but also if anyone has advice please comment lol.
My store just got a new manager and assistant manager within two weeks of each other. And theyve been really good with most things EXCEPT scheduling.
We’re understaffed every day. Im talking 4 people on the floor on our busiest day of the week when our previous manager would have given us 8+ people. We’re the busiest store in out district. We need more people on the floor at a time especially on busy days.
Partners who normally work 20-30 hours a week are only getting scheduled for 10-15. Partners who normally work 10-15 are getting scheduled 20-30 hours. Every single coworker i have talked to about it has had to call out or swap shifts at least once in the last month because they were scheduled outside of their availability.
I have two shifts in the next two weeks that are completely outside of my availability and that i cannot get to because i rely on my roommates to drive me. But i cant afford to not work them because im only getting scheduled 15 hours a week and will just barely *maybe* be able to afford my rent this month with those hours.
Im picking up shifts wherever i can and ive talked to my manager already so hopefully itll work out soon. I know that most of these issues are things that will go away as the new managers learn the flow of our store a little better, but in the meantime i cant exactly afford to wait for them to figure it out, and neither can my coworkers.
My store just got a new manager and assistant manager within two weeks of each other. And theyve been really good with most things EXCEPT scheduling.
We’re understaffed every day. Im talking 4 people on the floor on our busiest day of the week when our previous manager would have given us 8+ people. We’re the busiest store in out district. We need more people on the floor at a time especially on busy days.
Partners who normally work 20-30 hours a week are only getting scheduled for 10-15. Partners who normally work 10-15 are getting scheduled 20-30 hours. Every single coworker i have talked to about it has had to call out or swap shifts at least once in the last month because they were scheduled outside of their availability.
I have two shifts in the next two weeks that are completely outside of my availability and that i cannot get to because i rely on my roommates to drive me. But i cant afford to not work them because im only getting scheduled 15 hours a week and will just barely *maybe* be able to afford my rent this month with those hours.
Im picking up shifts wherever i can and ive talked to my manager already so hopefully itll work out soon. I know that most of these issues are things that will go away as the new managers learn the flow of our store a little better, but in the meantime i cant exactly afford to wait for them to figure it out, and neither can my coworkers.
uwumoment 5 points 1y ago
do we work at the same store lmfao. same issues here
_lanalana_ [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Omg no bc i looked at your profile and we literally do
uwumoment 1 points 1y ago
omg dana ? i just remembered you told me you’re on this subreddit. do you work tomorrow? i’m dreading going in
_lanalana_ [OP] 1 points 1y ago
It’s actually alana lol!
uwumoment 1 points 1y ago
ohhhh shoot omg
csaine 4 points 1y ago
Don't they have to do an override to schedule someone outside of a set availability? That seems wrong. 🤷
_lanalana_ [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Apparently their first few weeks the old manager was the only one who had access to our availability or something? We keep getting a bunch of weird excuses as to why its all so messed up
Malevolent_barnacle 4 points 1y ago
What did your manager say when you two spoke?
_lanalana_ [OP] 1 points 1y ago
That he would make a note of my availability in the future
Malevolent_barnacle 1 points 1y ago
Do you know how to submit a new availability?
https://starbucks-wfmr.jdadelivers.com/retail
You can access from home, submit from there, and let SM team know. Then it's set in stone
https://starbucks-wfmr.jdadelivers.com/retail
You can access from home, submit from there, and let SM team know. Then it's set in stone
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