The shifts at my store make sure everyone gets the breaks they are scheduled no matter what. We're a very busy store and we have been very short staffed. They have no excuse not to give you your 10s. I'd say something about it and if nothing changes go above them until someone does something. Document everything.

God that's so fucked up lol. I would somehow report it anonymously and then transfer. There's a partner resource number somewhere. If all else fails, tell your DM

All of this is with no lunch??!? Talk to the store manager, you don’t have to name names u can just be like “what’s the break policy again? I’m having a hard time working with no breaks”. if that doesn’t work u can take it up with ur DM but I’m pretty you won’t have to take it that far

Had this happen at my last store. Another shift even got upset with me for giving the breaks and lunches as scheduled. If it is on the schedule it should be honored. Starbucks expects you to be on time for your shift when scheduled, you should expect to get your breaks and lunches as scheduled. Schedule adherence runs both ways.

I usually don't get 2nd 15s on my 8h shifts

pretty sure this is super against sbux rules, shifts in my area get in huuuge trouble if they forget to give baristas their breaks. report her ass

It looks like Oklahoma doesn’t really require breaks at all, just that if you get a rest break it has to be paid and a meal is usually 30 minutes or longer that goes unpaid. This makes it a lot harder to do something because it’s just company policy and the dm might choose to not care. It would be easier in California for example, because they require a 30 minute lunch in the first 5 hours of the shift if they work more than 5 hours in the day, and rest breaks are required for non-exempt employees (us) where they need a 10 if they work more than 3 ½ hours in and day and are entitled to a ten for every four hours, or substantial fraction of that that they work in a day. In that case, it would be pretty to easy to sue the company especially if you were able to document that you never got your second 10, and would make the dm more likely to care since you can sue the company. Honestly you’ll have to talk to your dm and hope they care.

Ummm leads cannot withold your breaks from you. Pretty sure it's illegal to do that.

That's a lawsuit waiting to happen shit you can buy ya own Starbucks read your states work laws

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Although I personally believe everyone should be entitled to all of their scheduled breaks, iirc the second ten is optional according to company policy (unless state law mandates it, which most states do not afaik) and so there isn’t really much you can do. It sucks ass and I’m sorry you have to deal with that. Most of the managers at my store prioritize breaks

Have you asked her directly about it? When I was a shift, I rarely ever initiated second tens unless we were really slow, as most of my partners preferred to just work through the rest of their shift, but I made it clear that anyone could take it if they wanted because it was theirs to take.

Tens are not guaranteed. I would report it if I were you because while they're not guaranteed, they're supposed to be given unless they're so inconvenient they're not really possible. And that rarely happens at my store. I also wouldn't worry about whether or not your report is anonymous. I have reported so many things and not one of them were anonymous. Did I get some pushback sometimes? Yes. But I don't care. I'm not gonna keep my mouth shut out of fear of retaliation. The only things I report are big deals, so any pushback I got was nonsense anyway. The best way to report something is to go to the immediate superior. In this case, it looks like it would be your store manager.

One of the reasons I recommend not prioritizing anonymity is it's going to save time to simply report directly to the person who needs to know the information. I don't want to talk to some stranger in Seattle or whatever about something my shift supervisor did and then hope that they contact my manager and relay the information. Can you imagine if every complaint every barista made was to that department? It couldn't possibly handle them all.

Another factor is that retaliation is not allowed at Starbucks. Of course, that doesn't mean it couldn't possibly happen, but I feel safe voicing my concerns with my own voice in my own workplace. And I kind of like the idea of having my name attached to them because it shows how much I care.

But this is all my opinion, and you'll know better than I the details of your situation and therefore what type of report is more appropriate for it.