Oh yeah true, lmao didn’t think about that

See, this is what boggles me. I will be the first person to complain about how this company treats us and pays slave wages but this issue about the food/drink markout seems dumb. I agree with the argument that people are struggling to feed themselves and are relying on that food markout to eat for the day, but with the new rules you are still getting JUST AS MUCH food as before. You can't tell me people were relying on their *drink* markout as a way to feed themselves, "I'm gonna starve if I don't get my mocha frap!"

It’s not limited to just one food item a day anymore

Yeah you can’t mark out more than one item per transaction, but say you got something at the start of your shift than at the end you just need to make sure they are 2 separate transactions

Except you don't literally still have it. They made it purposely more complicated and less accessible to get your food market; also, we date our food for two days after it's pulled. If you only work weekends, then that food is out for days - depending on when it was pulled, it could be seven days before you eat it after it was pulled. Sure, you can refreeze it, but it's extra steps and it's not great practice to thaw and refreeze stuff. Also, not everyone has access to a freezer or even a fridge. I know we've probably all eaten things past its date, but a week is beyond pushing it.

And we did completely lose a free drink on our days off. Congrats that you haven't experienced the type of food insecurity where the calories of your free drink becomes your breakfast because it's all you can afford, but it's not as small of a change as you and others make it out to be.

The fact of the matter is that drinks and food items cost a small fraction to make compared to the menu price. Corporate scheduled the change in our markouts for the day raises became effective. It's just a cost cutting measure for a corporation that doesn't need to cut costs, most likely to try a recoup some of the cost of the raises. There's a lot of issues with this company right now, but they did this to deliberately make it harder for us to use markets.

Also, depending on your market, you may have lost money. I work part-time here now (had to cut my hours to get another job to make ends meet) and with the raise, my paycheck goes up less than $40 per two weeks. For a drink that costs $5 after my discount, multiplied by eight days per two weeks not working, I'd breakeven if I paid for my drink. I didn't get a raise. I got money instead of a benefit. In some ways, that's good, but to be frank, when this massive corporation could have afforded both, it's nonsense.

It's not a misunderstanding. We know what they did. We're upset because they took something away from us for their bottom line, when working here is barely tolerable to begin with.

Weekly update has definitely been read at my store, but radio silence on the topic of free drinks on off days

Privilege is the CEO making 14 million a year and this is how they cutting back cost so he can be properly compensated for his hard work.

I appreciate that Starbucks allows the 7 mark outs a week as a sort of work around for those that do rely on mark outs for food. That’s not to say they can’t do better, they can. But I find it really hard to feel sympathy for someone complaining over an $8 latte that is truly NOT necessary. If it’s caffeine you’re jonesing for because your a parent or student, we still get a free pound of coffee every week! You have access to free caffeine still. This post kind of makes me roll my eyes.

They’re not essential, but most days I bust my ass trying to race against the clock for a 38 second drive time during peak and I’m available to fill in whenever I’m needed and I go above and beyond my job responsibilities for my coworkers. The least I could get is my free drink on my off days as a thank you for not quitting in this extremely stressful time period.