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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 10 - 16 - ID#q9a4y5
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Anyone else's store like this? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by AshKB5661
I'm assuming so, but a bit of feedback might be helpful. So I worked at a 1/3 size Starbucks at a local university a while back, about 2 years ago now. When I was hired at my current licensed store (full menu, though) I told them I only remembered a few of the drinks, and they expressed that it was okay. I came to find on my first day how much stuff had changed, even down to how the whipped cream is made, and I expressed that I was confused on how to do things. My manager had me watch a couple starbucks academy things, which felt more like advertisements before YouTube videos that you can't skip so they just annoy you, or the videos left out a TON of stuff. My manager had me print out the resource manual in the end for reference, instead. I tried doing things by the manual (the whipped cream, mixing a pitcher for the 4x refreshers, making a cappuccino, even) and then I get told I'm doing it wrong, even though I have the printed manual in front of my face telling me what to do. It's not like mean criticism, it's more of like, really? I have the manual in front of me that our manager told me to print, and you're telling me only after I mess it up and waste product that something I did was wrong? But how was it wrong? Why was it wrong? That's not given? On another note, we're in a downtown location and I commonly need help with drinks, since we get lines far out the door in the morning, and my coworkers kinda go back and forth between helping me and saying "only focus on a few drinks at a time" to "get this shit to the customer" on a seconds notice. So far its confusing? Hate to say it, but only after a few days I'm thinking of quitting.
XSnapCracklePopX 4 points 1y ago
I feel you, I’m a 219 partner coming back after five years in healthcare (in critical care, mind you). I just ask questions, I have some great partners to assist with my questions, but it can be frustrating as well. Personally, my biggest pet peeve is when the young ones are on their phones as you’re trying to usher fifteen drinks out and there are tickets on the machine. (If you’re at work, plan to work, help out and grab the stickers and put them on a cup…) also the green beans as they usher themselves into the bar area and “make their drinks” as I have a rush and they decide they want a trenta no-ice, strawberry açaí with lemonade, extra berries, and 10 pumps raspberry syrup!~ andddd we’re cleaning all our containers and have to make 5 VT pink drinks for customers and they’ve used ALL my Açaí as I’m trying to maneuver them and still crank out modified-AF drinks…(oh and the ones that just see the long ass label and contemplate if they should attempt it…and me wondering if we have time to contemplate…because again, we’re busy. (24 hour DT store *the only one around my area*
Popperz4Brekkie 1 points 1y ago
I’ve worked at a few stores like this. It won’t get better if your SM doesn’t know policy or enforce it. You’ll be expected to learn that store’s way of doing everything. So if the SM won’t personally show you how things are done, you won’t benefit from reading the manual. You’ll be caught in between two worlds and frustrated
Hench_LV_15D 1 points 1y ago
Yes. Stay off your ducking phone. 100%, no exceptions.
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