Did anyone else happen to have a conference about their progress at starbucks recently. I had one today and honestly it makes me want to just resign. I knew it was coming but there is just no sense of reality when it comes to my bosses demands.
For context my first post on this subreddit was complaining about my work environment, my coworkers dont really like/talk to me as much as they do to each other (really cliquey behavior). I'm treated like a child constantly. So whatever, it's fine right ? so I just keep working.
I feel as if i truly am more of a burden than i am a supporting worker. Last week I wasn't doing so well. I have been on the register for a few months to no end and haven't gotten the chance to do anything else. I'm so burnt out. My boss was complaining about how I'm not taking much initiative when it comes to greeting the customer and im like duh...... it gets draining after you do it everyday for months ....... Last week I didn't do so well, I had gotten a few orders wrong (just like , the size or if its iced or whatever) and it's really hard to hear the customer when theres so much noise going on in the background. i'm so close to the coffee grinder, the over, and both bars are smushed together that i have to break my neck to get a somewhat clear order. Today wasn't that bad though. So my boss brought up that i make all my coworkers mad and that i give them attitude. I'm not gonna deny it, i do. i'm tired of being talked down by them when i make a mistake, when my other coworkers make a mistake my boss just coddles and babies them. We're all around the same age and he even does this with coworkers even newer than me.
He also gave me this hypothetical situation to think about, if there was no support on the oven and there was a LOT of orders and customers who needed to be taken care of, what would i do? and i so badly just wanted to tell him that realistically that would be nothing to worry about, bc he should be hiring enough people in the first place to deal with that. I am literally expected to be superman in the way that i should constantly be doing something, like cleaning , taking food orders, greeting customers, it's too much emotional labor for me. I know damn well he doesnt expect that out of anyone else. Even when i try to help out with bar orders or just other shit in general, my coworkers bitch me to stay on register and help out customers. I can't win in this situation. My boss has also mentioned that he makes observations that i dont really \*greet\* the customer like that and i just let them talk to me first. If he was really that observant, he would notice the tension i seem to bring into the workplace since no one gets along with me like that. Honestly, it even makes me think even more that it's not just me. I got along great with one of them who came to work as a transfer for one day, and i get along with one other girl there too. I can get being frustrated with me since they make the drinks, but if they dont make the effort to connect with me and respect me as an adult (we're all around the same age too) why should i have any sympathy? this might just be immature thinking.
I get treated like a scapegoat a lot. Even if it's not my fault. peoples first instinct is to scold me even if it's not my fault, it happened the other day until my other coworker said it was his fault. Should I just resign? I'm tired of starbucks fake corporate community. A lot of people prefer dunkins because you don't have to deal with the fakeness and theyre at least a simple corporation. I don't want to transfer because i know my boss wont allow it, we're already short on people, but maybe i could try. but i rather work somewhere that will at least be real with me. It's fine if you think I'm overreacting or being immature, i'd like to hear your experience with the conferences if you've had them! :-)