Took me about 4 months to feel less like a new hire and sometimes I still do!

Don’t worry about what the other baristas are thinking, utilize those flashcards and don’t be afraid to ask questions when necessary !

All of us senior baristas know it takes time to become good at the job. It takes a few months to be where the senior baristas are at. Barista wise you're still very new, so don't stress green bean just keeping trying and you will improve.

My biggest pet peeves with new partners is when they think they've been there too long to keep asking questions. It's okay if you're not 100% sure! We're there to help! But if you're unsure of something please ask. It is frustrating to have to remake a drink, or re date something because the other person felt too insecure to ask. I would much rather explain to you a million times over than have to redo something altogether.

Every single person is different with how long they take to adjust to the job, and it's totally okay if it takes you longer, it's a lot of memorization and muscle memory. Don't compare yourself to senior partners, take pride in your own accomplishments and how you're steadily improving. You're not worthless, and I'm sure the senior partners at your store would feel terrible that you feel that way.

When I started the senior partners told me that I won't be comfortable until at least 3 months of working, and to not worry if I'm not picking it up right away.

Can senior partners do their job efficiently half asleep? We sure can. We also know that the green beans aren't there yet, and that it will take time like it took us time.

Don't feel bad. Ask questions. Your coworkers want to know how to best support you. It's better to know how to make drinks correctly and take your time, than to rush and do it wrong. You won't create good habits if you do the ladder.

I really felt it when the new hires started turning to me when they needed answers or tasks to do. But the first time I felt it was probably when I could drive by myself or when I did about a four hour shift all on bar, on Memorial Day, and felt good about it as my boss complimented me

4 or 5 months honestly

when the new trainees started following me around asking questions. now i gotta quit.

i've been working for barely two months and already feel like i've been working there for years. i guess i'm lucky because my coworkers are super fun and nice, but it was easy for me to get comfortable with them and all of the positions fairly quickly and this is my first job ever. i hope you like your journey and have the encouragement and help you need to get fully comfortable!

Been here since august I feel not new anymore

I felt pretty competent at most positions by like 4-6 months based on how much time I got on each position. Once I hit my 1 year I felt fully competent on any position and at any task.

Generally, it’s whenever someone newer than you is hired. But also, yeah, feeling like you know what you’re doing is part of it too.

I got hired in mid September and I’m kinda finally starting to feel like I know what I’m doing. I still feel like a new hire and have my moments of doubt at times but the for the most part I’m able to help people newer than me.

You started a day before me, I felt pressured by my trainer to pick up everything super quick because she kept commenting how I did everything perfect (I had 4 years between two different coffee chains prior) only a few of my comment workers. Mainly the shifts treat me like im still new and I'm mostly self correcting mistakes using this subreddit 😅

Don't feel too bad when the senior people seem frustrated. It isn't your fault, and it's likely they aren't frustrated with you, but with poor scheduling that put them in a tough spot.


For example, the other day I was working and for a big chunk of it, there were only four of us. The shift, me (I've been there over two years), a green bean who is maybe in her second week out of training, and one with learning disabilities who can only really do window. The poor shift was doing DTO/warming, flexing in to help with cafe/mobile orders, and going into drive thru to help the window guy out if there was a problem, along with all the other stuff shifts have to do. I was solo bar, the green bean was front and helping on bar when she could. I asked the shift if someone had called in, and she said no, this is just how they scheduled us. So basically, we had two fully competent baristas, one of whom had to be in a position to be flexible. I was on bar for my whole shift until the last half hour when someone else came in. So while the shift and I didn't snap at anyone or anything, we may have seemed stressed and frustrated, but it wasn't at the two newer people. It was because the person who made the schedule set us up for failure, and it was on us to make it work.

I’m about 3 1/2 months in and I feel comfortable and confident in all positions, still is difficult to solo when we’re busy, but I would say a barista is confident enough about 4-5 months in.

About 2 years, but that's bc i rly emphasized to myself that I also needed to be extremely knowledgeable about my job and answer any kind of question

Edit: most people tend to benchmark it at like, 3-6 months depending on the barista themselves (their learning speed, memorization, skills, etc), it was longer than 6 months for me for when i felt like i could do the job okay enough to not be annoying.

I've been here for almost a decade. It usually takes up to 6 months for us to stop thinking of a green bean as new, at worst. And if it takes longer than that, try not to stress about it and just ask for help on how to improve/study up.

took me about a month and a half maybe 2. i’m 3 months in now and feel super comfortable and confident in my position

Probably took like 5 months before I felt like I wasn’t just the new person and I knew what I was sorta doing, but tbh I can run solo drive and hot and cold on nights with little to no effort but I do not know how to brew pike properly so 😂

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