Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Feeling like I’m not good enough (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by tiara1020
I am a shift and I’ve been in this position for maybe around 6 months, I feel like there are many things that I am not doing right. I open once a week sometimes 2 and it’s still foreign to me. I feel like I’m always being called out for things like not putting away the order because I didn’t know what time it was supposed to be put away cuz no one told me. I told my SM I wanted to learn how to open to certain standards because my other ssv is talking about my shifts and how they are being ran behind my back in front of partners… what should I do I’m feeling like I’m not good enough and I literally started crying to my SM
Update: I got written up for not doing my job when I open and I just signed it cuz I was waiting to break down in the car… I’ve been working since I was 17 and I have never gotten written up it broke me. When my SM was reading it to me some of the things were the things that the other shift would snitch about to her so it just made me so sad. I literally asked multiple times for how to open and what are the standards because at my old store it was not trained how it would if wanted it to be… I would do one thing and then the shift that was training me would do another so… yea now I’ve been out for COVID for 2 weeks and I just feel so out of the loop and feel like everyone is happy that I was gone…
Update: I got written up for not doing my job when I open and I just signed it cuz I was waiting to break down in the car… I’ve been working since I was 17 and I have never gotten written up it broke me. When my SM was reading it to me some of the things were the things that the other shift would snitch about to her so it just made me so sad. I literally asked multiple times for how to open and what are the standards because at my old store it was not trained how it would if wanted it to be… I would do one thing and then the shift that was training me would do another so… yea now I’ve been out for COVID for 2 weeks and I just feel so out of the loop and feel like everyone is happy that I was gone…
ghetto-skooter 5 points 1y ago
DELEGATE DELEGATE DELEGATE!! especially in the morning. tell your bar baristas that in between rushes to restock their milks, lids and straws. i only have a cafe so if i have two baristas my register person will also get the food. for morning i find it easier for my barista to do food/sandwiches up until we open and then have them focus on bar/register and customers solely while i put out rtde/sandwiches(if the barista didn’t finish), THE ORDER, merchandise (in that order) and all of the other shifty stuff like my pull and cold brew. i normally don’t give my first 10s out until after or mid way through my order being put away as this is my first priority. If it’s busy i’ll help them out occasionally and if they scream i need this or that i’ll grab it (i also do i little cs in between). lol but i will never put more than ONE bucket of ice in the bin. they can do that in between rushes. us shifts have a lot of responsibility!
as for your order that is just one of your responsibilities as a morning shift. it’s a very important one and i can understand why some of your peers may be peeved bc y’all may have ran out of quite a bit of things. not sure if all of the cut off times are the same but mine is 11 am and i set a time for 30 mins before so i know i have to do it soon.
hope this helps :)
as for your order that is just one of your responsibilities as a morning shift. it’s a very important one and i can understand why some of your peers may be peeved bc y’all may have ran out of quite a bit of things. not sure if all of the cut off times are the same but mine is 11 am and i set a time for 30 mins before so i know i have to do it soon.
hope this helps :)
yirium 4 points 1y ago
I'm sorry you're going through this, I struggled really bad as a shift as well. It seems like everyone wants you to be perfect but don't want to train or explain how to be "perfect". I wish I had advice, but all I can offer is understanding.
Brilliant-Taste-4226 2 points 1y ago
Please give yourself grace
Puzzleheaded-Coat-14 1 points 1y ago
I was a night barista who ended up becoming a mid/night shift and then left to open sometimes. What sucks is I can be there to open a couple times in a week and kind of get the hang of it all over again or I won't open for months so what I suggest is just making a list. I don't know why some people think it's a sign of weakness honestly I forget things a lot and even working in a nighttime every so often and I need to go back to my list. But if you have one for open and one for close you basically be prepared for whatever you need and if there's time limits on the things you need to do add that to your list.
Sincerely,
Anxiety driven shift😭
Sincerely,
Anxiety driven shift😭
Necessary_Low939 1 points 1y ago
Edit: before downvoting me I meant this a best way possible. I was the worse barista and I strive to to better. Everyone talk shit about me being slow.
Then start changing. U should’ve been trained. And 6 months in and u still don’t know then that’s a problem. If u are a new to the store hire I understand but if u were a barista promoted and still struggle u need to do better. Sorry it is what it is. Communication is key. Keep a logbook to help u remember. Make check off list
Then start changing. U should’ve been trained. And 6 months in and u still don’t know then that’s a problem. If u are a new to the store hire I understand but if u were a barista promoted and still struggle u need to do better. Sorry it is what it is. Communication is key. Keep a logbook to help u remember. Make check off list
tiara1020 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
The issue is not that I don’t know wat I need to do… it’s my coworker who is trying to run the store to her standards and not the SM’s standards. I’m being told different things each time I work. It’s not that I was a bad barista either… I was mainly mids and night shifts only so I only trained to open twice… so I’m still learning but I just don’t like that shifts r talking shit to other partners and they feel uncomfortable and tell the other shift wat is being said.
Necessary_Low939 2 points 1y ago
Oh it’s a shift that’s doing that? Confront that bitch. Ask her what she wants. Straight up I’ll be like u either tell me what’s what and don’t change it like the weather or keep ur mouth shut. Some people just like to pick on others to feel better about themselves. In a few years time u won’t even care bout her. Don’t take it to heart or tell the sm. Sm should be the one stopping this bullying
tiara1020 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Yea it’s bothering me and I have said something like hey how r my closes going she tells me oh they r great just a few things… but the partners r saying another thing. My big issue was that this shift has NEVER closed EVER! So for them to keep saying my closes are shitty and I half ass things is not true!!! I hate it so much!
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