Best bet is talk to your sm about more hours, and have a more open availability. There should be no issue getting 26 hours

If you are a minor in most states you can only work 20 hours a week and if hours are being cut yours are almost first to go because the store manager knows you aren’t relying on the money to make ends meet

Max of about 20 hours. I left for a licensed store so I could at least get full time.

There’s no real way to make a living at Starbucks unless you’re a store manager. Even shifts have a hard time with hours.

Some baristas do again it depends on the store and your availability. Cafe locations tend to give less hour but I would just ask the person that interviewed you or is giving you the option to pick and ask “which store is likely to give me more hours or at least 20?”

i’d leave panera for starbucks fuck that job

source: worked at panera for 3.5 years, have been at starbucks for 5 years

Yeah, generally someone will say that there are shifts that need to be covered at other stores and you can take them if you're available. It's pretty convenient if you're trying to work a lot and have a few stores around you

Your availability is what will hold you back from getting the hours you seek.

So you have 22 hours of availability at Starbucks but want 20-26 hours? Good luck with that...

Depends on their need. You've given a very fixed availability so if those are four shift times a store is desperate to fill, you'll get hours, if not, well you get the point. What times do the stores open and close? Giving availability to close is much more valuable than if you're available until seven, but they close at nine. Also, your hours are going to fluctuate much more at the mall store than the stand alone. The mall is just finishing up it's busiest time of the year by far and about to hit it's slowest time.

Yeah you gave them 22 hours of availability a week and are looking for 20 plus hours of work… I think it’s pretty unlikely you’ll be getting the hours you need. Even if you were scheduled for your entire availability, if you were given a lunch break on your longer days you would only have 21 hours of work.

The best way to get more hours, if it ends up being a problem later, would be to find a way to open up your availability some more.

Looks like you’re working around your school hours.

I worked multiple jobs in school and it can be a bit hectic juggling different locations and company cultures. I left my original job at A&F(loved it, just not worth the commute/mall environment) for SBUX(DT, 5 min drive from home), and just shifted my availability; still got the hours I needed, but I was available open-10a/noon, M-F, and Sun.

If both locations are corporate stores, consider mall traffic in the lot/from the bus stop/ bike racks as well as location within the mall; you might be scheduled for 2pm, but realistically have to be there at 130pm. Malls are also temptation island for your wallet and eating habits. If mall store is licensed, I would recommend you skip unless they can prove in writing they offer comparable benefits and pay to corporate stores; you’re technically not a Starbucks employee in those stores.

Cafe/DT stores tend to be more predictable; which could be a pro or con depending on the time of day or the customer. I don’t know about the difference in tips between them and mall stores, but I know my DT store was a top producer in the district, but I always got better tips picking up shifts at cafe stores; thus may have just been a regional/timing thing because my store was in an area with all new construction and the other stores were a little older.

I hope all this helps. Good luck in your endeavors.

Edit: to break up wall of text.

I mean you can pick up hours at another Starbucks.