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Wage theft? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by islandmongibello
So here's a story. I show up to open this morning, turns out I read the schedule wrong and I wasn't supposed to be there. We're a man down though so my manager asks me to stay and clock in at 5. Cool, fine. But then she sends me for product so I clock in around 4:30. Then halfway through peak she loses two more people. I stay til 12:45. Now she's texting me and trying to call me because I clocked in before 5. If she makes a big deal of this I will quit on the spot. She was lucky I was there.
Flowerfuls 154 points 1y ago
If she didn’t want you to click in then she shouldn’t have asked you to get stuff. Conversation ended.
ItzBoogieMan 15 points 1y ago
Also, you must be paid overtime.
Acrobatic_Edge1996 14 points 1y ago
Hmmm that depends if they’ve gone over 40 hours
HunterLost2062 1 points 1y ago
Depends on state
pranasoup 84 points 1y ago
prob should just remind her that she asked you to run for product, people forget some things sometimes, especially after opening. if she didn’t forget that, reminder her that it’s in the partner guide to not work off the clock and that she should at least be aware of that.
TheDoorMatts 22 points 1y ago
This could be a gray area to some, but my understanding is that because you’re commuting from your store (not home) to a different store you should be clocked in the minute you leave your store to perform a task. It’s a little different when you’re coming from home to the store.
islandmongibello [OP] 63 points 1y ago
I disagree. The second an employee is asked to do a work related task they should officially be on the clock.
TheDoorMatts 3 points 1y ago
I completely agree in this case because they’re already at the work location.
I am not sure what the regulations/policy are regarding when that partner would be commuting from home. My understanding is that they would get mileage + clock in at their shift start regardless of if they’re in the store or not as I’d expect the partner to leave at their normal commute time.
I am not sure what the regulations/policy are regarding when that partner would be commuting from home. My understanding is that they would get mileage + clock in at their shift start regardless of if they’re in the store or not as I’d expect the partner to leave at their normal commute time.
persona-2 1 points 1y ago
They would get mileage and clock in when they arrive to the store they are picking up product from assuming that store is an equal or lesser commute then to their own store.
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rudebii 5 points 1y ago
Ok, so this totally location-dependent but you are owned both wage and mileage that goes outside your normal commute, generally.
As a mostly mid/close shift I was often asked to pick up supplies. My clock was typically adjusted from the time I got to the store I was grabbing stuff, and asked for any mileage difference on top of my normal commute in. Most of the time my SM would try to send me to a store along the way, so I was never given much, but the clock-in was a bigger deal, especially since it could take a minute to make the pick up and would push things like breaks.
E: speaking of mileage, we were technically owned our banks runs, because back in my day the leads did the daily deposit. But since the banks were almost always less than a mile round trip from the store, it was like 30-50c a trip, so not worth the paperwork. Plus, that time off the floor after AM peak was so delicious, who cares about getting paid the mileage?
As a mostly mid/close shift I was often asked to pick up supplies. My clock was typically adjusted from the time I got to the store I was grabbing stuff, and asked for any mileage difference on top of my normal commute in. Most of the time my SM would try to send me to a store along the way, so I was never given much, but the clock-in was a bigger deal, especially since it could take a minute to make the pick up and would push things like breaks.
E: speaking of mileage, we were technically owned our banks runs, because back in my day the leads did the daily deposit. But since the banks were almost always less than a mile round trip from the store, it was like 30-50c a trip, so not worth the paperwork. Plus, that time off the floor after AM peak was so delicious, who cares about getting paid the mileage?
k8mitchy 18 points 1y ago
Whenever I was sent to get product *off* the clock (before open/on my way to work) I would always be compensated for the mileage from my home to the store I’m picking up from, and then to my store. But that also applied to when I was on the clock and made product runs. So now I’m confused and curious if I should’ve been paid out some more as if I was picking up product on the clock 🤔🤔🤔 maybe contact your DM? Explain that your SM is claiming wage theft or whatever she fussed about
Binx_da_gay_cat 1 points 1y ago
Yeah, apparently you should.
I went to grab cups before shift one day and a more experienced closer was there when I got in (she was scheduled morning that day, hates morning lol) and was like, "Binx, go write in your clock in time like whenever you got to the store (to pick up lids)." I only added 10 minutes, 15 would've been more accurate, but I was tired and didn't care. When you are holding company needs, you get credit for that time. (Obviously if they send you after shift on a milk run yes keep that clock on, that's valuable, but before shift your time starts counting as soon as you get there to pick stuff up.)
I went to grab cups before shift one day and a more experienced closer was there when I got in (she was scheduled morning that day, hates morning lol) and was like, "Binx, go write in your clock in time like whenever you got to the store (to pick up lids)." I only added 10 minutes, 15 would've been more accurate, but I was tired and didn't care. When you are holding company needs, you get credit for that time. (Obviously if they send you after shift on a milk run yes keep that clock on, that's valuable, but before shift your time starts counting as soon as you get there to pick stuff up.)
kIose 5 points 1y ago
I don't understand what your boss is saying. That you shouldn't be clocked in when you go pick up product at another Starbucks? Makes no sense.
cryingoverspiltmiIk 5 points 1y ago
Sounds like the manager asked OP to do work before their shift started, then got mad when OP (rightfully) clocked in ahead of their start time. Agreed that this makes no sense!
raewayward 2 points 1y ago
You will get paid. They probably did forget they asked you to do that task. Starbucks also sides with partners on time worked issues.
If you were guilty of time theft it would be an investigation.
If you were guilty of time theft it would be an investigation.
Kindly-Wear-6290 1 points 1y ago
I’ve stopped on my way in and picked up product. Instead of clocking in I’ve been told to put it in the book because it gets coded differently.
You manager may be trying to figure out when you got to the store to fix that. Or they may have forgotten.
You manager may be trying to figure out when you got to the store to fix that. Or they may have forgotten.
Lilium816 0 points 1y ago
Sounds like they wanted you to get the product at the time they originally asked you to clock in. Seems like you went over their head to clock in those 30 minutes early.
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