I heard the medicine ball fixes it.

Hahaha my coworker came in coughing this morning after taking a few days off and kept pulling her mask down to talk. She left early because she “got too tired,” too. We’re coping great over here. Our livers? Not so much.

By catching COVID. I had a customer come in Tuesday night and order a “medicine ball” while clearly sick. A few days later I was running a 103 degree fever with all the other classic symptoms. I don’t go anywhere but work bc my girlfriend has a medical condition that puts her at heightened risk, so I know that’s how I had to have gotten it. Still sick as I’m typing this.

I’m a store manager and I’m dying inside.

it sucks because we’re already understaffed, and now we’re more understaffed and running drive through only and our customers are already hell- god it’s so stressful. so many medicine balls and teas and it makes me worry that we’re getting sick because of the customers themselves

I found a different job

I cry… a lot… when I get home from being overworked and exhausted. I legit just told my SM I need to cut hours bc I can’t handle it rn.

I got a positive on my covid test and now I'm suffering the crushing guilt of endangering my coworkers.

Not good, I already used both my isolation periods and now my roommate has tested positive. I’m not showing symptoms right now, but I’m quite frankly terrified to go into work, knowing that since I’m vaxxed and boosted my manager won’t let me go home unless I’m dead.

I wanted extra hours and went to another store .... it was me solo on drive, my shift solo bar for all orders (drive, cafe, mobile AND delivery) and a 2 month older green bean on warming and cafe orders. 😀

I can't imagine how they would do without my presence

This past Sunday was my first day back to work after being out for two weeks with Covid. I’m six months pregnant and the symptoms were rough. I was in the hospital, difficultly breathing and high fevers. Half of my store has been out due to having Covid or coming into close contact with someone who tested positive. So we have been drive through only. One of my fellow coworkers messaged me the day prior(Saturday)informing me she just tested positive. But worked that day of and was scheduled to come in on Sunday. I was the shift running the floor and noticed she was scheduled to come in that day. I said hell no and immediately messaged her telling her to stay home. I messaged my store manager, he doesn’t work on Sundays, how highly uncomfortable that made me and the handful of other employees working. He tried arguing with me that she was not showing any symptoms. I threatened to walk and all of the sudden he changed his tune. The blatant disregard for our health and safely is disgusting. Mind you this same store manager tested positive for Covid three weeks prior and tried keeping it a secret.

My district manager told me Covid “shouldn’t concern me” as according to him “no partner has ever gotten Covid from another partner before”

i'm a hella burned out closing ssv from a high volume cafe.... this surge has been brutal, coping w lots of weed and compartmentalizing stress ngl

I put in my two-week notice ✌️

Not !! Good !!

Not at all more or less. Partners lying on the coach, customers coming in complaining about going to get tested or how they tested positive, most of us use public transit and the ambient noise is Light Coughing.

I was kinda hanging in there, then got the call that my aunt was hospitalized (lung issues + immune compromised) and a partner came in and knowingly lied because "it's not a big deal". I wanted to scream, that's the behavior that got my aunt exposed. Why we're still doing this bullshit.

So yeah. COVID coach asks if you got a headache, fatigue, nausea, chills, and it's like idk it could be COVID but it could be the prolonged extreme stress of living through a pandemic that's killing my aunt and being gaslit the entire time by corporate interests. Idk.

Literal hell. Our headsets all died and we had to close drive thru, 2 people ran over our A frame, we have a green bean working with us trying his best to learn everything he can with all of the shortages and how obnoxiously busy our store is with a 25% cut in labor at our store.

As an SM, I had to still run my store from home while positive..

So, not great.

I covered for a bunch of partners during the holidays. Took on New Years Day and three extra days for those who got COVID, a week later I test positive. So doing great!

It’s soo hard out of 24 partners we literally have 6 partners left and I’m the last shift standing … until Thursday and people angry cause our hours change everyday

12 people from my store tested positive or went into isolation the week after Christmas. Myself included. One of my other shifts mom works in health care and got it from there. Then passed it on to three other people at our store when they had a bonfire. The mom didn’t have symptoms at the time and neither did the other shift. One of those people was my roommate. I got it and then a few baristas got it too. I think the worst part for all the people that were working is that of our 6 shift supervisors 4 of them were out leaving two shifts and my SM. My SM hadn’t closed since she was training me to close 2 years ago when I became a shift. She closed almost every night for 10 days, half the closers wanted to jump off the roof. We’re fine now it looks like but honestly I’m glad I got Covid during that.

Pretty sure I have COVID. I work around 30-35 hours a week, so I’m pretty sure that’s where I got it from. At this point I feel like we need to go back into lockdown for everyone’s safety

We are skeleton crew and drive thru only with reduced hours for the foreseeable future loool

Half of my store started testing positive days after our store manager quit (dec.23) and we didn’t get a new store manager until today. It’s been an actual sh*t show and it’s definitely taken years off my life lmao

I went to go call manager since my dad tested positive and I was a close contact, then she tells me that someone I worked with over the weekend tested positive and I was a close contact, and I still have to go in if I’m not feeling any symptoms?!?!? I’m livid

It's great! Tips have been nice and the store has been opening late, meaning we closers actually have food to eat.

In all seriousness tho, it's scary. I hope all the sick/positive partners are okay and safe, and that this all clears up quickly.

I got yelled at by a security worker who came in asking why were closing early and I said no staff. He said "there's 2 of you here." And I said "yes, and the store is suppose to close at 9 and we can't keep it up until then so we're closing now." I came from another store to help close that one too.

It's ridiculous how customers can't have any empathy or understanding for us working here.

We’ve had to close down for a week, and we’re going back to block scheduling.

at our peak (which was literally just like two days ago) we were out 8 partners, and 9 counting todays new isolator :) we’re a store of 30-ish partners so almost 1/3 of us are out. we’re doing pretty great!!

Bad. Three people are out at my store. Two with positive tests, one unvaccinated and in close proximity to them. It’s just me, a newbie who isn’t okay in her own yet, and one more who is only available Sunday-Tuesday. Im the lead and I can’t take this anymore. Im so tired…
Also, yes. We do only have six baristas normally it’s fine 🙃

My store determined that if you tell too many ‘your mama’ jokes, you’re gonna get it

Laying in bed coughing and hurting everywhere :/. Waiting for my test results.

My manager texted me to tell me I was exposed last week from a partner testing positive and ended the message with “have a nice day!”

Literally caught covid because my sibling was exposed but their Starbucks coworker(s). I work a at licensed Starbucks in a different city [like hours away] than my sibling. I was visiting for the holidays and the day I went home I was fine but my sibling started feeling sick. I started feeling like sh*t at work and called off my shift for the next day that night I came home. Got tested, because my sibling told me their Starbucks situation, on my scheduled days off and got a positive result. Turns out a lot of people where my store is located also have been calling out for covid.

customers hacking as they order a hcmt… me and my coworkers kinda chuckle at their stupidity but it’s honestly so scary ☹️ you’re gonna risk spreading your covid because you want a shitty overpriced citrus tea..? ok.

Closes the lobby. Handing out Honey citrus mints with a grabber (I wish). Already taking bets on which of our co workers who have interesting opinions on how vaccines work are gonna suddenly not be in the schedule


The usual

💀 I haven't been back to a Starbucks since working and I am not even bothering to even order right now because of that. 100 percent coping without it.
I moved on to better opportunities so, I no longer even need to come into a Starbuck.

It was nice knowing you all thank you guys. Please unionize. I am now using my public Twitter to post freely about unionizing starbucks.

honestly, given the fact that my whole family and I are high risk, it has given me serious cause to start thinking about whether or not it’s safe for me to be working here rn, but I don’t think anywhere else is any better so I’m not really sure what to do

All of 2020 and 2021 my store hadn’t dealt with any positive cases or mass closures/isolations but 1 day into 2022 my store has been open and closed, modified hours and a skeleton crew, holidays fucked us up.

Not great, I just started working at the sbux on my local college campus after months of being unemployed and instead of being excited to work again i am constantly wracked with anxiety. I just got over what was seemingly a cold (tested cov- but its the sickest and longest ive been sick in a while so i mightve tested too soon, but im having to ration my rapid tests) and i just cant afford to and dont want to get sick again.

Right now its okay school isnt in session but given that we're such a high volume store and seemingly have no intention to keep people out of the cafe area its like watching a train crash in slow motion waiting for students and staff to fully return

I took off a couple weeks at the beginning of December, came back for one shift, and went home with the Rona. Gave my two weeks as soon as I got back. This job kinda sucks.

About to return after my covid leave and heard almost half the store is out 😂

Screaming into the void and drinking 😂

My store manager coughed in my face so things are going pretty well

Every other week there is an isolation or partners out with covid. I feel like I’m on a tight rope

i’m returning this week from my covid leave (it’s been almost a month bc i was visiting my grandmother for xmas then i caught covid) and i’m dreading it bc a bunch of staff are calling out bc they’re not feeling well and getting tested…. i’m getting tested rn as i type this even tho i’m like 6 days symptom free bc i had to wait almost two weeks to get this appointment 🥲🤙🏻 took an at home test and it was positive but since sbux doesn’t accept at home tests i had to make an appointment for a rapid test 👍🏻

I was trying to my best to ignore it but now I’m having to go home because I’m having symptoms. Friend just told me they tested positive and we hung out a few days ago. So ready for the pandemic to be done with..

I ran late and forgot to do the covid questions. I tested positive later that day. Was out for the 10 days. I just got my notice of separation for not taking the questions

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I worked 42 hours last week to help cover the floor. My feet hurt.

my dad who I live with tested positive and I had to fight for my life to be put on isolation lmaoooo

I’m still sick but my off days are almost up 😵‍💫 my temp is going back up to 99 again though

It blows. Every shift is a nightmare between bad partners and partners being out. Had shared a bed and my vape with a positive buddy of mine, got the news in the middle of a shift, and was told to stay. Thank gods I SOMEHOW managed to not catch it, but holy shit. It's rough out here in the weeds.

We had 8 people out for a couple weeks ago and let me tell you.. it was a struggle working a shift with only 3 people lmao

The other stores in my area close early, turn off mobiles, and go to drive thru only. At my store, we soldier on with whoever shows up that day.

So 3 of our 4 shift leads is out due to covid or paternal leave so we have people that were being trained for leads be actual leads and it's been a crazy couple days especially due to it being back to school week for most of our partners

We were the only store open in our district on Sunday.

Umm…we’re not. Send help.😐

We had like half our store catch it. Though, a lot of us are back now. We're all vaccinated, some even have the boosters.
I'm feeling back to normal, but I cannot afford to catch it again.

It’s so crazy.. in my area, they closed the two cafe stores (mine included) and we are having to work at one of the drive thru stores. Our DM won’t let us use sick or vacation time (unless it was already scheduled) or we could not work at a drive thru and not get paid. My SM didn’t let me and another shift know that we had worked with a positive partner and we didn’t have to isolate because we are vaccinated. It’s all shitty 🤦🏼‍♀️

i’m back in school and only work 20hrs over 3 days now, but i’m in nursing school so all around im dying inside 🥲

Our store manager makes us work even if we are exposed to someone with Covid. Their logic, “you're vaccinated so it's fine"

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I was only one of two shifts who weren't sick last week 😅

All the shifts are sick at my store and my manager has manager stuff to do. So when she’s in her meetings I’m running the floor bc I’m shift supervisor in training 😅 we’re only open for seven and a half hours

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closing early! we closed at noon for a couple of days. it was crazy. like half the partners got sick so we had to run with less than 20 people. we have about 42 partners currently. so open late close early

… not well 😞

Don’t mind the extra pay! 💰 I will take it for sure.

I have not notice any changes in my store bc i have not been working and i wokr at my other job. But the last time i work still 4/5 stores in my town are close bc of covid and understaffed