I had to advocate for myself to get my bar training. The first thing I did was work a shift at a different store, and I told the SSV that day that I was inexperienced, but wanted the opportunity, and he let me co-bar during the shift. This helped with my overall confidence. Then I began to approach each SSV I worked with at my store and told them I really wanted to learn. I was always polite, I told them I was flexible, open to suggestions. One SSV in particular was very accommodating and took me seriously. I then ended up working a few shifts with some experience partners who took me under the wing, working on helping me with the recipes and sequencing, and those experiences really helped.

To recap: communicate your goal, ask for input, be willing to be flexible, show your appreciation for the help and support.

I’ve been working at Sb for over a month. I have no idea what a clean play is lol and people who were hired back in October haven’t even gotten hot bar training. I’ve never even touched a cup on cold bar and I know how to do two things halfway. You’re not alone. Also a lot of my coworkers are “mean girls” and I have to listen to them gossip all day.

If your manager is kind I would absolutely talk to them about these things. It doesn’t have to be confrontational but it sounds like it’s time to be a squeaky wheel.

Clean play shifts should be rotated… in theory. However, it can be a tricky thing to schedule depending on staffing, people’s availability, etc. I got put on clean plays for like months in a row, while heavily pregnant, couldn’t get on a ladder, it totally fucked my sleep schedule. I started trying to get someone else to cover it but it was honestly a head scratcher as to why my otherwise very thoughtful manager was scheduling me like that besides the fact that everyone else made themselves unavailable(including a coworker who said she couldn’t be at work that late because she had class “early”… guess what time early was? 10am! My kid wakes up at 7am. Sorry rant over)

Bar training can be tricky depending on what times you are scheduled for. I would let everyone know you are eager to learn and they should find some times for you to get practice.

Whether you stay at this job or go somewhere else you will need to learn how to express your needs. If this is a job you’re willing to quit then you can at least consider it a low stakes way to get some practice with that. Good luck!