Because “they don’t have enough labor” but you know what happened at my store today. 2 of my store managers sat in the cafe during peak having a hiring interview with someone who not only has worked at the store before but has already been picking up shifts. But we can’t have more help on the floor because labor.

My hours just got cut too. What the heck is going on?

me when i have 20 hours as ssv next week

I work in the highest volume store in my state and my hours got cut to 20. I had to fight with my managers this week to weasel my way into 36 hours. And even still they are sending people home halfway through their shift. I’ve never seen anything like this and I’ve been a partner at my location for a few years.

I have worked off and on at Sbux. All the way back in 2008 was my first go. They ran the hours super tight back then as well. And the other times I came back to Sbux I only got more guaranteed hours cause I was shift and then management. But we were always told to keep the other staffs hours down to minimum as much as possible. It’s how Sbux operates unfortunately.

Consistently, every week for the past couple of months I get two 4 or 5-hour shifts, and every week, when I'm about to leave one of those short shifts, my SM is like, "Why are you off so early? Who made that schedule?" Um... you did, dude. Like, what? I don't understand if they're joking or not.

we're entering our slower season, so hours across the board will be lowered. To remedy that you could work at other locations or transfer to a higher volume store.

The way they assign hours sucks but also makes sense. You can have a conversation with your SM too if you need the money to pay rent or something and they might be able to have you work extra on some superfluous cleaning task 🤷‍♂️

not to mention, selling 2 drinks usually averages to the amount we get paid an hour considering most drinks are $7+ with all of the modifications people add. two drinks is all it takes to keep a barista there for an hour, and we sell hundreds every single day. plus this "slow season" hasn't even been slow. it's all bs.

i know right,,,, i used to be scheduled to 32 hours each week, sometimes a little bit lower and sometimes higher, but my schedules for the next upcoming weeks went down to 22-20 hours which is a huge drop. lately ive just been seeing if any of my partners need their shifts taken or even offering to stay a bit later if they need the extra help, but i hate how its not as much as i normally work. idk- ive been thinking of getting a second job just for the extra money but none of the places hiring near me interests me much either.
btw i love your username :)

not really sure how i'm supposed to make rent when i went from working 30-35 hours to now working FIFTEEN..... but okay LMFAO

literally everyone at my store rn like wtf??? they even cut one of my ssv's hours so badly that she's considered part time and might lose her health insurance

My store is low volume but we cannot keep up with cleaning and restocking tasks with how few people get scheduled at a given time. It’s starting to look an absolute mess with hours cut (we had clean plays cut too). Several of us are ready to quit.

Starbucks can raise prices (why is a venti pike over $3???) but can’t give hours? Yeah. Fuck this.

No literally. Was scheduled for 8.5 this week (I have time off for the end of this wk), then got a call saying that one of my shifts was being cut. So now I’m scheduled literally 4 hours this week. Next day I saw them interviewing three different people within an hour 😐

I have benefits and my hours were cut. Can’t wait to be told I can’t have health insurance anymore 🙃

Yep yep! I’ve gone through a few managers within a few months and my 4th manager cut my hours tremendously and ended up getting overtime three weeks in a row and even now, my hours are still being cut as many as other people and the busyness at my store has barely changed but we are also one of the busiest stores in my district. But my store had been cracking down on labor laws and all that mess, it’s a wack time rn

They keep hiring people but can hardly give me or my current coworkers our minimum hours, make it make sense

Me too. Our store it’s partly due to constant call outs and not being reliable, partly due to its the slower months, and partly bc we’re having to 'earn our labour'. I finally have a decent schedule again next week bc I picked up 2 shifts putting me at 38.50 hours, like my hours are supposed to be. I’ve been working 20s and 25s since January. I guess just show up and show out so you’ll become the favorite and get more hours. That’s also a key at my store.

Damn me and my coworker same thing while the other two shifts literally get over 30 we are barely getting 30 their like ohh we need to cut labor but then I feel it’s like favoritism

our local store had every employee quit and someone from my store had to cover there all alone 🗿

i know personally with our store, when covid rates were getting higher again we hired a lot of people due to isolations. but now we haven’t had a case of covid in 2 months so we are wayyy overstuffed. also my manager said labor is over even though on weekends we struggle and have times where there is only 3 people on the floor during a rush

i went from 36 hours a week on average to 20, i think i’m gonna have to change my availability and get another job:/

That’s me. I’m use to 35-38 hours & im lucky to get 25 now

U have a 30hr for a week? I have 30hours for half month

Yeah we're getting it pinned on a new DM but i got mine cut from 20-25 to 10-15 >:( they think we ain't gonna talk huh

I’m a relatively new partner and they cut a whole shift to put me below the 20 minimum for benefits with less than 24 hours notice, and none of the surrounding stores have shifts they need filled.

I went from 28-33 hours a week to 21. It was less for 2 weeks but I told my SM I’ll lose my benefits. Yes we were short staffed through January and even closed a few days due to isolations. They used that reason to hire 5 new people last month. That’s 100 hours the rest of us lost cumulatively. I’m just trying to hang on until they bump our pay this summer but who knows if that’s June or September. I don’t want to quit. I really love my job

So coming from a financial background im curious to know what the reason is. Prices increased and theres an increased demand. But bruh why

This is disgusting and I'm so glad I quit and don't support them anymore. I'm sorry this is happening, you don't deserve this. So f***ed up.

I used to get 26-30 hours a week and now i’m getting 12-15 hours. We aren’t using my checks to pay the bills but this is hardly making a dent in our savings account. Not to mention I was told I don’t qualify for maternity leave anymore so I’ll be putting in my 2 weeks.

i get like 8 hours a week

Went from 40 to 26

I'm scheduled. For 14 hours. I have full open availability. I know it's apparently always slow this time of year but damn my paychecks about to be $3.49 😭

I got 7 hours for one day

I also get 0 hrs. I think they just want me to quit.

As someone who only works sbux as a means for benefits (aka ASU) I love that I’m scheduled 20-25 hours a week because I have a second job in an ED with openings. Can’t say I’m always happy to have two jobs but it helps. Also, going to nursing school for a year helped to understand how to live on a super tight budget.