"There is a labor shortage because no one wants to work!" Yeah, okay.

the fact starbucks is doing this is so scary. i’m so worried for the people who rely on this job for rent and insurance

Don’t worry. They will call you in a bunch of times through out the week for call outs because instead of scheduling reliable people, they tried splitting the shifts so no one is working enough hours for insurance. Then they get mad because you aren’t a team player and expecting you to drop any plans you had on your day off since you listed it as part of your availability. Coverage is fine. Incidents happen but this was a major breaking point to me. Just put me in the hours I am available in the first place.

This happened to me at Tarbux (i know its target scheduling me but still) I was on for 40 hours and they cut me down to 12 for three weeks, and then 4 for another. I was furious

What hurts me is my manager who I usually understand is not at fault, just denies this is happening company wide and not just because we didn’t sell enough Frappuccinos

That’s the new full time unfortunately

Goddamn, I thought going from ~27 to about ~20 was bad. Hoping the new CEO will help, although I can't be too hopeful.

And my manager wants to hire more people for summer time 🙃

My store is hiring more people and giving everyone smaller shifts instead. My guess is to cut benefits. Have two people each work 10 hours instead of one person work 20, then you don’t need to pay benefits

(Insert “first time?” Meme here)

My manager was telling me that our district had to cut down on hours cause we abused our covid pay and they have to make their money back but also i think they’re doing this on purpose for another reason cause all of our schools are on springs break and we have reduced hours…

This makes me want to quit, I'm only part time and get like 10 to 15 hours a week. I only have this job for some spending money, l don't need it. If I knew that my hours would go to someone who needs it more than me i would but our boss keeps hiring so many people we just don't need.

The only way I could afford working at Starbucks was bc my partner already made enough to cover bills and my sbux pay was being supplemented by unemployment insurance during the pandemic. It's fucked for Partners that actually need their earnings from this whack ass job

Not to sound inconsiderate, but I'm glad it's not just me and my store. We recently got a new manager and it's been a pretty rough transition period. She's hired eight new people and slashed literally everyone else's hours in half (or more), and isn't being accommodating to anyone's availability or preferences. And then she goes on to say there's nothing she can do about reducing everyone's hours. 🙃

I feel you! I asked for one day off out of the week for an appointment and SM only scheduled me for one 4 shift for the entire week

Apparently they have to cut back labor. They can't even keep a quality staff in their stores. Hiring a bunch of charity cases and making their good employees be overworked and overwhelmed. Trust me, they will definitely call you to help when all of these people call out for no reason. But let's keep opening up drive thru stores and overwhelming the staff with m.o.p and uber orders 👍

literally same 🥲 16 hours this week 🥲

Welcome to Starbucks.
I worked there almost 3 years until the pandemic hit and my store was closed. It was hard enough getting hours, but after that it was even worse. They eventually forced me out on an unpayed medical leave after taking my benefits away for not meeting their hour requirements.
The worst part is I loved the job and the crew. I felt like I'd found something. I stayed that long through the bs because I really was passionate about it.

that’s why I quit, I couldn’t handle being told “be available to cover call outs” in order to make enough to pay my rent/bills.

our schedules look scarily similair considering you’re supposed to be full time and im only part time. if i had to rely off of this job (which thankfully i dont), i would have to get a second job to stay anywhere near stable

yea i went from 42 hours to 24 on the new schedule… never call in always on time always do my job

The first time my hours dipped from 28-30 hrs to 16 hrs I was in shock. I haven’t worked that little since high school. I’m so grateful my partner has a good paying job but sheesh

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jeez thats less than $200 USD for the week. stay strong

Ugh my gods I'm so sorry.
I'm going to start looking for another job, but my fucking insurance!