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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 04 - 05 - ID#tx0tkh
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long ass rant — feeling ignored (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by [deleted]
okay so, recently i’ve been feeling VERY ignored by my SM, ASM, and SSVs. i’ll give some examples to show you what i mean. a couple weeks ago i requested longer shifts, and mentioned that i would take any additional hours i could get, gotta pay them bills. my SM told me it wouldn’t be a problem… you can see where this is going. my shifts are even shorter now 🙃 i’m looking at my total scheduled hours for the next few weeks and i wanna cry. it wouldn’t be so bad if it was just that my SM couldn’t quite pull it off for me this month, i’d understand, but she actually initially scheduled me beautifully. i had some longer shifts, and even an 8h shift, which i haven’t had with the bux ever. my hours still weren’t awesome, but it was progress. then, gradually over the last few days, she’s been going back and changing them one by one, shaving off an hour or two here and there. that 8h shift became a 4.5h shift, then a 4h shift. it makes me so angry that my SM keeps teasing me with these hours, only to slowly strip them away!! i could understand if i showed up with no work ethic & slowed things down, but that’s not true at all. i do the absolute *most* to set my team up for success & bring our times down. which brings me to my next example: i keep getting put at the same fucking station, every shift without fail, just because i’m efficient at it from so much practice. if i get put on DT one more time, i might actually cry right then and there. i’ve spoken to the SM, the ASM, and several SSVs about this. i ask to move at some point during almost every shift now, and yet they’re STILL putting me on DT only. i don’t know how to be more clear that i need to move around. i haven’t been on warming, my favorite station, for two full months 🙃
so yeah, i’m feeling pretty fed up with my store atm.
voxinx 2 points 1y ago
you should be moved around throughout your shift, that’s a problem for sure. it’s pretty self destructive on ur ssv/manager’s part to only put u on DT, start documenting every time they make u do it and every time u ask to move/what the response is and then take it to your district manager, then up the ladder more if you have to.

also the hours part is everyone right now, sbux wants to turn a high profit so they’re cutting labor. stop working extra hard with the same pay and remember it’s just coffee at the end of the day. sorry this is all happening to u, shit sucks in general at the bux right now.
[deleted] [OP] 2 points 1y ago
for real!! you’d think they wouldn’t be so stupid, it’s legit SO EASY to go back and prove that i’ve been assigned to DT every single shift… smh. as for the hours, i feel you man, these labor cuts are KILLING US. i thought labor was supposed to be coming back this month, but i guess not 🥲 it just really fucking gets me that she initially had me scheduled nicely, my total hours still sucked ass, but the shifts were fewer and longer. now i still have those fewer shifts, but they’re even shorter than my shifts typically were before i put in the request, so i’m completely screwed hours-wise for those couple weeks. everyone else in my store seems to be in the same boat, too. i don’t think my manager knows what she’s doing, tbfh.
anyway, tysm for the advice, i totally will start documenting this every shift!!
WesternEvery1779 0 points 1y ago
They can't take your hours once the schedule was posted. Just work your original schedule.
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