Pretty much exactly what the other comment has said! You should be changing it to fit your needs and how you're calling the play. /You/ know where you're putting your partners and where they are but it's helpful for other people that are just coming in to the store (another ssv swapping with you, another barista who just started their shift, your sm or asm) and needing to know where everybody is and what's going on 💛

I was the same way and hated using it, but it does offer a really helpful way to see your layout and see where/what should be done at the bottom. Use it till u love it bc my district is really strict about keeping it updated to see how the work is being distributed.

Because it is! Just update it depicting your plays and make sure that you can explain your plays using the Starbucks lingo with it; “Play builder is up to date, I have a 4 person play and here is the list of who is doing what”. Play builder for my store often leaves a crucial position (like bar) uncovered which we cant leave uncovered as SSV’s and I’ve heard the same from other stores. Just change it as you need, keep it up-to-date as you change your plays and play along with using it. It also often assigns tasks that are not viable for certain positions to do (like bar grabbing warming??) In which case I typically inform my barista so they are knowledgeable as to what play builder wants them to do in case management asks but if I’m questioned I’m often able to explain why that’s ridiculous and I won’t have my bar grabbing the food.

It was really useful to me when I first started, but once I became familiar with what my day parts would look like, I didn’t use it as much.