depressing update: https://www.reddit.com/r/starbucksbaristas/comments/u6jxms/update_post_i_was_fired_from_starbucks_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


This is in NYC

so just to paint the full picture, at any point during and after or before my hiring and onboarding nothing about a penalty system or probation was mentioned at all! I didnt even know about it until i commited my first “offense”


I called in sick because i was feeling very feverish and was coughing and sneezing a lot, i called the store to tell them im sick and cant come in today (this was the only thing ever mentioned, if youre sick you have to call the store and tel them, and it was mentioned during some chit chat with the other partners while i was still new. Later i find out my manager says im at 2 points penalty wise because im not actually allowed to take a sick day at all (even if i really am sick) during the first thirty days of working, this was the first time i even realized starbucks has this sort of penalty system, the other point that got me to 3 points total which is usually met with separation (according to my asm) was when i was 5 minutes late because the subway i was on stopped for maintenance and to let the police do a security check or whatever, i instantly texted my asm and told her this may cause me to be 5 minutes late and its out of my control, i ended up getting there exactly 5 minutes late, was later told during my shift being late for more than 5 minutes is a point towards the penalty thing, she said we should speak to the person that hired and onboarded me to see if i was out of my probational periodor not it. It seems now she is hesitant about seperaion even when she claims its “health code violation to not separate me” i genuinely dont know what to do here, i work hard there and put in effort to learn and get better at being a starbucks barista, i cover for my tesm whenever i can just so they dont have to be shortstaffed and ive been frequently having to punch 30 mins to an hour after my scheduled time ends due to having to stay and do closing work which takes us a while sometimes. I was already depresed about other things and this just seems like another thing to add to the pile, i wanted to do my bachelors through asu so my parents wouldnt have to suffer just to pay my tuiton. Im not even thirty days in, do i quit before they fire me if they decide to? Do i just let them? I never had to deal with anything like this before



Tldr; took a sick day when i was sick during my first thirty days as a new hire, later find out im not allowed any sick days during the first thirty days and got penalized for it, other instance where im late 5 minutes due to something out of control, now my asm just says i might be separated because the subway train decided to unexpectedly stop for 15 minutes.