does your SM not know you’re in high school! lol why are the scheduling a teenager for an 8 hour on a wednesday? are you on break

i feel like nobody is understanding OP’s point. They are a FRESHMAN in HS. They gotta be what 15 years old? They’re definitely a minor! At starbucks minors can only be scheduled for 4 hours NOT 8. So this isn’t okay even if it’s normal. Cause yes it is normal for ADULTS, not MINORS.

i would try to get it covered. people are like oh that’s normal blah blah blah not if you’re 15 it’s not. most of our minors only work like 4-5 hours a day unless it’s saturday or sunday.

A high schooler, homeschooled or not, really shouldn’t be spending this much time at work. I would give my shift up to someone who needs the extra shift.

first job behavior

It’s really not that bad but you can always give the shift up.

smh to all the ppl downvoting OP’s comments. y’all, this person is 15, cmon, at 15 an 8h shift would be hell to you too, especially this time of year. i think in OP’s shoes, i would be too burnt out to do *anything.* the needs of a FRESHMAN in HIGH SCHOOL are very different than the needs of most of you commenting, assuming the majority of you are 18+. let’s not forget to expect a child to have the needs of a child. besides, even if OP was being ridiculous like y’all wanna make them out to be, it’s even MORE ridiculous for adults to make fun of a child, just for not having the knowledge & experience adults have. fuck y’all fr, that’s embarrassing. stay strong OP, and never be afraid to tell your manager you’re feeling burnt out & need shorter and/or fewer shifts, at least until tests & finals chill out.

I don’t understand how y’all missed the point…

Did anyone else notice what day this schedule is for? I think some of the non-minor partners may have requested that day of for…. some reason 👀

i’m a minor in highschool and i’m not allowed to work 4+ hour shifts on weekdays and 8+ hour shifts on weekends. Also can’t work more than 20 hours a week

Lol no offense but I can’t even imagine working with a 15 year old… like that’s crazy. This shit can be a lot for an adult, that’s like child labor bro.

yeah that’s a lot of hours for a 14/15 year old

I’m not sure what the issue is?

Is it the 8 hour shift?

If so…that’s normal for a job…

I wonder why they scheduled you before 3pm i get your homeschooled and that they may know but that isnt a reason to then schedule you before 3pm you got homework and other responsibilities related to school still just the same as someone going to a public school.

🙃 Our minors are not allowed to work before 3 pm on weekdays and only allowed 4 hour shifts on school days, by laaaaaw. Just because ya'll are for child labor, doesn't mean everyone is

Bruh my manger won’t even let us work more then 5hrs a shift unless you are a shift ….

I would definitely offer it up to get covered and speak with your SM if you want to stick to shorter shifts! Our scheduling system doesn't allow anyone marked as a minor to be scheduled for more than 4 hours on a week day if they are currently in session, and then during off session (summer break, holidays etc) they can work longer shifts - but still nothing before 7 pm or after 10 pm. That's not labor law, but it is Starbucks policy; I wonder how your SM has been able to skirt that. The other thing that concerns me is that Starbucks does not hire anyone under 16. Are you at a corporate location or licensed?

Make sure your manager has you marked as a minor in school because homeschooled or not you are still a minor in school. If they say something about having you out of school let your district manager know

I’d definitely update your availability so this doesn’t happen again. Also, just in case, learn the labor laws of your state.

I swear this has to be a company wide thing... right before I left full time employees who have to make enough money to *survive* at my store were losing hours, while part time employees *who were students* were being scheduled for nearly 40 hrs.

Is this some weird union busting thing or something? Because it makes zero sense to me. It's probably supposed to. :/

Probably due to your availability. Some adults expect full time hours when their availability is 8-4 from Monday to Friday. Honestly, don’t worry about it but if you really want to help, offer your shift to the market place.

ah good luck i know how that is on top of high school and such :/ hopefully you can talk to your SM and/or get at least part of it covered ?
for preparing just make sure to really take advantage of your breaks , use earbuds to drown out all the starbucks sounds and try to eat n hydrate :)

dude im in college and i consider myself an adult and i’ve only worked an 8 hour shift once. i have boundaries and i’m really lucky my sm knows that and understands. you really need to bring this up bc you shouldn’t be spending all your free time working. bs

Talk to your manager, this is against Starbucks policy. Minors aren’t allowed to work before 3p on weekdays during the school year. Bring your dm in if necessary

Just wanted to say it probably wont be as awful as you're thinking. When I was 15 I worked 10 hour shifts on the weekends at a dog boarding kennel, super laborious job, it was definitely tough but you'll get through it!! Talk to management about why you're working those hours so it can be reduced in the future though :)

thats messed up. ill take your hours!

Holy shit you you get 8 hour shift? I barely get 4-5 hour shifts! I mean if you dont want it you could always swap with someone who really needs

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Shit ill take it lmao

my starbucks sm doesn’t even hire people that are still in highschool because we are constantly working and coming in for other people and if you’re under 18 it’s typically not easy to rely on you to come in. i would speak with your sm and explain that you need less and later hours, that you’re still in school and while you like your job, you need to focus on school more than work, especially since you are as young as you are

change your availability

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I started working with sbux when I was 16 and I did independent studies for high school. It was pretty normal for me to be working 38 hours a week and around 8 hours a day.

it's totally valid to ask for part of that shift to get covered. that's a lot to handle as a high schooler!!

Starbucks is so weird about scheduling. I wanted a part time job. They always scheduled me 40+ hours with 23 other baristas on staff.

Your store manager sucks

The Lmao is loud lol

i wish i had hours like this

If you have a problem with it can’t you just change your availability or ask your SM about it? Seems like they easily wouldn’t give you this shift if you don’t want it

As far as the law goes in my state, 8 hours is appropriate if they’re not in school. 3 hours if they’re in school.

With that being said, im quite jealous you’re getting 7.5 hour schedules, I’ve been doing 5.5 hour days 5-6 days a week, I’d rather do 7-9 hr shifts or double 5 hr shifts a few days a week.

this ultimately depends on labor laws in your state. most managers are gonna schedule you to the limits of the law, and if there’s something you can’t do for essentially “personal” reasons (as bad as that sounds), you need to talk to your manager about it. do i think its bullshit, personally? yes! but your manager (not strangers on reddit) needs to know your limits and if you limits don’t work within business needs, there has to be some compromising. that’s just how the mocha cookie crumbles ):

how does yours look like that...am i missing something😅

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8 hour shift aren’t bad, in fact I prefer them over shorter shifts bc you get more breaks. More manageable imo. If you don’t want to work long hours work that out with your SM. They’re not really doing anything wrong here by scheduling you within your availability.

if you dont want to be scheduled for 8 hour shifts simply tell your sm that you are not available to work 8 hour shifts end of story

Every job scheduled people like that as long as they have the availability and the laws are ok with them doing so, sorry bud but it’s the norm, and I promise it’s not THAT bad, cause if you think about it you’re actually only on the floor for a little less than 7 hours if you take out your lunch and 10

You're scheduled based on your availability and in most states there are laws that a manager has to follow for minors so as long as you have that open availability and they're following those laws it's something that can keep happening. Most minors only have a weekend availability for this reason. I've been working since I qas 14, but when I officially got my first job I was a senior in HS doing school 2-3x a week, and worked 5 days a week 30 something hours because I had the availability.

I mean don’t complain about it unless you know you can’t handle it🤷🏼‍♂️ don’t feel bad because you are getting more hours, because you may be more present and a harder worker than your other partners who aren’t getting the hours

Why don’t you just let them work your shift then…..