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Full History - 2022 - 04 - 28 - ID#udvlko

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Sneaking suspicion they won’t give us the 15/hr this summer (self.starbucksbaristas)

submitted by anxiouspeony

Anyone want to make a bet on it?

BlackberryOpposite31 138 points 1y ago

My manager has just told me that they announced that the raises will start on July 1st. With all the unionizing that’s going on right now they would be stupid to backtrack and say just kidding you don’t get a raise. Stores who haven’t unionized might just because of that. I feel like a lot of employees are hanging on simply because of the raise and if they didn’t give it to us there would be walkouts and tons of people quitting.

[deleted] 53 points 1y ago

And severely cutting hours also encourages unionization efforts. Thats basically a pay cut itself. They clearly aren’t very smart about this stuff

anxiouspeony [OP] 44 points 1y ago

Damn I heard June 😩 I hate waiting I’m so broke and get no hours

Nicckles 14 points 1y ago

They promised us raises in January and we never got those so I wouldn’t put it past them to forget about this next raise.

ilholtstilin 5 points 1y ago

I don’t think it was only for tenured partners but tenured partners got a bit more.

Edit: Much more importantly I would add that everyone at my store did receive a raise in January—that is worth looking into.

phillipniemann 1 points 1y ago

It was for tenured partners only, yes.

BlackberryOpposite31 4 points 1y ago

Uh what they definitely gave out raises in January. They were only for tenured partners.

geekysis1993 3 points 1y ago

I’m a 5 year partner and didn’t get the raise. They lied about the raise saying it was for tenured only. It was to get partners up to market value. Which means only those partners who were making as much as brand new partners (some were making less) would get it. They made it seem like a normal raise but nope just something to try and stop the unions.

BlackberryOpposite31 0 points 1y ago

They never made it seem like a normal raise. They always said that it was to get tenured partners to market value. Maybe someone didn’t read all the updates that came out about it.

Nicckles 2 points 1y ago

Not a single tenured partner (including myself) received a raise that I have met in my District

scorpioxqueeeenn 0 points 1y ago

i got a raise in january!

AmWinnie 9 points 1y ago

I think the No hours thing is them trying to get rid of all the shifts needing 40 hours a week because they don’t want to pay us. We got a new manager and they are cleaning house. I was among 3 other shifts that got fired in just two weeks, and we all wanted 30-40 hours

ThatBichAlex 5 points 1y ago

My DM just fired an entire shift team a few days ago…🫥

anxiouspeony [OP] 3 points 1y ago

Really sorry you got fired :/ at will employment is absolute bullshit

burden_barista 88 points 1y ago

I'll bet you 5 pronoun pins that they'll not give it to us. And then they'll retaliate when we get upset about being lied to.

anxiouspeony [OP] 38 points 1y ago

If June comes and we don’t get it I will be walking out immediately. No reason why other stores unionizing should effect the rest of the stores who aren’t. Just makes us want to unionize more tbh

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soundfanatic 13 points 1y ago

lmfaooo the pronoun pins killed me, like that is supposed to signal how ~progressive~ they are while slowly stripping us of our basic human rights and dignity

imathrowayslc 4 points 1y ago

Actually really happy about pronoun pins, but that’s mostly just me not wanting to ask for them. Maybe I can manage coming out with just a pin and avoid painful conversations (so far my track record for me coming out and being accepted is not great so I have ton of anxiety about it).

soundfanatic 7 points 1y ago

that's fair! i bought my pronoun pins months ago through the coffee gear website, and imo it's always good to get them in the store for partners to use

my issue with it is the timing of it all, it feels like they're trying to buy us off with gestures instead of actually supporting us by paying us fairly for our labor so we can live

imathrowayslc 7 points 1y ago

Oh I am absolutely pro union, and may or may not be speaking with organizers on a regular basis. I just do love the idea of assuming positive intent. This is a positive thing I will accept it and assume the positive intention behind it.

Leaving 4 of us with a 45 minute wait on mobiles 1/2 the time on the other hand needs to be addressed. I would also really like to not work 3 jobs (though this is not entirely Starbucks fault as my main job is well paying, but I’m separated due to said coming out and paying for two apartments in the NE sucks very badly).

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casprinjuniper 38 points 1y ago

Honestly. So I want the money, but I am really upset with them raising prices and acting like it's because we are getting a raise. I had a customer yesterday that was very upset her $6 dollar drink changed to a $8 drink. They didn't even give us a heads up there was yet ANOTHER price hike.

I almost started crying at the window. My customer wasn't rude, she was just not happy and I'm tired of Starbucks putting the blame on us. Between that and how fucked up this country is (USA partner here) I'm just thinking there is not much hope for the future. 💔

Check out that 30% raise Kevin gave himself.

Kings_and_Dragons 14 points 1y ago

They won't do better unless we make them do better. That's why we unionize!

anxiouspeony [OP] 3 points 1y ago

They just cleaned house on a store down the street for that reason, so all of us especially bc if our area being close to NY and where it all originated are too scared too lose our jobs bc we literally can’t afford to go without an income for any amount of time :/

Electrical_Metal_106 13 points 1y ago

This is how it always is in any customer service industry. When pay raises occur or minimum wage goes up, that cost gets passed on to the consumer. Shareholders can’t lose any money! 🙄Yes, Kevin’s raise infuriates me-especially when we have to run a three partner play with a busy drive and cafe and won’t turn off mobiles!

casprinjuniper 5 points 1y ago

I know. It just bothers me that so many people know how much us "normal folks" are struggling and yet the greed doesn't make them even blink twice.

What can I say, it's the socialist in me.

cookiemonstah87 3 points 1y ago

Thing is, prices have gone up 3 times in the last few months, but pay hasn't! That's the issue with wages not following inflation. Prices go up either way.

cookiemonstah87 3 points 1y ago

I have only been with the company for a handful of months. There is absolutely no reason I should have seen 3 price increases in that time, especially when my pay was supposed to go up in January and didn't. We should not have to keep explaining that 1. We have no control over prices. 2. Our pay has not gone up. And 3. If we didn't get it for free, we couldn't even afford to buy the regular drinks people get because at this point, the average price seems to be at least 30 minutes worth of labor. If we assume one drink per day, that's 3.5 hours of labor before taxes, and with the hour cuts lately, that's easily a quarter or more of most of our incomes!

board-certified 27 points 1y ago

i haven’t read any updates about the date they will go into effect but just know september is the last month of the summer so technically they have until then to do it

anxiouspeony [OP] 21 points 1y ago

I’ve been told June over and over and waiting until even then is killing me. If I have to wait till September I’m going to lose my mind

board-certified 8 points 1y ago

well like i said there no official communication that has been provided from starbucks to anyone lower than an SM so that info could be BS since you can’t see a recipt

Wonderful_Nightmare 6 points 1y ago

I'm thoroughly expecting it to be the very fucking end of September. These fucks always operate like this.

Better_Dust_2364 18 points 1y ago

How much are y’all making currently? I work at a target Starbucks and already make 15 is why I ask 😳

ImJustTheSimulation 40 points 1y ago

$12. We make $12

claretamazon 6 points 1y ago

Same here in VA.

Bhaisaab86 18 points 1y ago

158xxxx here, hired in 2008. I make 13.78. A dollar and change more than a new hire with zero work experience.

Financial-Row9611 4 points 1y ago

😳 i worked at publix in hs for ~ two years or less, started at $8 and was making a little under $10 by the end

obvi this was years ago so starting wage has probably gone up, but they’d give 10-25¢ raises quarterly depending on performance

Bhaisaab86 9 points 1y ago

Starbucks raises aren’t performance based, and typically there’s only one raise per year. And they’re pretty shit raises. 😭

Terry_Jean 12 points 1y ago

I’m in California. I make $15.50

nicathor 11 points 1y ago

285\*\*\*\* barista in Seattle, currently making about $19.50 (only because Seattle minimum wage for large companies is currently $17). Sounds great except no it does not cover cost of living in Seattle

PM_your-pickles 1 points 1y ago

Samesies across the lake from you

Difficult-Resist3780 11 points 1y ago

Im a 251 ssv, 17.30

dazedinreverse 8 points 1y ago

Im in NY and get $15.97/hr which is nothing when I only get 15 hrs a week🙃

ImJustTheSimulation 5 points 1y ago

Shoot you beat me to it

Responsible_Snow7109 6 points 1y ago

Im in PA, i make 13 an hour

Edit: and im a 288

Downtown0317 5 points 1y ago

320 in Michigan, $13

Responsible_Snow7109 2 points 1y ago

When I started 2 years ago in march/april, I kind of forget if I started off at $11.25 an hour or $12.25 an hour. But either way I'm now at 13 an hour and I just got a job offer at a compounding pharmacy so I will be taking that job pretty soon because it's full time and full benefits and it's $18 an hour but I'm still going to do Starbucks like 2 days a week like on the weekends since my other job will be full-time. Cuz I told my manager about it I asked if I can work one day a week and she said it would have to be 2 days a week at minimum I guess so that's just what I'm going to do and I'm going to take the other job and I'm going to see how the other job goes so that's why I don't want to fully stepped out of Starbucks yet

Blondeeeelatte 5 points 1y ago

Chicago suberbs $14.47 barista

jklmnopedy 1 points 1y ago

Mind if I ask how far out your suburb is? I heard that some that share borders w the city get city pay rates, but I've never been sure if that's all of them, or what the distance cutoff is.

sukekiyos 2 points 1y ago

I get city rate in Chicago but I'm on the edge of the city ... I "trained" in a suburb store that didn't get city pay. that store was only 10 mins away from mine now. Like close enough where when it is closed early the customers come to ours. So idk maybe it's different other parts of the city but that's my anecdote

jklmnopedy 1 points 1y ago

Thanks. That's crazy that just 10 minutes out gets less pay for the same work.

heisdarkie 5 points 1y ago

I work in NYC and we getting 16.24

mini-maggit 4 points 1y ago

Columbus, Ohio here, baristas at my store make 14.

Spinelise 4 points 1y ago

When I was in Florida we made $9 😍

silverballs0117 3 points 1y ago

16.24 Los Angeles County

SSDGM-cool-cat 3 points 1y ago

I'm in metro Atlanta. Started at $10 in July. Went to $12 in October. Then $14 because of the \~market\~.

Traditional_Earth525 3 points 1y ago

In vegas I’m makin 12$/hr :)

casprinjuniper 3 points 1y ago

247, small town in Michigan, $13.65

PM_your-pickles 2 points 1y ago

Ssv in washington state - 22.50

mossygreentree13 2 points 1y ago

298 partner in CA and i make 15.75…i cant even pay for gas lmao

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Decent_Macaron3444 1 points 1y ago

ohio. im a normal barista and ive been here for a year. $14

im cryign whyd this get downvoted LMFAO

officeboo 1 points 1y ago

idk what the fuck is going on but i work in central indiana, 263**** ssv and make $18.67. if i’m not mistaken, our baristas get hired in at $15

cookiemonstah87 1 points 1y ago

$13.50 which is only $0.50 over my state's minimum, and everywhere else is hiring starting at or over $15.

Flat_Finger8301 1 points 1y ago

175xxxx ssv, $21.29 in MD, just got promoted like 6 months ago

eyveggg 1 points 1y ago

$22.27 ssv in CA
258xxx

postmoderntesla 1 points 1y ago

14 something in AZ

Sierraann96 1 points 1y ago

255, I’m making $13.31 in MD

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irritablegarlic 1 points 1y ago

the minimum for corporate starbucks in the US is $12. are you not in the US/ not corporate or are you getting fucked over?

aeb01 1 points 1y ago

oop you're right, that was from when i was first hired. my mistake!

Vosstonmass1 17 points 1y ago

I do not trust that they will give us the raises they promised. They did not give raises at the beginning of the year. At least they didn’t in Missouri. I’m a shift in St. Louis and make $16.75 and I’ve been at that rate since they gave us raises during the pandemic. I’ve been told that shifts in St. Louis are going to go up to $19 or so but until I see the change, I won’t believe it. I may not stay with the company if they do not follow through with the raises.

anxiouspeony [OP] 1 points 1y ago

I feel the exact same way.

BeardiesRule112 9 points 1y ago

15/hour is NOTHING!!!! People need to wake up, you’re asking for CRUMBS. If you bought something in 2012 for $15, the same item would cost you $30(!!!!!!!) today.

anxiouspeony [OP] 3 points 1y ago

15 is nothing but it’s more than what I’m making now — less than nothing.

Wonderful_Nightmare 7 points 1y ago

I straight up asked my manager yesterday to find out more. They said barista pay was going up as was supervisor pay. I told her my decision to stay with the company is dependent upon her reply. I'm done messing around with this clown fiesta of a company

Ecstatic_Math_3839 5 points 1y ago

I quit, it’s just not worth it

official_koda_ 3 points 1y ago

Same. And a lot of jobs are paying more than Starbucks, like they’re not even trying

Zsgevelin 5 points 1y ago

15?? I feel like most of us already making more than that anyways.
Ca- shift lead - 18.95

Kings_and_Dragons 15 points 1y ago

I wish. In my district we're all waiting to make more than 12, meanwhile the 15 we've been waiting a year for isn't even enough to match the cost of living in our city 😕

anxiouspeony [OP] 6 points 1y ago

Yeah it’s basically impossible to survive off barely 13 when I live in Philadelphia and have to pay for my transportation every day. Moved here with plenty, now my account is the lowest it’s been in years. Should be a fucking crime

Responsible_Snow7109 1 points 1y ago

Im in the suburbs right outside philly 🙂

Edit: word change

b99__throwaway 2 points 1y ago

erm i’m a shift in CA also and our base pay is $19.69… idk if that’s for the whole state but i was under the assumption it was. i would check your pay stubs to make sure you’re at the correct rate, and if not then talk to your SM bc my understanding was every shift in CA was supposed to be at least at $19.69

anxiouspeony [OP] 4 points 1y ago

Must be nice

somewheredaydreaming 1 points 1y ago

It's may depend .. CA shift as well and mines above both those. Could be specific to your wage from when you started, i.e. if everyone got a $1.10 raise but we started at different bases to begin with it would offset us

b99__throwaway 1 points 1y ago

i was hired in august with the base pay for a shift then. $18 something i don’t remember exactly how much

[deleted] 0 points 1y ago

Obviously its not

ZestycloseRate7330 1 points 1y ago

Where in CA are you? In SF as a barista I’m making $18.71. A 20 yr partner at my store whose a shift is making like $20.. I would’ve thought CA shifts and super tenured partners would be making more than that

uwumoment 4 points 1y ago

damn you guys are making me depressed in the comments im making 12 in nc and just realizing how shitty that pay is

anxiouspeony [OP] 3 points 1y ago

It is total shit. I’m lucky to be making what I do because I fought for it and actually broke down crying bc I was so skilled and loved and utilized at my branch but was being paid starter pay despite being with the company since 2017. They gave me 30 cents more. It made a difference I guess but it was as soon as they started to cut hours and make work miserable so even being there for the extra time wasn’t even worth it. Since I’m moving to Syracuse in a few months I don’t even have the time to get a new job till I’m up there

cookiemonstah87 2 points 1y ago

All I know is I'm about ready to go get a job at... literally anywhere else in my area. When I got hired, I was told my area would be going up to 15 in January, and then it would go up again relative to cost of living when everyone gets bumped to at least 15.

Yeah, my store is only making $0.50 over my state's minimum wage. Everywhere else has already jumped to $15 or more in the time I've been with Starbucks. There is even a Dunkin across the street from where I live starting at $17. Wtf, Starbucks?

mulderufo13 2 points 1y ago

My local coffee shop pays 14 an hour plus tips. And I’m making 12 an hour, it is fucking stupid. I’ve asked for more money and was told to wait til summer. Been at Starbucks since nov 2020, I worked at another store and made 13.28. I reapplied at a new store and make 12, and was told basically yeah your old store had special accommodations. What the fuck that mean

Dance_partyzone 2 points 1y ago

i already left bc i don’t have any hope of getting that raise, even if we do, they’re just going to raise the prices of everything else so it doesn’t actually make a difference… unions are the only way to make a livable wage anymore bc corps will just run over us again and again

aspiringgrandpa 2 points 1y ago

so what about partners that already make more? i live in CA making 16/hr but i still can barely afford to survive. are we forgotten about?

the_senor_cardgage 1 points 1y ago

oh, we'll get the raises, but the labor cuts are gonna continue

coffee_angel801 1 points 1y ago

Kroger baristas start at 13 most of the baristas in my store are topped out at 17.75.

EnbyAlmonds 1 points 1y ago

They will. Might not be early summer, but it'll come eventually.

Have_Donut 1 points 1y ago

AZ here, we are already at $15/hr.

anxiouspeony [OP] 1 points 1y ago

Hired at that or was it a recent bump?

SiriusSprinkles9 1 points 1y ago

I’m in Ontario, Canada and we make $16/hr (Canadian obviously) here.

AndrewSaidThis 1 points 1y ago

Alpharetta GA $14 since January.

Broad-Flounder-4971 1 points 1y ago

I’m in Texas and despite the “better COL” my 12/hr is basically chump change. 15 isn’t viable for anyone anywhere anymore ☹️ but I would obviously prefer it to 12 lol.

Seriously_jst_4real 1 points 1y ago

220 in Louisville, KY, $13 and change.

Hypervix30 1 points 1y ago

320... NJ $13.40 / hr

Ok-Bowl4392 1 points 1y ago

What if you already make over $15 as a barista

anxiouspeony [OP] 1 points 1y ago

Not actually sure what they’re doing for that kind of situation. I’m not sure it’s moving much for people already above that 15 mark as some partners are making like 9-10 in some places. They can afford to pay us all well above 18 though so it’s bullshit regardless

whatjever 1 points 1y ago

302**** here in Arizona and we make $15

LlamasJustFreestyle 1 points 1y ago

167 partner in Illinois, barista, making 15.66.

gingergal-n-dog 1 points 1y ago

How are they factoring COL when coming up with area averages? I live in New Orleans and our housing rates alone have have gone up 20-30% since October. On pace with Miami to lead the nation. $15/hr isn't really going to allow anyone to have financial security at that rate. heaven forbid one of the area DMs realizes or mentions this to anyone above.
CEO gets 30% raise should've been in the weekly update.

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