Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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<Tall Vent> Cliquey Cowokers (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by OutrageousCounty5102
Honestly, I love working at Starbucks, compared to my old job. I find most of my job somewhat enjoyable. But Honestly what's getting to my mental health currently is 5 coworkers who are all by the means cliquey.
When they all specifically work together, or even just 2 out of 5 of them, The whole vibe is off. Anytime any other partner tries to make convo or just in general have some input in their very public conversation using party mode, they scoff and the next day poke fun at said partner behind their back. I know they do the same to me as well, because when I come the next shift I get the vibe i'm a burden and that someone else should be there. Overall it just doesn't feel all welcoming as it was when I transferred. This could be me being sensitive but it's getting to the point where I want to quit and have been actively searching out other job opportunities.
I have no idea if I should bring this up to our SM, but i'm seriously thinking on adjusting my schedule to avoid this once again if I do not land the job I have an interview for tomorrow.
When they all specifically work together, or even just 2 out of 5 of them, The whole vibe is off. Anytime any other partner tries to make convo or just in general have some input in their very public conversation using party mode, they scoff and the next day poke fun at said partner behind their back. I know they do the same to me as well, because when I come the next shift I get the vibe i'm a burden and that someone else should be there. Overall it just doesn't feel all welcoming as it was when I transferred. This could be me being sensitive but it's getting to the point where I want to quit and have been actively searching out other job opportunities.
I have no idea if I should bring this up to our SM, but i'm seriously thinking on adjusting my schedule to avoid this once again if I do not land the job I have an interview for tomorrow.
Responsible_Snow7109 3 points 1y ago
I have it at my store too. Theres this one girl i work with and whenever shes publicly loudly talking to any of her friends in their clique at the store, i mite chime in to say something related and her responses are always with a certain tone...like a 'okaaay why r u talking to me' awkward type of tone. And the partner of the quarter is always recycled thru that one clique of friends. Theres about 5 of em. I dont think our manager has noticed it since theres like 5 of them and the fact that it gets chosen once every quarter. I hate it. One of them always would do group chats once in a while to organize a store dinner somewhere and i couldnt go the few times it has happened during my 2 years so far but she doesnt include me in it now and talked to another partner loudly and in front of me one day about how she was guna send a group chat out that night for the store dinner and didnt ask me or talk to me if i can go this time. I wasnt included in the group chat.
OutrageousCounty5102 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
See I get that too! it feels so hella awkward but yet they seem mad when i don't give full input into the shit talking if there's a partner "not as close" to them when it's us. Most of my problem stems for that 3/5 of them are shifts, meaning that i get to live in hell of feeling like a shitty worker most days since I'm the mid shift worker.
Responsible_Snow7109 1 points 1y ago
Ive stopped givin a crap about what those kinds of coworkers or people think of me in general. My favorite saying:
"What other people think of me is none of my business"
I always think of that saying if i catch myself from time to time letting myself become affected by people like that. I mean at my store there's shift supervisors who talk crap about other shift supervisors or other Baristas then there's Baristas that talk crap about other Baristas or shift supervisors. I refuse to take part in that. I stay out of that and its made me a bit more happier 🙂
"What other people think of me is none of my business"
I always think of that saying if i catch myself from time to time letting myself become affected by people like that. I mean at my store there's shift supervisors who talk crap about other shift supervisors or other Baristas then there's Baristas that talk crap about other Baristas or shift supervisors. I refuse to take part in that. I stay out of that and its made me a bit more happier 🙂
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