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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 06 - 18 - ID#vf9p2p
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My shift lead has turned everyone against me (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Baby_Rocket_Ship
The store I work at was already messy, but I haven’t worked here very long and some people had transferred back, and the new manager is making everyone compete with one another and there’s been a lot of tension between me and my peers. I was told that I needed to start pointing out peoples wrongs (which I think is totally unacceptable, give advice and help people no need to pin point) and I had felt like my shift lead was getting upset with me for letting him now things I just learned that he did not know, so he started to pick me specifically and it’s always me he has a problem with. So I talked to my manager about it because I was super uncomfortable and when I spoke with him he was very dominant and I didn’t find it appropriate. She did absolutely nothing but talk to him, but since she’s talked to him EVERYONE gets quiet when I walk in the room. EVERYONE has an issue with me and I end up doing more than I have to and getting in trouble for it. They told me to help people when they are stuck but when I do that and I am capable of it it’s wrong. When I don’t do it because I know they will comment about it and give me a hard time then I’m wrong again. I never win in this situation at all. My manager even shoved me one day and said she wasn’t sorry and I sat there and cried while washing dishes and nobody even asked me if I was okay because they were all in on it. I’ve had peers comment on my size, and belittle my work and take credit for it. The DM is MIA and whenever I do see the DM she’s out the door. I’ve had a hard life and I do not wanna feel like I’m in high school again. I have been visiting stores and talking to employees there and seeing how it is, I really want to transfer but I’m worried my mental health with entirely decline by the time I can. I really need this job, I have a lot of paranoia and I’m seeking a therapist because of this place. I already had trauma but this really makes things hard on me. I don’t know what to do. Now it just looks like I don’t work hard when they won’t let me .
coffee-and-chillll 4 points 1y ago
I’m so sorry you’re experiencing this at your store. I’d transfer asap, you don’t deserve that bs and it’s beyond inappropriate for your store to be this way. Our job is hard enough, I have absolutely no tolerance for coworkers/managers who create a toxic work environment like the one at your store. I know it’s not an easy process but get out of there and transfer! I’m wishing you all the best ✨
Baby_Rocket_Ship [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Thank you so much! I really will try to figure this out. I have a lot of things going on so hopefully it goes smoothly.
Alarming_Base3148 2 points 1y ago
You need to report this to corporate, especially the shoving. There are cameras everywhere & maybe it was recorded.
If your SM is tolerating all this, they need to be investigated & hopefully terminated.
Baby_Rocket_Ship [OP] 1 points 1y ago
She also fired one of my peers because “they kept pointing out what I was doing wrong” was her words but she is asking us to do that. It’s really strange to me.
Baby_Rocket_Ship [OP] 1 points 1y ago
So I was hired when they were replacing the manager because of these kinds of things. But the new one is no better. I was told our cameras don’t record anything but when someone called corporate on me after they screamed at me over something I can’t control and I walked away cause I didn’t know what else to do, they told me the cameras didn’t show her coming behind the counter or yelling at me but I was told they didn’t record multiple times? I had a customer come to me after the fact and said I was being gaslit because this conversation took place in the lobby. The fact a customer came to me and tried to even give me money and obviously I denied it tells me a lot. I feel like no matter what I do they will find a way to get me out the door before I can even do anything about it. I’m worried about losing my job over this because they are finding every and any way to make me screw it all up. When I started working I absolutely loved it I love the customer interactions I love it all. But these partners are not good and it’s mainly leads and people of authority. The other baristas just kind of follow their lead. I also think I’m excluded from most things but I don’t care much about that. The manager didn’t shove me with her hands but with her body when walking by me, I literally went right into the sink because of how hard it was. I thought that someone reported it but they truly are not on my side and just do whatever she says. She tried to tell me that I shouldn’t apply to be a shift or try because I am “argumentative”. An example of me being argumentative to them is me saying something like “I’m sorry but I just thought that this was what I was supposed to do I will do different next time”. The DM used to like me but now avoids me and I think they already laid their case and did what they wanted to protect themselves.
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