Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Green Bean Turned Decaf (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by WeirdGuyAlex
I want to start this by saying I love my job most days. I really do. I love making drinks (the majority of them at least), and I love my customers (again, the vast majority), but I’m 9 months in and I’m already starting to feel so burnt out by Starbucks. From shortages of nearly every week, to just the overwhelming stress of it all, I just don’t know how much I have left in me to offer.
I’m gonna throw in a TW for this next part here, so heads up.
About two months ago I went through a major mental health crisis that resulted in hospitalization and therapy nearly every day since. For a month or so I really felt like I was getting better, but now I’m starting to feel myself spiraling out again. I don’t know if it’s from work or everything else going on (my fiancé broke up with me three days after getting out of the psych ward and called me crazy to my face), but I feel like something in me is about to give.
I don’t want to quit Starbucks because again, I still love my job, but holy shit I feel so apathetic. There are just some days that I really don’t care to put in the effort that this job requires. That, and Im honestly really starting to feel like our customers are just self entitled assholes who really don’t care about us. It’s hard to want to work, but im not in a place where quitting is the best move. I just got into the SCAP program, and I don’t want to lose out on free education.
Any advice would be appreciated.💚
I’m gonna throw in a TW for this next part here, so heads up.
About two months ago I went through a major mental health crisis that resulted in hospitalization and therapy nearly every day since. For a month or so I really felt like I was getting better, but now I’m starting to feel myself spiraling out again. I don’t know if it’s from work or everything else going on (my fiancé broke up with me three days after getting out of the psych ward and called me crazy to my face), but I feel like something in me is about to give.
I don’t want to quit Starbucks because again, I still love my job, but holy shit I feel so apathetic. There are just some days that I really don’t care to put in the effort that this job requires. That, and Im honestly really starting to feel like our customers are just self entitled assholes who really don’t care about us. It’s hard to want to work, but im not in a place where quitting is the best move. I just got into the SCAP program, and I don’t want to lose out on free education.
Any advice would be appreciated.💚
Accomplished-Bad3856 4 points 11m ago
I think Starbucks brand can be so compelling that it is easily confused with real life.
I want to encourage you to keep going with the work because it will not benefit you to lose a stable income and school opportunity without something better to take it’s place.
It’s hard to share the best part of yourself if you’re feeling emotionally drained. It’s okay to just do your best-fake it til you make it-other cliché.
Find the thing that gives you joy and peace and let that refill your tank. That might be work, but there are lots of other (hopefully healthy) fulfilling activities.
It’s not about completing tasks, it’s about feeling peaceful and happy in being yourself.
Good luck to you in anything that comes next :)
I want to encourage you to keep going with the work because it will not benefit you to lose a stable income and school opportunity without something better to take it’s place.
It’s hard to share the best part of yourself if you’re feeling emotionally drained. It’s okay to just do your best-fake it til you make it-other cliché.
Find the thing that gives you joy and peace and let that refill your tank. That might be work, but there are lots of other (hopefully healthy) fulfilling activities.
It’s not about completing tasks, it’s about feeling peaceful and happy in being yourself.
Good luck to you in anything that comes next :)
Cheap_Mustache 4 points 11m ago
You could always ask for some time off, most of our baristas ask for a week or so off when they're feeling burnt out as well. Also the 20 free therapy sessions we get a year is a pretty nice benefit that alot of us use.
FuzzySapian 2 points 11m ago
You could also get a doctors note and go on a medical LOA. This will allow you to take an extended period of time off and still maintain your benfits
Mea-fae_Owl73 1 points 11m ago
Use the Lyra benefit. Mental health is no joke. Burnout is no joke. Lyra and other mental health benefits through medical insurance has helped greatly!
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