Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Yep. (i.redd.it)
submitted by mls91314
#truth
zedazeni 51 points 11m ago
It’s cheaper to have a revolving door of new-hires since after a year or two they won’t demand pay raises or benefit expansions.
fuwaldah 18 points 11m ago
It's way more expensive to keep hiring and training new people actually.
zedazeni 12 points 11m ago
One would think, right, but every major company uses this revolving-door policy regarding their employees, from Wal-Mart to McDonald’s and Sbux. They all know that the longer an employee stays at the company without being promoted up the corporate ladder, the more benefits, bigger raises, and greater negotiating power is expected on behalf of the employee. Of course, you’re absolutely correct that in the long run these companies are losing their economies of time, but the stock market doesn’t care about the long run, it cares about quarterly earnings, and that, my fellow redditor, is short-term, and in the short-term, cheap labor = lower operating costs -> big profits.
fuwaldah 9 points 11m ago
I can only speak as a Starbucks manager. The higher my store's turn over, the less likely I am to stay in my role. I am encouraged to keep my tenured partners. I realize the reality of the situation goes against the conspiracy theories shared here and on the other board.
zedazeni 1 points 11m ago
I’m not wanting to sound conspiratorial, but it’s definitely something that companies do, hence the notoriously high turnover rate in the food service sector, especially fast food. Even if companies *want* to retain their employees, they’ve failed miserably to keep their employees at the company. Again, I know what you may be told, but the statistics for wage growth by sector, turnover rate by sector, and corporate profits all tell a different story. Also, if I’m not mistaken, aren’t SMs expected to do an interview/new hire (I can’t remember exactly) around every 4-6 weeks? If you’re trying to retain employees, why bother have SMs constantly scouting for new partners when the number of partners at a store is going to be limited?
philosopher_cat_lady 2 points 11m ago
Explains why they won't rehire me
affectionatepath1990 2 points 11m ago
Exactly
ComradeSnowball_ 6 points 11m ago
Literally been saying that to my SM, but all I get back is “it’s not entirely up to me.” Lol. Do I really have to be the person to say she can at least advocate for better screening of new hires to her DM? They don’t care lol. As a barista trainer, it’s absolutely wild how variable the level of new hire is that I’m positioned to train. One trainee will be brilliant and not get flustered, then the next will be abysmal and can’t handle the training. Yet my store still ends up training people who get shorted on their training time (2 weeks normally, reduced to 1 week to learn everything) Again, not like it’s directly the hiring managers fault but dayum it seems like they’d be more aware that this method of new hire accommodation will scare away most of the newbies instead of encourage them to continue on.
BatWeary 2 points 11m ago
literally half the issues at my store would be solved by having adequate staffing every day, all day. we have enough partners with the availability for it.
Pitiful-Smoke-9547 2 points 11m ago
I just had a shift meeting with my DM today and we talked about retention plans. It seems like they're working on figuring it out
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