I opened with one other person. We didn’t have time to set up the pastry case. Got one other person at 5 but she is new and doesn’t know how to bar. I had to leave them to do an order. It was the thee of us for peak today. Absolutely not!
Didn’t get to take my lunch. Had to stay an extra 45 minutes to do my pull when my mid shift came in

I had the same thing today!!
Nothing worse than getting in at 8:15 thinking you leave at 12:30 only realizing you’re actually leaving at 2!🥲🥲

I lasted for three months having that shit happen 3/4 times a week. Finally I couldn’t take it anymore and walked out. I can understand once or twice, but when the SM knows it’s happening and doesn’t give any fucks….then it’s byeeeeee.

My closes are extremely short staffed, so we usually have to leave later than the scheduled 30 minutes after close. I'm fine with that, my closers never complain and we all try to have fun while doing our jobs because the business hours were stressful and without breaks and we've all grown pretty close. The problem is, my store manager always coaches me on time management (btw it's rarely anything crazy, mostly 10-15 minutes past our scheduled time). My main issue is that we have the people that have the availability, they are just never scheduled, yet openings and mids are usually fully staffed. On top of little unavoidable things that prevent from tasks, we simply don't have enough people to run the floor and do most of the closing tasks before. I tried just leaving exactly at 9:30, doing only the essential tasks first and as early as possible and little ones when we had a chance (like she suggested to me). The next day I work, I'm coached for not doing exactly everything, even though we did all of the essentials. She knows we're busy at night, but we get no one. Meanwhile, mornings and mids have so many partners that a lot of the time they are left in a "We did everything we can possibly think of, what's left to do?"


Sorry for the kinda long rant, it's been a rough time at starbies. Sometimes I miss being a clueless green bean 😅

Oof I’m sorry to hear this is happening to other people 😭 I walked in the other day right as peak was ending to a few fellow baristas close to tears because they ran a four person play all morning. At a drive thru store that regularly does $50k a week

Ugh I can’t wait to step down lol

You’re getting $19?! We’re still at $15 bc Starbucks thought they could break the law and delay our raise even though we’re unionized but we waived our rights to bargain over the August 1st raise. This job is shit.

Seeing these posts truly remind me of how lucky I am to have an amazing manager who cares about his baristas and SSVs. Half of my team is out for COVID and my manager told us to be drive thru only. You guys are AWESOME and I’m proud of your hard work. Please don’t forget to rest and eat well. Thank you for being there for your baristas. 🥺🫶💗

Four part at a drive thru cafe store, and only green beans for weekend mids have been so pleasant lately🙃. And I’m talking about like 2 weeks off training.

My hours were cut to one or two shifts a week & had to get 2nd job

i’m sorry - that’s fucked. did someone call out, or is labor that tight?

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