I started with the Siren a little over a year ago. Instantly fell in love with the partners and the pace and my mornings. Ive said many times that i have never had a job i enjoyed showing up to this much. I haven’t been at another job longer than nine months so this was a big deal for me to last a year. This last month has turned me bitter and filled me with hatred for so many things and people. My evening partners do not do ANYTHING until the last hour so they’re rushed and messing up everything. Our store is never cleaned properly during clean play, apparently no one learned how to read because the miss matched inclusions with wrong labels and no dates is daily, my backroom is too small for all the fucking product we order, were going over too many labor hours and we aren’t earning enough (even though every single day this week we have felt behind and down a person with a “fully staffed floor”), they dont give me the hours i said i can do, i cant afford to pay my bills let alone live or get an extra croissant if im hungry one day. Every day i leave my store more upset about it, and ive never genuinely thought “i hate it here” until today when i went to run trash out and the bottom bag was full of 2 toddys and food that should have been donated, which proceeded to rip and spill all over. They are demanding so fucking much, and i am not being paid enough for this shit. Im sad cause it used to bring so much joy to me but now im sobbing on my drives home and deciding if its worth all this bullshit for a stupid degree. Anyways thanks if you read this all
HiiAlberta5 points10m ago
Transfer, talking to the sm or find another job. One thing I will say is to try and not take things too seriously. At the end of the day its just coffee, do your best to ensure quality products but at the end of the day dont kill yourself
bloomykunn5 points10m ago
Omg i am in the same Situation, i cry atleast twice a week. I am also at my breaking point
WarPutrid96253 points10m ago
I cried today. I feel like for the last month or so everything at Starbucks has been so trash. The screens the other day not being able to push in drinks. The app just shutting down completely. Having no type of product, and being slammed all day long with no real coverage. I’m exhausted. You’re not alone.
OneRoseDark3 points10m ago
are you a barista or a supervisor? either way you've gotta have a sit-down with the SM about it, but if you're a shift you should have a big ol' meeting with all the other shifts about it too.
this is INSANE and your team needs to spread the weight out.
gay-macaron [OP]1 points10m ago
Not a shift but the entire place including the sm and dm know about, they just aren’t giving us hours cause we “arent doing the numbers”
floofxs22 points10m ago
Try transferring stores if possible. I left one that I loved but became a stressful environment after time, and worked at another which felt refreshing. I did end up quitting after a customer grabbed my apron and screamed in my face then management allowed them to still be served in the store and didn’t even remove me from POS - but the transfer did help with the stress and exhaustion and I enjoyed going to work for a while again.
gay-macaron [OP]2 points10m ago
Ive been considering that… my issue is my brain and sm keep telling me how important i am, and i know if i leave its gonna get worse for everyone…. And maybe thats me clutching on to hope that it will get better? Is this like an “i can fix him” for my job?
floofxs21 points10m ago
You gotta take care of yourself first, you’re important. I felt bad when I transferred because I really loved some of my coworkers - but no one was mad at me, a little bit of teasing but I’m still friends with everyone that I had a friendship with.
lizzykk2 points10m ago
I'm also burning out right now! Looking for another job that can give me early morning hours, which I want cuz of other stuff in my life, but it's hard to find that. My SM and ASM keep hours as low as possible.... I've had to ask several times for more hours, which they have given for short periods and then taken away again. I'm actively looking for other jobs, just haven't found a good fit yet. Hours and poor supervisor attitudes are my main complaints.
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