If she has proof of the sm letting it slide for others it may help. But doubtful. Never do anything very clearly against the rules when you’re trying to report other people tbh.

ive seen partners retaliated against for going to ethics and compliance. this totally checks out and sucks

Sounds like the company is doing a mass layoff after hiring so many people. They do this cycle of mass hire/fire about every 5 years I’ve noticed.

I’m sure they all complain about “labor shortages” too. “No one wants to work in our stores!?!?!!!”

I’m confused, why didn’t you use your numbers for you and your friend? Was it just for 30% off or for the free partner beverage?

Well technically its a partner number for HER and no one else so she’s in the wrong there. The other shit seems like everyone else is in the wrong.

i don’t know what’s been happening recently either. i had a shift at my store who everyone, even customers adored, he worked mornings and always motivated the baristas on the floor, never made anyone panic or feel uncomfortable. he was late a single time and a corporate coach came to our store and sat next to my sm as they basically forced my sm to fire him.

but the racist, misogynist, always bragging about how shifts, everyone hated, calling out ssv still had his job. i took advantage of this and wrote 2-3 written statements about him, exposing how he’d jokingly called people slurs while we told him to stop, and how he cussed on the floor about leaving backups since he didn’t know how to close. he got fucking fired, and it’s the best thing that’s happened to me since i started working with the company.

still though, idk what’s going on and why they’re firing some people who don’t do anything wrong and why it takes so much effort and stress on the baristas part to get the actual bad people fired.

It's against the law for being fired for retaliation

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Unless your store is unionized Starbucks doesn’t need a reason to fire you. They go over that at hiring don’t they? I know it’s I’d stupidly unfair but I feel like it’s kinda to be expected with this company at this point. I’m sorry for your friend.

I was fired for requesting a day off three weeks in advance for a funeral

One of my favorite shift leads always gives us free drinks with our discounts on our days off and she also uses her discount for her best friend/roommate almost every day. This has me worried for her 😞

fuck these posts make me so mad, I'm so sorry you have to go through that.

I’m sure she can get rehire elsewhere because it seems bogus—even if she was red flagged. I hope all those higher ups get fire soon. They suck

Wait explain to me how he got a screenshot of the register?

It doesn't matter what you do at work, it matters what your boss sees you do. Hard lesson for your coworker to be on their best behaviour if they're reporting higher ups. They are, after all the ones in power.

Not a criticism of your friend really, just a warning. No one is free of retaliation.

Ugh that’s so stupid. It sounds like these things are intolerable offenses, where they have the right to fire on the first offense. If it were me, I’d go above the DMs head. Find your regional director/manager and explain with specific facts and dates. Ethics and compliance or any resource number given to us is BULLSHIT. That’s how they get you.

This is really sad. I'm sorry.

1. If she used her partner numbers on you, it means she was using a till under someone else’s name. (Termination)
2. Partner numbers are only to be used for the actual partner. Not to give out this discount. (Discount policy- also termination).

Ethics and compliance are the only people who can get video recordings. SMs do not have access to rewind the cameras. If there’s a screenshot, they did an investigation.

Technically it’s steeling so your manager is in the right as far as your SSV call Coronas get him and your manage fired for lack of action

While I understand using your numbers for others isn’t allowed, someone getting fired for it is a hard pill for me to swallow.. every single store manager I have ever had has had their family members come in on their shifts and my store managers always used their numbers for them to get free drinks. One of my previous managers even had his numbers hooked up to his wife’s Starbucks account and he never got in trouble but was even promoted above store manager. Idk man, I wish I had advice for this situation but I know if I got fired for using my numbers for someone I would personally be irate but that’s because I constantly see all my store managers do it. If they had the audacity to fire someone for doing the same I’d lose my mind.

since you still work there you should try to keep tabs on all the wrong things your manager does as well as the other sh¡tty ssv as revenge

Stage a walk out literally just bring it up by joking and you’ll figure out who’s down

I mean. It’s in the store policy that giving out free drinks is grounds for termination. It’s basically stealing. So don’t get mad at your manager. Your coworker knew what the repercussions would be if they got caught.

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#1 rule, Scrubs get cut. #2 rule, don’t mess with rule #1. As a SM I can tell you that any wonky stuff will get you the eye but can and will be used to remove you if the time comes. Play it straight and there shouldn’t be a problem.

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Unionize.