The only tasks that are “shift tasks” are money, and inventory related tasks (pulls, counts, orders). Everything else can and in most cases should be delegated to baristas.

But to be clear if they are scheduling below forecast that’s an issue. You can check forcasted needs vs who is actually scheduled on the bottom section of your dcr.

Clean play is a shift task? It's always worked by baristas in our store (led by a keyholder) and they get out post midnight, so if you're a minor, you probably shouldn't be working those shifts during the school year. Check out your local laws.

As a shift, I hate seeing people make baristas do shift tasks because they’re doing so much extra work for nothing in return. Being completely honest, you don’t get paid enough to be working as hard as you do and I don’t think that if you take a step back for a little while the repercussions are going to be that bad. If shifts ask you to do something like the pull/count/etc. just calmly explain to them that you don’t want to until you get paid the same because you’re doing their job. They shouldn’t get to slack off because you’re helpful. Idk just good for thought, hope it helps.

Anyone can do clean play. Why they make you do it during working hours and without appropriate coverage is the problem.

You need to talk to your SM and tell them you can’t run the store and do clean play at the same time. Clean play is meant to address disruptive tasks that couldn’t be otherwise done during business hours. If they have to do it during business hours then they need to schedule 2 other partners to do clean play only.

Stop working harder when they intentionally short you. You should not bump up your efforts when you know they are doing it intentionally. You'll burn yourself out teaching them that paying for fewer workers saves them money.

I am a shift. I try to get my stuff done asap so i can get back on the floor. The tasks/job of each barista is the same as the shift with the exception of cash pulls orders etc which are to be done by the shift. Now if i have a barista who is interested in the pull....i am more than happy to train them how....but only if they want it not because i want them to do it for me....which helps if you work a skeleton crew and someone is having a bad day and just cant deal with people....especially in summer when its hot and you just get to stand in front of the freezer while you work....getting time to de-stress and relax.

I do not understand the thinking behind some shifts believing they are above partner work like trash dishes etc just so they can get off the floor go in boh and do nothing. Part of being shift is observing training and taking notice of baristas...opportunities....and handling the customer and resolving issues and helping to help everything run smooth. You should be the smiling face people see when they walk in the store. If i am not willing to clean bathrooms or drains mop floors clean windows or the bottom of the milk fridge or a cold brew filter explosion....why should i expect a partner making less per hour to do the same?

Some of the stories and attitude i have seen here makes me question how some of these shifts were even ever promoted.

I am truly sorry that some of you work with the type of people who get a power trip and forget we are a team that works together....and instead take advantage of those with initiative who deserve praise recognition and promotion.

When my SM said she was going to drop my closing shift from 4-5 to 2-3 partners i looked sm dead in the face and advised we could do that but i needed the expectation of everything to be done would be lower....not because i would be lazy or refuse to do tasks....its just because some days i would not be able to get done what i would normally get done because i was getting less staff and unfortunately that would result in different outcomes dependent on situation. Sm agreed. If i have time i go ahead and pull expiring breakfast sandwiches and go ahead and put the morning pull away while rotating.....if delivery comes before we close and we had everything else done....i would put away the cold lunch items take temps and try to put away some of the delivery and put out anything we had run out of. Less staff means sometimes i don't get to it...it is an opening task but anything i can do to make open easier and I can do i will do because that usually results in my closing shift the next day going a whole lot smoother. This is especially helpful on days where we get call outs or get hammered by a festival or event we were not aware of.

I would definitely speak to my sm about the expectation versus the reality of the situation.

I start to not do others work. They caught on that I won’t so they started doing their job.

Yes. You are very much being screwed. Putting that pressure on you is unfair. Polite confrontation would serve best probably

at my store i was a closing barista like 3-4 weekdays a week when i was under 18 and it was normal to have only me and the closing shift most nights? like it was a treat if we had a second closing barista, and even when we didn’t, i was still plenty able to get everything done before we were supposed to be outta there. not sure what all you do for closing now, but that seems normal to me?