Hello fellow baristas. I am in grave need of advice - especially from former baristas.

For some background and context, I only want to quit once my other hustles pay enough for me to do so. I live with my boyfriend, who makes enough to support both of us, but I would rather make my own money.

I feel really under appreciated and like I am treated unfairly. I open 5 days a week at the busiest store in our district, meaning I work through peak every weekday. Already exhausting. It gets worse from here.

My manager nit picks everything I do, while everyone else just gets to get off the hook for being late. No one ever gets fired for constant call outs and being over an HOUR late during the busiest time of day. I have never been late, but every little thing I do wrong or not perfect gets thrown in my face with attitude by my store manager. He also didn’t let me leave one time when I had a migraine (which I get a couple times a month and usually get my shift covered) unless I found coverage knowing theirs wasn’t anyone to cover me because all of our available morning staff were already scheduled.

I don’t know if I am being overly sensitive, but I give it my all while people who don’t just get to get away with underperforming and being late. We even have a partner who has screamed at another partner while on the floor and yet again she had no consequences. This is not the first time it happened.

I have an Etsy shop and recently got my real estate license I haven’t found much success yet but hoping to soon so I can leave. Any advice or words of encouragement are appreciated.