Listen, I try hard when I'm vibing and I work my wage when I'm not. It just depends on the day. But yeah, essentially we don't really get anything for working harder aside from maybe some extra labor hours. It's funny because we can't even get a good Google review or customer connection scores to change when we have an awesome week but the second Linda is offended because we are out of white mocha we get a nasty one. It's tiring. And as someone who has worked for Starbucks for a while, the managers really are the ones who get the credit.

The thing that helps me out is I have a good manager and I always have good ASMs so I don't get as bothered by it as people who work for less deserving SMs.

15 isn’t livable. We’ve been fighting for 15 for so long that 15 isn’t even the base amount we should be paid, not to mention Starbucks could seriously give two shits about any of us at all. I work how I’m treated and paid by corporate. Want me to go above and beyond? Pay me for it.

Yeah I get that. But the way I think about is if your keeping up an efficient pace your less likely to be stressed. How many times have you been stuck on window with someone who’s slow at bar which then leads to more entitled rude customers? Makes life easier for your coworkers when your good at your job.

Omg.... you all must work at my store!!! Crack pipes and all🤣🤣 all kidding aside. You/ WE baristas make the wheel turn!! Have courage, my fellow cogs in the wheel!!💛💛

I always remind my fellow baristas to work their wage. I ask “if I asked you to make a hundred drinks and bust your ass for an hour and then said I would only pay you $15 to do it, would you do it?” And suddenly people are like WHAT?!

I don’t stress about my job because I’m not paid enough to. I have fun and make drinks and do what I can to assist my coworkers, but I’m not going to cry over slower times or not making enough connections. 🥰

I totally can understand the perspective. Regardless of it's truth, at the end of the day, what type of person are you? That's what you have to live with at the end of the day.

Also, rhetorical question. No answer necessary, just food for thought.

This is where you look at connections and promotions. By stepping up and working hard to support your team you’re able to earn more. You can become a shift, ASM, SM. If you are not performing your expected duties, you can be separated. Starbucks has decent benefits, the college alone is a great incentive to work harder because even if you just work 20 hours a week, you’re able to collect ~10k worth of school before you pay taxes on it…which you can use to leave Starbucks and enter the work force in the field you’d prefer. Situations are all you make of it.
My store is by a court house and so I have all types of people come through, You can make connections and figure out what other people have majored in and what type of jobs they have. When I worked at my last store, it was a DT and I saw a great majority of my old coworkers from the hospital I worked at-/—and it made me smile because while I was having fun and vibing (and getting paid more for ‘less’) they looked miserable (whether they were heading in or going home…) and honestly it’s what you make of it. If you’re trying to promote, you’ll need situations in which you’ve helped your team, this is why “acting your wage” isn’t necessarily a good thing.
Example:
This week my manager was off because she took vacation, but had to help family evacuate (from the hurricane). During this period I had a DM meeting in my store and baristas were doing the bare minimum (calling out and not doing the duties necessary). I stepped up and took care of things, was also able to talk to my DM about advancement opportunities as I’m about to graduate with my degree from ASU. She gave me detailed information about what I could do and how to make the moves to promote. By connecting with customers this week, I was able to talk and joke and have fun getting to know my customers in a deeper sense (one woman bought our ASL cups because I told her about the artists that Starbucks was able to reach out to and the art they did), I got to talk about coffees and our sustainability approach and how we’re ethically sourced and some coffees are Fairtrade certified, and even talked about how some locations have worked on sustainability in their regions with bamboo utensils instead of plastic!
Starbucks as a job is what you make it, it’s when you recall that it’s a multimillion dollar corporation with advancement opportunities that makes the difference. Viewpoint is everything.