We do not get paid enough, even though corporate raises prices every new season launch, and they have record profits. Base pay is 15 an hour, and tips usually come out to about a dollar for ese hour worked

we get paid $15 an hour minimum. that sounds like a lot for starting pay but it’s really not.

to put that in perspective i work 20-30 hours a week and my paychecks average between 400-550 (on a good check). i do have a second job but i’m honestly lucky if i get a check over $300 from there. my rent is $935 monthly, and my monthly income is probably around $1400-$1500. so not very much left over for bills, utilities, car payment, transportation, groceries, let alone savings.

you are not at all obligated to tip us but it is greatly appreciated. the prices of drinks have been going up every launch, which is pretty frequent imo. in my area a venti iced white mocha with no mods costs $7.00. for every hour i work i can afford two of them, and i probably make at least 40 of them in that same hour. it sucks, it’s sad, and our drinks are ridiculously overpriced. i don’t expect tips from anyone unless it’s a large or overly complicated order. i know a lot of people are also living paycheck to paycheck and come through starbucks for a little pick me up, and i feel so guilty charging $7 for a drink that i made in like 20 seconds. if you have the extra cash, even just a dollar is super appreciated. but if you don’t want to spare a dollar or two , i do not blame you one bit. i personally don’t think our drinks are worth that much even *with* my employee discount. but starbucks knows people will pay for it anyways. if you can’t afford to tip, that is okay!!!! the one thing i will ask of customers is to please be patient with us because we are doing all we can <3

No we do not get paid enough, I personally don’t make enough off tips and people never tip on the app so that’s not even a supplemental tip income I can count on as it’s usually only like $3 a week. I make so little that if my boyfriend did not make as much as he does we could not afford to live on our own together.

Also: we don’t get raises when the price for product goes up so customers and corporate are the only affected by those inflations

$15 dollar minimum and you can get more based on how long you’ve been with the company and performance. Tips at my store are about 2 an hour, but we’re a super high impact store, so it’s a stressful job. But there’s also a shit ton of partner benefits that kind of (not really) make up for the lower pay. I’ve had customers yell at me when the prices go up, and I just have to say something like “yeah I don’t know why prices went up. I’m certainly not getting paid anymore.”

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7$ for a standard drink, we make probably 500+ drinks every hour, and only get paid the price of two of those drinks.

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My store averages $60k-$80k a week, I make like $500 a week, and that's full time with tips. I totally get how much tipping culture sucks but with how agressively Starbucks is union busting we have no choice but to rely on your (greatly appreciated) tips until they chill out a bit.

At the very least, our wages are not below minimum with the excuse of tips. Does that mean it is enough? No. No minimum wage worker makes enough. None of them. I know many a barista who relies on tips to be able to get milk for their kids. In no job should you have to count on generosity of customers to get something you need to survive.

When I was employed by Starbucks the first time in 2007 they still paid starting wages above minimum, though not much by then. They were one of the only places where part time workers had health insurance and other benefits. They got stock options and other really nice bonuses. You could make a living off of working at SB, or just support yourself through school. Now most of that is untrue, and what little is left isn't a bonus for a SB partner but now just expected for any job. It is truly sad to see. SB is riding high on former good reviews for working for them. But that good view is dying quickly, I think by now most people know it isn't any better than any other company at all. Sad to see it.