Damn yea ive heard of some managers going by "1 minute late is still late" and then ive heard that other people have managers that dont do anything if its 1 to 3 minutes late here and there. My manager is ok with people running a few minutes late once in a while as long as its not a habit and as long as the person doesnt call out much. Is there anything else or another reason behind the reasoning for the final warning?

I got a documented coaching for being one minute late on multiple occasions, kinda sucks because our tablets take a little while longer to load and I don’t like sitting there babysitting the tablet so I’ll write it in the book so I don’t get written up, then I got talked to about writing in the book too much. So idk it’s weird, this is the first store I’ve worked at that one minute late is a problem

Your workplace sounds incredibly toxic.

I had some reddit user on here a couple weeks ago tell me that I was lazy for being upset when my supervisors called after like one or two minutes. It’s just obnoxious. Five minutes late or more obviously that’s different, but two minutes late?? Fuck right off.

My manager told us shifts the system doesn't even alert her that someone clocks in late unless it's 6 minutes past their start time

I had a supervisor come at me once because I walked on the floor at 6:01, and she said "you need to be on the floor at your start time." 🙄 And I said "No, I clock in at my start time and then I walk out to the floor. The clock in system doesn't always load the first time you try it....or the second." I dont understand being pressed about 60 seconds.

I just got a corrective action for this & I’ve been at the store for about a month. I’ve worked at two different stores in two different states that never cared as long as you showed up for your shift. You’d think with how troubled Starbucks is with staffing and as a company in general they’d be a little more lax, beings most partners are in school. It’s a coffee shop, not the marine corps. Good god.

damn i feel bad for you. im an opener and im consistently clocking in like 3-4 minutes late. i also never call off so idk if that has anything to do w that. u should just transfer stores if thats an option for you because ur sm sounds terrible.

Isn’t there like a company rule for five minutes is fine?

bruh, i come in 10 minutes late sometimes (my mom is my ride and she is late everywhere) and they do not care at all. probably cause it’s usually slow, we don’t do mobile orders or have a drive thru..

The time clock says "punch accepted" 5 minutes early to 5 minutes late. If over 5 minutes, the clock says "in late for coverage." So to me this means you have a 5 minute grace period on your shift and it's wrong for management to do any corrective action unless it is found that there is repeated abuse of the grace period. I've worked at two stores and have never been talked to about being late unless it was 5+ minutes (which honestly happened more than once because I lived in the heart of a major city.) and even then it was pretty much just "hey is everything okay we noticed you're having trouble getting here on time"

I got a final for a drive thought time of 55s during peak

With all the trouble hiring and retaining people in food service, I really don’t understand a manger being such a hard ass about a few minutes. Just stay a few minutes late to make up for it. What’s the problem?

One,two minutes etc. is a little petty, but being on time for work means being on the floor ready to go at the assigned time. Not walking in the door, taking coat off, putting apron on, saying hi etc.

when i had worked at starbucks, i got a similar talking to for being 2 minutes late and my manager said she expected everyone be 5 minute early bc otherwise they’re late. fucking delusional.

Late is late. And they didn’t give you a final for 2 min. You got yourself on your last warning. Take responsibility and understand what you need to do to be a better partner. Clock in on time. Leave your house 5 min earlier and you won’t have an issue.

But then they also have an issue with you clocking in even a few minutes early 🙄

Oh no sweetie just call HR, they can also help u with transferring if it’s a very toxic environment

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Sounds like being Fired is very possible at this point.

My favorite part of this thread is OP blocking anyone that calls them out for being in the wrong. Watched it in front of my eyes lol

You can punch in up to 5 minutes past your scheduled time and not be late. You are late if you punch in 6 or more minutes past your scheduled time. This is Sbux standard.