I agree, but in the meantime I should still be given the option to round up?

Honestly this is the same reason I don’t donate to big corporation’s drives anymore. I give them my money and they get the tax write off. F that. I’ll give money to community organizations that support the community I live in, but I’m giving it from me to them. This give corporate America a donation to send their workers to college or what not, isn’t something I’m willing to support anymore.

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Because they pour a very generous amount of money into both partner benefits and charity every year? I mean hell why doesn’t Starbucks just comp my entire life, they definitely have the money for it.

I know one of my SSV have used it successfully when they were facing eviction, but I've never tried myself.

a dear friend of mine had to use it once. i don’t know the exact details of why but she said it wasn’t really helpful. if she’d stop and get herself a sandwich or something small to eat while she was out (she was often working 50+ hour weeks so the convenience really helped) they’d tell her how unnecessary that was and it would be more financially wise to not do that. it just made her feel bad for spending money on things she really did need and knowing how hard she was working it really broke my heart. everyone has suggested i try using the cup fund when i was having financial issues and she was the only person i know who had to use it and she told me it was not worth it

I'm sorry that happened, I've met two people and I've been with the company for only a year and a couple months, so I'm not sure where that comes from. I have heard recently from other partners and managers that it's basically been emptied, so while I wish starbucks would step in and do more, I also wish they were more transparent about where the money goes, obviously while considering the privacy of the partners who do get approved.

The answer is next to zero, over a hundred of our partners were completely homeless after hurricanes in Florida I thinks. The money for drained getting everyone rehomed and repairing damages.

I'm sorry that happened, I wonder who's in charge of deciding that sort of stuff. I have heard recently from other partners and managers that it's basically been emptied, so while I wish starbucks would step in and do more, I also wish they were more transparent about where the money goes, obviously while considering the privacy of the partners who do get approved.

Obviously I would never criticize anyone who doesn't want to donate for any reason, but especially because they need the money and could benifit from it themselves. It's like how I don't tip at my own store- why tip money I can use to a pool that will ultimately just give me back a small percentage of that money? It only bothers me when partners assume that because they don't round up, others don't want to.

I get that, but this screen only appears for other starbucks employees. Obviously not every starbucks employee is perfect, but I think it's safe to assume that if anyone will be understanding and nice to a barista, it'll be another barista.

I don't really get how a tipping screen at a restaurant is comparable to a 'round up to donate to this fund for other partners', to be honest.