Depends on the shift I personally wait until the barista is in the back room /sitting to start the count down . Personally an extra min or two doesn’t bother me but if it’s an excessive amount it’s an issue.

Putting your apron on and getting into position is a work related task. I refuse to put my apron on before clocking in, and I’m not asking where I’m going to be positioned before clocking In either

Technically it starts when the shift tells you to take your 10. Personally I think it’s reasonable to be a little lenient, we all work hard and it can easily take 2-3 minutes to get a drink and food ready and sit down! I plan people’s breaks 15 minutes apart so everyone can get a full 10 minutes of free time.

I have the nicest manager, she always assumes we need an extra five, lol

if you’re able to continue working until your food and drink are made then thats preferable and would help with taking excessively long on your break, and you can ask for a 5 minute heads up from the ssv to start getting your food and drink ready/rung up so its done by your actual break time, and continue doing a task until they’re ready.

I was traumatized from when my manager gave me the cold shoulders for an entire shift after I took a 13 on accident. Since then I make sure to take an 8 and idgaf abt coming back up early. It’s so petty that I get yelled at for that puny reason

I let people make their food/ drink. Then 10 minutes from the time you step off after making your stuff.

Idk if it’s just because of me but i have diabetes so I have to take insulin 15 mins before my break, so my SSV will give me a 15 min warning so I have time to get my food in and meds taken. They also do this to everyone else. Idk if my diabetes started that trend at my store but maybe ask for a warning

I have a question I literally have a timer in my phone for my tens or my 30s and they be acting like I’m taking too long and I’m like bro I set my timers 3mins early and come back early and it’s still not good enough. I start the timer as soon as they tell me to leave for my break btw

I used to have an issue with baristas taking 30 minute tens so I put a timer above the break table. I’m not going to time someone but the expectation is that once they sit down with their stuff they start the timer, and when it goes off they come to the floor.

I think a 15 minute ten is what shifts should be preparing for considering all the shuffling and ordering required. I take over 10 minutes as well.

As a shift, I typically tell my Baristas not to start the ten minutes until they have their food and drink and are in the back, the break isn’t long enough to include all that stuff in there, you deserve ten minutes to sit and chill

We're told the moment we leave our position is when our ten starts

My 10 starts when someone takes over my position and I wait to put on my apron and wash my hands until after my timer goes off.

I would check the time when I was taken off the floor and 10 minutes after that I start getting ready to get back on the floor which takes what less than minute?

for me i always get a drink so whatever time is 10 minutes after whats on the label is the time i need to be back by

i’m ngl, all of my baristas take 15s….. 🫣

i dont time my baristas when i send them bc i feel like thats just rude and showing that i dont trust them, ofc if i notice theyve been gone for a lot longer than 10 minutes ill go talk to them
but otherwise 10 starts when you sit down and ends after 10 minutes, then you have a lil couple of seconds to gather your stuff and come back to the floor
but 10s are sacred and last 10 minutes not 9 lmao

I used to just say that my break starts when I sit down and ends when I get up

I’m a shift and technically I do start people’s 10s when I send them. But I don’t usually keep track. I only start keeping track when someone has taken a 15-20 already (which has happened a few times). I’m at a store with VERY sparse coverage though. So usually someone is flexing for someone else’s 10. If I have the coverage, then the 10 can start after they get their food and drink, if they’re still working while they get made. But we have a partner at my store who will be told to take a 10 and then make frankensandwhiches that take 5 minutes to make and then a 5+ modification drink. So that would be another time that I start the count when I send someone. But someone taking a 15 once in a while is nbd to me if we have the coverage.

Sounds like someone else is taking too long to come back from or start their breaks and they’re trying to set a firm standard without calling any one out. When I go to send my folks on the floor, I always offer to heat up their food prior to cut down on the lag time before they sit down. That way, when they head back with their food it’s pretty clear start their break. I always give a little, “see you at -ten minutes from now-!” Just to be firm about when I should be seeing them back on the floor. Sounds like good intentions with correcting standards but just bad communication. Hopefully the communication gets better.

My 10's always turn into 15's so no they aren't 10 minutes

You work with assholes.

i like to joke with other baristas and say "I'll see you guys in 11 minutes"

Personally i almost always order food so i judge my ten by the time on the sticker.

One time i had to use the restroom after and my store manager claimed I was on my 10 for 20 minutes im fairly certain I wasn’t and she just misremembered the time I started my 10.

Other than that time though ive never gotten complaints,

Officially, your ten starts when you get your drink (unfortunately not your food.) After you put in your order, your shift lead might want you to clean until your drink is ready, but if it’s slow (at my store at least), we let the barista sit and wait for their drink. Sometimes when it’s busy, there have been moments barista’s tens have been 15/20s and there hasn’t been a problem. I’m pretty sure there’s something written about this in the partner handbook, because it’s agreed upon in the entire store, managers included.