*laughs in closer*

You don’t have to stay past your scheduled time if you don’t want too I would just let the shift on know that you have to leave right when your shift is over.

Same I’m a closer and consistently get let out at 10. (30 mins after my shift ends) 🙄

granted we are a high volume store and are usually busy during the times i’m scheduled off, but i feel like a 5-10 mins heads up is enough time to have someone over to cover my position and let me clock out.

Staffing is hard right now with how many cuts are being thrown at SMs who usually have no say in the matter, so I usually try not to take it harshly especially if I can see the shift is losing their marbles, Lol.

On the other hand if you are consistently getting let out late even after letting them know, that’s just disrespect from the shift and I would have a 1 on 1 with them. Maybe they are aware, maybe they aren’t.


Always try to talk it out, but don’t let others disrespect YOUR time!

Yes, but also I'm the kind of person that really wants the next team to be a ready for their shift as I can make them, so I will usually stay 5 or 10 minutes getting them caught up on CS. But that's just me, and you definitely don't need to stay past your time

This happens to me quite frequently lately. I let my shift know that I’ll be off in x amount of minutes and ask if they want anything from me and they usually say no. Then when I go to leave/double check they’re like oh wait can you actually do this real quick? It usually only takes like 10 mins tops but it’s frustrating af

Yes this happens to me often and one of the reasons I roll my eyes when the frequent closers v openers debate comes up and closers complain about staying late making the presumption that others often stay late too. I understand it’s my right to say it’s my time to clock out and leave, but I also respect my coworkers and am not going to walk away leaving a hole in the play during those times that timing doesn’t work out right and I’m needed to stay a few extra minutes.

It happens allllllllll the time tho on some days I don’t mind staying a bit. I give them a head’s up and ask who will be taking my spot at the end of my shift and then I ask them again couple of seconds before my time is up (I refer to the DT screen clock as it shows the count per second) and ask again if I’m good to go. It usually sends the message that I wanna leave on the dot and if the person relieving me isn’t there yet, they jump on my position til whoever should be there gets on.

Sometimes it takes your on coming barista who is to take over for you 1-3 mins to clock in and be ready to work so maybe ask your other partners to show up and be ready to work at their scheduled time so you can leave right on time that’s usually the issue we encounter

To me, you just kinda sound like you're complaining.. Getting out 5 minutes or a little more is just how food and beverage is.

If you were really bothered you could just talk to your SM or to the ssv you work with and tell them it's bothering you. Instead of complaining on a platform where most people probably do stay 5 minutes or more past there scheduled leave time.

It's food and bev for you, that's how it be.

Yeah, in a week, I stay almost 2 extra hours than I am scheduled.

I’ve been made to go on huge trash runs after telling an ssv that my shift ended 5 minutes ago and asking if I’m good to leave. It’s frustrating. I don’t think I’ve ever been let out on time

As a supervisor I always do my best to get people out on time, but depending on the time of day and how busy it is, it’s just not always possible. If someone tells me they really have to be out on time that day, I’ll hold someone’s break if I have to. Now when I say this, I’m saying it happens a few times a week, and it’s not the same person each time, and more times than not it’s because someone is late, or someone called out. If it bothers you this much, which is fair you have a life outside of work, tell your supervisor at the time you’re off you have to go. They need to be managing their time and this shouldn’t be happening basically everyday. If it’s a new supervisor, and you have a relationship, maybe try having a conversation and asking them how you can help prevent this. Five minutes in Starbucks time can really blow by. My motto is always ‘communication is key’.


I’d also like to say I’d appreciate some freaking clocks that aren’t tiny as shit. If my phones in the back charging, I frequently don’t know what time it is🤣

A girl who I used to work with would just clock out, not my favourite thing but it got the point through that she would not stay over unless asked

Depending on how busy we were and how we’re staffed, we can be out as little as 15 minutes after the store closes to as late as 30-45 minutes past the end of the shift.

As far as staying later, that’s an issue that involves you, your SSV, and your SM. In this era of cutting hours, our SM demanded that people leave on time. Or even before if possible. But then she told us SSVs that if we want to keep someone longer, we should ask her. Whenever I’ve asked her, she just said to use my best judgment. Although, there are certain partners she wants out on time no matter what.

Now, it’s also a culture thing. In my store, people tend to wait to be told they’re good to go. Some people, though, will leave as soon as the shift is over. “My shift’s over. Byeeeeeeeeeee!”

This just happened to me. I let my SSV know I had 5 minutes left before I was off and they gave me 15 minutes worth of things to do. I'm like, 👍🏼

Definitely got off late because of some shift managers. What was worse though was getting your break 2 hours late

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Just leave, supervisor should fill your spot and switch plays if they’re doing their job right. There is no reason to stay longer than ur scheduled unless if you want to.

As a closing SSV…. I wish I could leave only 5 mins after my shift was over.

My poor closer and I (yes- it’s usually JUST 2 of us…) get out at least 30 mins after our shift ends every single time :( (Over an hour after we’ve closed)

Now I do work all of the truck/delivery shifts and weekends so they’re usually crazy shifts anyways… but it’s annoying especially when the closers are minors.

Yeah, I close 5 nights a week and we regularly get out about 45 minutes late. For us it’s just because our openers and mids don’t get tasks done, so they get pushed onto us

Yeah I'm almost always at least 5 mins past. Sometimes more. And closing shifts we have gone 40 mins past closing on some days that we were just slammed all day and nothing is done by morning, mid or close until the doors are locked.

It used to happened to me, One time I stayed like an hour pasted my shift caused my shift manager just kept giving me a bunch of random things to do, they doesn’t work there anymore 😆

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same thing happens to me like all the time.

Its not always possible… if you have a problem with staying clocked in for an extra 5-10 mins to help YOUR TEAM out.. i think you might need a new job