So I was hired at the end of October as a shift supervisor at a store with a new manager tasked with “weeding out the bad seeds” and overall improving a struggling store (drive thru in a college town). I was trained for one week as a barista and then I started running shifts on my own because of the four other shifts, two were working out their two weeks notices, one was on LOA, and the other was on paternity leave. I quickly got overwhelmed and a bad taste in my mouth for the company. Most of the baristas have been there 2+ years and don’t respect me since I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m constantly held to an expectations that aren’t communicated to me. I haven’t even finished SSV training and I’ve been running my own shifts for a month. Manager has pressure on her from above to fix the store, and she’s firing people when we are already understaffed.

Luckily, I got a job on campus (I’m a student), so I’m leaving. I’m on my last few shifts of my two weeks. I’m just curious though… is this a common thing or is my store just awful? I probably would have quit regardless of my new job. I know this is irrelevant to me now since I’m leaving, but I just walked out of a horrible shift and wondering if this is happening to other partners?