new hires/newly insuranced are calculated differently..

if you just got signed up you may not be audited until the July audit.

I had the same issue with getting on partner central but i used my google chrome on my phone and i went to a website someone linked on here maybe a few months ago I think but try going to your browser and typing in partnercentral.starbucks.com. I clicked links to it a few times before that and it was always giving me issues. But then i went to my browser and specifically typed in that website and it worked fine! Definitely try that if u haven't already!

I got bottom surgery on SB insurance in April sis, out for 12 weeks with Sedgwick paying my insurance.i struggled to make the 450 bi quarterly with another job, but it CAN BE DONE. Just keep on top of your hours. And use your sick time if you need to pad it.

I ended up paying 5-6k OOP with tests/hospital stay/surgery itself, rather than 15k-20k I've heard from others. SB can be brutal, but that benefit was worth it.

I put up with SO MUCH DAILY SHIT from customers, weirdo regulars, and our jacked-up store.. but if you need GA surgeries, it still seems solid. Call the Benefits Center, get ahold of a Care Coordinator, get letter/s, get on a waiting list, do your DD, make sure you surgeon is covered, figure out OOP, schedule your LoA 90 days out minimum, and remember, supplemental isn't there anymore, and stuff may have changed since October. Get straight answers, and don't take no.

It can be done. I did it. And it gets so much better. 💖

May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor. 😘

do they automatically add them to your total or do you actually have to use your sick hours for them to contribute to your total? i’m at like 439 hours but have like almost 40 sick hours

still maintaining 450. (whew!)
July audit will be back to 520.
per the partner benefits websites

You get an email telling you that and that you’ll lose your benefits on a specific day… I got mine a week and a half after the date they specified lmao I had quit so I knew it was coming but on another occasion it happened even though I didn’t have benefits, I only went through part of the application to look at it so it was very… strange

You lose qualifying benefits :(

Yes but check the benefits plan description (U.S.) for specific info.
Things can vary by state
and specifically Haiwaii has different rules

the only other way to re-establish outside that would be life changes
(marriage, having a child, etc..)

the audits don't deal with termination or coaching, but with qualifying & unqualifying for insurance


new hires don't get audited either & if you were on LoA I believe there is an allowance counted toward the quota of hours needed for benefits

audit of hours twice a year is done by corporate to discontinue benefits if your hours worked in 6 months falls below their quota.


it's currently 450 hours
July it returns to 520.


thus applies to the benefits we qualify for, not standard


health insurance vs Lyra/spotify

you can also find your hours worked under partner central

mysbuxben.com ! for all the coverage info and hours