Recent content by BaristaChick16

I'm not sure if this counts, but it's something that's stayed with me over the years. We were transitioning from a Food Ave to a Starbucks. I don't drink coffee so I made sure to pay extra attention to the DM who was training us so I could learn as much as I could to be the best barista I could...

Hey, all! I'm a former TM (Starbucks and flex, mostly, but was trained in other areas). I was there just under 8 years and, just like everyone, had some great days and some days I wanted to just scream until I went numb. Well, I left for a government job that I was really excited about and...

I've worked in two. The first was horrific, full of toxic management and awful coworkers. The second wasn't perfect but it was a lot better than the first one I worked at!

That's absolutely ridiculous. I'm just under my 8 year mark. I gave my 2 weeks notice and showed up for every shift I was scheduled. Today was my last day and do you want to know what I did? I showed up, punched in on time, worked like my usual self while smiling and laughing with my coworkers...

TTOTM: I can't believe you're really gone. I transfered into the store a few years ago and you were one of the first people I met. You had this ability to get me to laugh at the most ridiculous things and the silly voices you used when you told your stories always made me smile. You knew...

I came in a few days ago and was pulled into the TLO by HR. She told me that we have two confirmed cases in the store and they are telling the rest of us we can look into LOAs if we are interested. What I found intriguing was to me, and to a few others I spoke to, it sounds like they are trying...

I want to die, thank you for asking :) In all seriousness, flex is killing my soul and I am absolutely exhausted. Save me.

Last night was an absolute disaster. I was scheduled my typical flex shift until midnight and had one person with me until 10, another until 11. Around 10:15 orders started dropping even more heavily and in all of these orders were cleaning products that were not on the shelves and had just...

Hours at my store are a nightmare. Granted, I only work 10-15 hours a week anyway due to getting another job with a steady 40 hours plus OT but...the store is suffering. There hasn't been a closing electronics TM which has become a huge problem. Starbucks went from 3-4 people to 2 which is good...

Piggybacking off of calimero... Dear Corporate, 30 minute goal times are absolutely ridiculous. If I get a big order, like I did today, for 56 DPCIS...you want me to pull that in 30 minutes?! There's absolutely no way. I'm tired of my LOD calling me asking if I'm okay because I'm goal...

I moved from the bucks to flex due to my coworkers in their 20s acting like high schoolers... I've been training a lot of people but this past week I had trained twin boys, age 17. I've seen the immaturity in others and was a little concerned but it was really pretty awesome. The one I had...

At the end of last year, I was in the hospital for a couple of days. On day 3, I was going to go in but was out of breath by the time I walked to my car from my house. My coworker was sweet enough to go in for me but it was still a call out on my end. When I went in the following day with the...

We had an elderly woman, a cashier, who everyone loved. She had a lot of health problems, but her death was unexpected. She was on register and suddenly collapsed...she died at the hospital, something diabetes related. It was really sad and sometimes when I pass the register she used to be on, I...

Are random visits normal? I've been with the company for almost 6 years now and I have always been told in advance when we are getting a visit. I was in the back room today and overheard a TL telling a TM that people from corporate were at the store and they needed to "get it together." There...

A lot of us behind Starbucks last year were constantly sick. Between running on a skeleton crew so we were already moving very fast, to the hot oven to every negative thing under the sun...it got bad. I was nauseated a lot of the time and walked away a few times to stop myself from throwing up...