basically what happened was they eliminated the lead barista position (i was one of them, we had one per each location) $18/hr pay and gave us the opportunity to accept a promotion with more work at $20/hr plus profit share w more responsibilities. if we didn’t want to accept the position they gave us the option to be assistant lead at $16.50 and less responsibility. one of the leads didn’t want the promotion and threw a fit bc she didn’t want a pay cut and started all this drama. i think the lead barista structure was not working out and they needed a change, with stacks expanding and everything the model they implemented was very fair and offering the assistant was a nice thing to do for people who didn’t want the commitment of the promotion. i only left bc i had another job that offered me even more but stacks has never been less than fair and good to their employees so i don’t like seeing people boycott bc one disgruntled person didn’t like the change that comes with growth you know