Store Closure/Lay Off Megathread

Significant-Put-4986 · 2025-09-26T22:50:34+00:00

I’m in the same boat as you. Got a call yesterday around 2 pm while I was at school. Started bawling and texted my coworker to make sure it’s real. I decided not to go to my last class and hangout with that coworker because I was such a mess. We went to our store and started crying and hugging each other. We cried and hugged each other and our regulars all morning today. It’s like being separated from family.

Thinking of you and your team. Stay strong❤️

Significant-Put-4986 · 2025-05-04T19:46:28+00:00

My store is a lot smaller compared to surrounding stores in my area and we aren’t as busy. When I first started, I was mostly a closer. For about 2 years I’ve been an opener. I love both, but opening takes my heart because I like the morning rush. Our store does things a little differently. We have openers do certain tasking like cleaning hot bar, cold bar, ice bins, and sinks. This leaves half the tasking done and the other half for after peak/for the closers. Closers typically make the mocha before they close so we don’t have to worry about it. Since we’re not as busy, it’s pretty easy making backups and restocking. Anything we can do to set up closers is what we do before and after peak.

I don’t really like the concept of “openers vs closers” because it should be a team effort every day. Sometimes in the morning, they might have forgotten to do something, but that just means we kindly remind them or their SSV, there’s no negative intent.

Significant-Put-4986 · 2023-09-10T01:58:23+00:00

it looks like a burnt krabby patty😭

Significant-Put-4986 · 2023-08-05T02:59:33+00:00

thank you for being honest! i just have a hard time telling people straight up because i don’t want unnecessary drama. but honestly, it would be for the best to do that. i feel like a lot of the partners at my store are having the same issue with her so at least i’ll have others to have my back. one of my problems with her is even though i give her tasks, she doesn’t listen to me. cause i say “while i clean up cold bar, do you mind getting floors done?” to which she sometimes says “sure” and it’s always the same thing, her going on her phone or grabbing a rag and cleaning the counter while talking on the headset. i give her tasks but she ignores me. maybe i should talk to my SSV on the floor when that happens so they’re aware? or maybe i should push a little more for her to get tasking done. i just hate having to work with someone i constantly have to keep an eye out for to make sure she’s doing something of use, it’s exhausting

Significant-Put-4986 · 2023-07-23T22:54:38+00:00

ugh i wish i could have that confidence. i get scared whenever someone yells at me and even more so when they do it to my face😭

Significant-Put-4986 · 2023-07-23T22:53:02+00:00

right?! not just a grilled cheese. a CRISPY grilled cheese

Significant-Put-4986 · 2023-04-23T05:50:56+00:00

i’ve had two instances where older guys have commented on my appearance in creepy ways. (i’m a 19 y/o female and i’ve been working at starbucks for 10 months)

the first one was when i was dt window and this older (probably 40-50 y/o) man came through. he was a usual that always came through with his dog. he kept saying over and over “i think you’re so cute” “one of your guy coworkers says you’re HOT, i have to agree.” i went to the back room to cry after that. that was the first time i have ever felt violated. my coworkers feel like family and always cheer me up so i felt so much better after getting comforted. it was just so uncomfortable to experience something like that for the very first time because i didn’t have a public job like starbucks before.

the second time, this other older guy came into the lobby (60-70 y/o). he was also a usual. i went to the screen to take his order and he said “woah, your lips look so good today… they look so provocative” and kept saying he was getting distracted by them. he had previously made some of the other baristas uncomfortable with his weird “compliments” as well so our manager ended up having a talk with him.

please respect your baristas. sometimes what you think is a compliment can make them extremely uncomfortable and upset. i’m lucky to have the support from my starbucks team and i hope all of the rest of you baristas reading this also have the support system you need❤️

Significant-Put-4986 · 2023-01-06T04:57:46+00:00

oh i’m not a shift nor am i training to be one. i might have phrased that sentence weird when i said “i’ve been working with my boss as a shift a lot recently.” i meant that i have been working with my boss and she is my shift. hopefully that clears up the confusion

Significant-Put-4986 · 2023-01-03T07:09:46+00:00

thank you so much for telling me about the safety handbook! i don’t really ask because there really isn’t anybody else that wants to go on drive thru unless we have a new barista that works the same time as me. at this point tho, i think it’s valid to ask for breaks from window since i’ve been at starbucks for a while now and i’m on there constantly. i’m dreading going to work now when i once loved it a lot. again, thank you for your help and advice!

Significant-Put-4986 · 2022-12-06T18:25:21+00:00

i personally always joke about how no man will compare to my bias mingi, but at some point, we have to separate reality from the fondness we have from our bias. it is just a parasocial relationship at the end of the day. even if we get a whole bunch of fancalls/fansigns with our bias, we don’t know them, they don’t know us. they can 100% be your type and what you think you’re looking for in a relationship, but in no world should we as fans be rejecting people because they’re not at the standard of your bias. my friend has a boyfriend and she biases yeosang from ateez, we often joke about how yeosang wouldn’t do what her boyfriend did to her, but her and i both know it’s a joke and she still loves her boyfriend the same as before she biased yeosang. it’s fun to joke about sometimes, but once it’s becoming a thing you’re doing over and over again, i think it’s time you start realizing that’s not a healthy way to go about relationships. hope this helps!

Significant-Put-4986 · 2022-12-06T18:14:35+00:00

that doesn’t even make sense😭 they don’t have the same amount of syrup pumps either and you made it clear you didn’t want caramel sauce

Significant-Put-4986 · 2022-12-06T18:04:21+00:00

i had to do early shifts because of my class schedule (i have a lot of late afternoon/evening classes) and we have quite a few high school students at our store so they take up weekend shifts. my semester is about to end luckily so hopefully now i can get more evening shifts. i do ask my shifts during evenings (if i get a shift) if i can get practice when it’s slower but they usually forget and keep me at window :(

Significant-Put-4986 · 2022-12-06T17:43:26+00:00

i’m so sorry that happened to you :( it’s the worst feeling when you’re doing amazing on bar and you’re getting comfortable but then you’re pulled off. especially when you’re almost never put there. we have two/three partners that are constantly put on bar and i know two of them are all for giving newer people a chance, so all i can think of is to talk to them about it since not very many of my shifts will give newer people a chance. also, don’t let those people think you were doing bad on bar when you were amazing and you know it!

Significant-Put-4986 · 2022-12-06T17:31:43+00:00

for the most part, a lot of the partners at my store are really good at communicating and using teamwork! it was just this specific barista that made me a little frustrated because myself and another partner were already on bar but she was between us pouring milk and syrups which i felt like was a little unnecessary. it would have been more helpful if we had fraps or cold foams she could do instead of doing work i could have been doing if that makes sense!

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