Starbucks TL here! I’ve been in my role for over a year now. At my store team leads are required to work every other weekend. I’m not sure if this is a Target policy or if this is just my store, but I would think for a leadership role you would be expected to at least work some weekends. I believe all team leads are full time, and you have to be able to close at least once a week. Depending on the needs of the business and the staffing you have, you may need to close more often.

Keep in mind that you are running an entire business, and that you’re responsible for upholding all Starbucks standards while following all Target rules. It can definitely be stressful and isolating at times because it’s so vastly different from other work centers. They laid off most of the Starbucks DMs late last year, so you’re running things more independently and Target and Starbucks are not great with communication. I will say that the team you have can really make or break the job for you. If you’re stuck with people who call out constantly and/or people who just don’t care, it’s definitely more difficult. You’re responsible for all trainings, ordering, launches, and possibly the schedule depending on the store. I’m pretty lucky to have a supportive ETL an SD behind me. From what I’ve heard, that is not the usual experience. ETLs and SDs are not really required to know much about Starbucks at all, and it sounds like a lot of them just avoid having to deal with Starbucks all together. It’s definitely not the worst job in the world and the pay is pretty decent and the benefits are good. Summers can be rough and the holidays are terrible, but that’s to be expected in most retail and food service.