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Costa Coffee barista jobs
How much does Costa Coffee pay baristas per hour?
£7.66–9.43 from 127 baristas at Costa Coffee
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Best thing
Make people happy, and be appreciated
Worst thing
Dealing with rude people
Barista maestro, February 2021
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Best thing
Staff
Worst thing
Customers
Head office don’t listen to us as employeesBarista, February 2021
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Best thing
My team, how supportive head office are
Worst thing
People who have children get priority over the rota’s
Employee, January 2021
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Best thing
I love customer service and being a barista. Fast paced and social work suits me.
Worst thing
General lack of attention and care from head office who set unrealistically high expectations for store employees.
Barista maestro, December 2020
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Best thing
Pay, friendly staff and we are kept safe from covid.
Worst thing
Difficult customers and costa check
Barista, December 2020
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Best thing
The perks, pay and hours
Worst thing
Rude customers
Barista, December 2020
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Best thing
Other staff
Worst thing
Customers
Targets
Company doesn’t care about staffBarista, December 2020
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Best thing
The people- i get along with my collegues
Worst thing
The sress caused by working in fast food
Barista, November 2020
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Best thing
Good pay for age
Worst thing
It’s not well set up for how busy it is
Barista, November 2020
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Best thing
The perks, the pay and the ease of changing shifts if needed
Worst thing
The customers being rude at times
Skilled Barista, November 2020
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Best thing
Staff, manager and pay
Worst thing
Sometimes very stressful and fast paced
Barista Skilled, November 2020
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Best thing
Using skills to craft drinks and make them look and taste great for customers
Free Coffee all day every dayWorst thing
Pay
Hours
Lack off team support
Too fast pacedBarista, November 2020
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Best thing
The people I work with and I enjoy doing what I do.
Worst thing
The stress I get.
Barista, November 2020
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Best thing
Good team, mostly nice customers
Worst thing
Stress
Barista Maestro, November 2020
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Best thing
Flexible
Worst thing
Hard to get extra hours at the moment
Barista, October 2020
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Best thing
Meeting customer's and rhe people i work with
Worst thing
the pressure and the expectations
Barista, September 2020
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Best thing
making coffees, talking to customers.
Worst thing
management, pay, hours.
Barista maestro, September 2020
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Best thing
Free drinks on shift
Worst thing
Lack of communication
Barista, July 2020
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Best thing
Have a friendly team
Worst thing
Bad pay
Barista, June 2020
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Best thing
The pay the hours the team
Barista, June 2020
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Best thing
Flexibility
Worst thing
Pay, poor staffing - difficult to cover for sickness
Barista, March 2020
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Best thing
The people I work directly with
Worst thing
Tight labour budget, overstretched, stressful to meet targets, head office unrealistic
Barista, February 2020
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Best thing
Making people’s day
Worst thing
Customers being rude
Barista, February 2020
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Best thing
Making coffee
Worst thing
Cleaning the toilets
Barista, December 2019
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Best thing
Meeting new people
Worst thing
4am starts(exclusive to airports)
Barista, December 2019
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Best thing
I get to teach news skills to the new staff
Worst thing
Not been recognized and not bee able to improve to an assistant manager and your manager not supporting you
Barista maestro, October 2019
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Best thing
making latte art
Worst thing
team work
Barista team leader, October 2019
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Best thing
Making people smile.
Worst thing
Horrible customers.
Barista, October 2019
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Best thing
Free coffee
Worst thing
Lack of training and pay
Barista, October 2019
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Best thing
Meeting new people
Worst thing
Busy queues
Barista, October 2019
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Best thing
The customers are so lovely!
Worst thing
When there’s a major problem it’s hard to actually get it resolved
Barista, October 2019
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Best thing
My customers are really friendly
Worst thing
The manager is too rude
Barista maestro, October 2019
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Best thing
The people I work with
Worst thing
The lack of security
Barista, October 2019
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Best thing
Some people I work with
Worst thing
Managers are bullies
Barista, October 2019
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Best thing
Making drinks
Worst thing
Dealing with mess
Barista, October 2019
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Best thing
Making coffee
Worst thing
Not enough staff at busy times
Barista, October 2019
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Best thing
The staff
Worst thing
Not enough pay for what i do
Barista, October 2019
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Best thing
Free coffee, people I work with
Worst thing
Rude customers, bad stocking, stress
Barista maestro, September 2019
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Best thing
The team
Worst thing
Early starts and late finishes
Barista maestro, September 2019
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Worst thing
The manager can be unreasonable and often team can be unhelpful
Barista maestro, September 2019
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Best thing
My colleagues
Worst thing
Pay, stress, worry over hours, bad management
Barista, September 2019
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Best thing
People you work with
Worst thing
Pressures from upper management
Barista maestro, September 2019
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Best thing
Serving some lovely customers and regulars
Worst thing
Feeling unhappy all the time, i feel the odd one out; how im spoken to can be upsetting.
Barista, September 2019
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Best thing
The team I work with
Worst thing
Long shifts
Barista, September 2019
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Best thing
the nice people you meet
Worst thing
they way you are treated like a robot and made to feel but customer/staff
Barista maestro, September 2019
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Best thing
I love being a barista
Worst thing
The management
Barista, September 2019
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Worst thing
The constant stress, under staffed and too asked to do too much with too little time
Barista, September 2019
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Best thing
The friendly regular customers
Worst thing
Having to work long shifts due to constant staffing issues
Barista, September 2019
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Best thing
The free drinks!
Worst thing
The heat. It gets so hot we’re all sweating 24/7 and it ruins my skin and makes working uncomfortable
Barista, September 2019
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Best thing
Workmates
Worst thing
Very busy and low pay
Barista, September 2019
Current Costa Coffee barista jobs
It doesn't look like Costa Coffee are currently hiring.
Costa Coffee ranks joint 3rd to work for in barista employers
- 2 Marks & Spencer
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