Barista

Learning how to craft happy beverages
Warm expressions (salutations) with customers and coworkers

The lack in knowing a what a good leader is vs. what a boss is (mind blowing)
The extreme loopholes one has to jump through to grow within the company. The company, for the most part, hires from the outside for leadership rather than looking at internal talent

My coworkers are great, I love my perks and benefits, it’s easy to take time off

I’m expected to do more than what I am paid for. I work extra to deep clean the store which wasn’t on the job description and I feel as though I should be paid extra for the certain jobs I do

You can pick up shifts at other stores to really suit the amount of hours you want. Most of the baristas are super friendly.

It can be a super taxing job. The customers can be super rude and it is a lot of memorization. The menu is constantly updating. Policies are changing without an increase in pay for new responsibilities. Scheduling is an issue because due to callouts or them not scheduling correctly it is expected for us to cover it rather than our boss trying to come help.

other partners are always super sweet and kind. depending on the store, managers are great at what they do and they’re sweet. customers are usually really nice but there’s always at least one person that’s not but it’s not a big deal

starbucks as a whole is stressful and has strict guidelines. it’ll very from store to store but most of them suck most stores are dirty and aren’t maintained. back of houses stink and there’s always mold somewhere. there’s bugs EVERYWHERE especially during the summer. if you’re early you’re on time, if you’re on time you’re late, and if you’re late don’t even bother showing up. i got a coaching for being one minute late clocking in (not exaggerating wish i was) but i was in the building 3 minutes early.

If everyone does their part, the job can be really fun and a manageable amount of work.

No accountability. If managers dont do their jobs, its the staff held responsible for failures. They overwork good staff to hide mistakes in scheduling and bad policies. No incentives to perform well, no performance-based raises, no help or encouragement to move up. When applying to move up, no feedback when denied.

The management is great, i love my co-workers, people are usually friendly

Very stressful especially now off training, I don’t get a ton of help and typically work solo on stations, super strict dress code

discounts, the pay and benefits, the coworkers

The company practices don't align with mine, The customers are very mean sometimes, and it's a very high pasted and stressful environment when busy, which is more of the day than not

freindly coworkers generally
great hours
not that hard to use time off or get good scheduling, but varies wildly depending on SM

customers are snappy
store managers pick favorites (that doesnt help when you work with 7 - 12 people in a day)