I Hate Starbucks

1. osucoffee
   

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   Hey guys, I'm thinking of getting a job at Starbucks (I know a lot of the people here hate it haha, but I figured it would be a good place to ask this) but I have a logistical question. I'm still in college and live in a different city back home. I realized the other day that technically I'm giving up going home during my holiday breaks from school if I work at Starbucks because of their minimum hours/wk. I mean holiday break is 3 weeks and also their busy season, so I assume they wouldn't take too kindly to me requesting off.

   My question is whether or not you are able to pick up shifts at other starbucks in different cities. I'm sure other partners will be looking for shifts to be covered around the holidays, so I could totally pick up shifts back home. Is this even allowed for just a couple weeks? Just curious and figured you all would know :) Thanks!

   Posted 8 months ago #

2. Captain Mocha
   

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   this is what i do. for an entire year i kept my home store 5 hours away, and just picked up shifts as a borrowed partner in my college city. and i give my store a heads up when im coming up on a weekend or a break so i can get scheduled or cover shifts.

   The problem being... this doesnt work all the time, you have to be established as a good barista, so theyre willing to just pick you up at the drop of a hat, and once the DM caught on it became a lot harder bc my home district was paying my insurance and labor and junk while the store in pittsburgh benefited from me... so...
   its possible. but you have to take advantage of the system well.

   I became a great borrowed partner so its easy now for me to get shifts at "home" regardless of which district actually has me. so now im in the process of transferring back to my school for the year, during the holidays ill just be scheduled at home, and in the summer ill transfer back to my store at home.....

   make sense? but i was hired at my home town, and then was trained over the summer so when i moved to school it was easy to call and say hey, im a trained barista trying to transfer, iwas wondering if you could write my name down for coverage. and i just worked as 'emergency coverage' got like 3 shifts without having any real commitments and stayed on payroll until holidays...

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3. osucoffee
   

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   Ok yeah that makes sense. So what did you tell your store back home? That you would just be gone for the year? haha. I would probably get hired at the store at college and the only time I would ever need to do this would be one winter break for a few weeks. Do I just talk to my SM about going home but still working at home for a few weeks?

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4. Captain Mocha
   

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   That becomes the sticky part. Telling them you are leaving is easy. Telling them youll be come back is the harder part to get them to understand. Bc they really don't.owe it.to you to keep a spot open for you to come back or make room. ESP bc if its over a few weeks you could get replaced so it depends on the relationship you create with the store....

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5. osucoffee
   

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   Gotcha. Well by the time I'm thinking, I'll have been working there for probably several (6+) months. (I'm looking ahead to next year) so hopefully I could establish a good relationship. Kinda sucks not initially knowing if I'll be able to do that of course.

   Posted 8 months ago #

6. Captain Mocha
   

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   I say go for it. If it doesn't work you'll figure out something that does. It just so happens its the perfect job for me right now with how much I move. Chances are in your favor once you're trained and figure out if its something that jives with you

   Posted 8 months ago #

7. Captain Mocha
   

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   let me add, ever since my DM changed and the new DM found out that I was just remaining a borrowed partner in another district for an extended period he made me transfer when it's more than just the month, like christmas break. So in the summer I have to switch back to home, which was good for me, bc my store is on top of things. The first 3 weeks I was home though, I was working at random stores around the district, sometimes a 30 minute drive...until I got settled in my stores schedule and they made room for me (long story short, i got screwed over by my home store this summer and got a new store, which is freaking the best store EVER. bc im really close with my SM and SS's and so on...) BUT. My DM TOTALLY drops the ball with transferring me out, he kept my paperwork uin limbo for 3 weeks, and jacked up my transfer, bc he went away and never took care of my papers... SO. that changes the light and flowly way my plan used to work the past year and a half, bc now I might have to rehire bc today actually marks 3 weeks I havent worked during this weird transfer, I also havent hauled **** this year calling local cafes to let them know im around...So. I hope that gives you a fair glimpse into the headache this path can become.

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8. osucoffee
   

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   Gotcha, thanks for the advice! It will be my senior year so chances are I won't really need to do that again. I would just hate to lose the job because of it! Worst case, I could always just stick around for part of winter break I suppose.

   Posted 8 months ago #

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