How much money does a barista make at starbucks

Dealing with customers is usually a pleasant experience, but occasionally, we would get someone who thinks we are dumb as nails and treat us like we were their butlers. A woman one time literally commanded me to put in three ice cubes into her drink. No more, no less. Another time, this woman asked me to make her a whey protein shake using our blenders.

Good managers would actually be on the floor making drinks with the staff, but bad managers would hide in the back, doing what they do, and not build team camaraderie. We hated those kinds of managers. Starbucks uses vanilla soy milk as the milk substitute.

Markouts are really nice, especially if you have a cup of coffee every morning.

It basically allows us to take a bag of coffee home for free. You can use markouts at other Starbucks!

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We had to go through the Starbucks training regime even if we had previous experience with making drinks and it is a boring, boring process.

Also, the Starbucks espresso machine is actually a pseudo-espresso machine. The machine steams the milk for you until it gets to the proper temp and all you have to do for the espresso is push a button. The amount you were paid per hour depended on the location of the store. But that all depends on the location of the store. Simply put, Starbucks makes it seem like tips are this huge added bonus, but they are so variable that it would be ridiculous to work there just for that.

At the Starbucks I worked at, on Black Friday, we would be in the store 2 hours before the Black Friday open time to get ready for the rush. Holiday rush is probably one of the most frustrating and flustering times at bar.

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Long lines, irritated and stressed customers, means rushed drinks and crowded stores. Stop taking it out on us! It was just memorizing what kind of flavors the coffee would pair with mainly to sell the food items with the coffee.

Sometimes, we had to meet a quota to meet to sell in-store items and occasionally, coffee. It was always a push to sell things.

At bad stores, employees that came to work regularly would not get written up, leaving the ones that actually came on time to run the floor by themselves, and this really sucked during morning rush. This led to really unmotivated coworkers and widespread disgruntlement.

Knowing there were no repercussions to tardiness meant people came and went as they pleased. When we get really long orders, we will do them one-by-one, as to not get confused with the order. It would be really appreciated if people would stop adding to the order when we are in the middle of making drinks.

We were frequently told to kick out loiterers especially the homeless.

Some were really hostile to the patrons, which obviously was bad for business. The turnover rate at Starbucks where I worked was very high, considering bad management, unhappy coworkers, bad customers and low pay. Reblogged this on ScherlingSweet. One of the most famous Starbucks community controversies.

Many Starbucks baristas are in unions for that reason.

And they see no wrongdoing in the settlement. The company settled with the Union in , resulting in pay increases, increased security of hours, and an improvement in youth rates.

This was happening in a lot of other places. We are not Starbucks. I get this all the time at my coffee shop. Just because our shop is similar to Starbucks […]. Brought to you by thought. Hateful or weaponized writing. Spam or misleading text. Even though I am scarred, I will forever go back to this establishment to enjoy a nice cup of Tazo Green Tea. Brian Gates I live in the ADKs with my beautiful wife and my two children.

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