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Jan 25, 06
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Starbucks? Has Anyone Worked there???
I just got hired by Starbucks and I am having second thoughts about working there... I currently work in retail which is okay, I have good hours(not too early or late) ,its slack and i learn alot...I jus kinda applied at Starbucks for fun....Im not sure what to do..
Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about working at starbucks them- selves or from people they know? (I dont know why im thinking so hard about this...its just a job for while im at school not the rest of my life.....) holla back pleaze!!! 
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Jan 26, 06
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I've never worked at starbucks..but apparenly its a good company to work for? Bonus/raise wise. But they are open super early and some are open quite late... Good luck!!
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Jan 26, 06
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yeah...........no.....
they are nazi's with everything they do........U HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY OR ELES *Dun Dun Dun!!!!* especialy if you work with shitty staff. but its not a hard job, and with new automatic expreso machines its a sinch! u do get a free pound of coffee/box of tea/bottle of syrup a week...... and theres tips....if your store makes good tips. but i quit cause my store sucked.....if i had a good store i'd go back.... .dalyn.
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Jan 26, 06
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so i had to be there at 530 to open...... depending on where you are.......your store could open at 6 or earlyer...... oh, i never got many hours either........ .dalyn.
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Jan 26, 06
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keep both jobs
its not a bad job, the pay sucks, but its cause min wage is shit here. but its not bad....maybe like 3 shifts a week is good. and as long as you have a good staffed store its all good. but over all they aren't a bad company to work for. .dalyn.
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Jan 26, 06
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I worked there for a year - exactly a year. And that was all i could handle :)
4 months as a Barista, then promoted to Shift Supervisor, lasted for about 8 months doing that - got sick of being the bitch that had to either open or close all the time - didn't get weekends off - and said screw it. I worked at Davie street and Cardero Starbucks, then over at Robson Street and Bidwell. Both good stores, good people to work with - but I notice a HUGE corruption within the management/Starbucks corporate relationships - Starbucks tries to tell you how much they "really do care about you, the worker, a partner..." and so forth.... but truly, you are disposable to them, if you have a valid concern or complaint about corruption/management in your store, safety and security issues, or sanitary concerns - they don't respond. That was the straw that broke the camel's back for me... I called the FAST desk on 4 occasions to report BLACK MOULD growing under the sanitizer that was LEAKING for months on end. It was making everyone in the store sick, and myself especially (running a huge fever at work, headaches, nausea, ect.) It took them 3 months before they even sent anyone to LOOK at it. Problem still wasn't fixed when I quit - apparently they still haven't done a thing. Yah, Starbucks is okay, but only if you're in management/corporate making 50,000 - 100,000 a year. Good luck!
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Jan 26, 06
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everyone has a different opinion on it but i've known a few people that have worked there and all of them loved it(although they're all coffe freaks :))
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Jan 26, 06
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I worked for the buck for about 3 1/2 years and loved it.
I worked for the downtown store and then to a smaller community store when I moved back to the North Shore. I still miss my benefits package...it was the best of anywhere I've ever worked Not to mention the free pound of coffee or box of tea a week!!
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Jan 26, 06
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8.55 an hour starting wage, if you become a shift supervisor it's $9.90 an hour, every 3 months you get a raise of 15-30 cents depending on how your review goes (every employee has a 3 month review) :)
I suggest applying to a community store - you get a good customer base and you get to know your customers really really well... i made alot of friends working at the one on Davie - customers and staff. :)
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Jan 26, 06
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Awwww, i'm over it ;)
It's really great for some, but it's really hard to move up in the company, because you can never really make over $10 an hour, unless you become an assistant or store manager, which takes at least 3 years of service to the company to move up to that point - that was too long for me! I couldn't afford to live off my Starbucks paycheques! No shopping makes Missy sad! But now that I quit, I'm working a job that pays me double what i was makin' at the 'Bucks, lol. Helloooooo shoppin' ;) But give the company a shot if you're interested - they train you really really well, and once you get the hang of it, you know 87 drink recipies and 24 types of coffee beans and tea within 2 weeks... haha! *overload* Good luck and take care!! <3
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Jan 26, 06
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and they always try to get you to become a shift.......cause they are desparate for them.....either for the reasons of they open soo many store...or for the above reason chrissy said..... i think if i went back it could only be like part time.... .dalyn.
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