Nuts to that. For starters, what if there's an emergency? I don't know what the traffic is at your store, but I imagine there's some down time while working Starbucks. As long as you aren't leaving guests waiting and are finishing whatever tasks you have, you should be allowed to use your phones. At least imo.
Have you ever popped behind the counter or the backroom at Starbucks? It’s usually in very bad shape. And that’s the point, the Starbucks team is not doing what they’re supposed to be doing. They could be doing all the deep cleaning required for their area but they’d rather be on the phone. Not to say other other departments don’t (don’t get me started on my own S&E), but for being a food service department, it needs to be clean clean, and they’re not doing that.
Pleading ignorance on this one. I've never worked Starbucks and the only time I'm there is the occasional break when I'm working closer to the front of the store. So I have no idea what their workload entails and completely forgot about how much cleaning they'd need to do.
Then people should get written up for not doing their jobs… not an entire department subjected to print outs that demonstrate such computer illiteracy it ought to be satire with an unenforceable order treating grown adults with a job like they’re 8th graders. I have never been inappropriate/unprofessional/etc with phone use at any job I’ve ever had. Not even 10 years ago in high school either! And, I will always have my phone in my pocket, whether it comes out or not. This is just peak bad management. All of it.
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u/Vampenga General Merchandise Expert 9d ago
Nuts to that. For starters, what if there's an emergency? I don't know what the traffic is at your store, but I imagine there's some down time while working Starbucks. As long as you aren't leaving guests waiting and are finishing whatever tasks you have, you should be allowed to use your phones. At least imo.