RistrettoShots
Previous Starbucks TL/Coffee Master, ASM, now Mana
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2013
- Messages
- 453
I never expected my first job to last for 3 stores and 6 years, but I'm incredibly thankful that is has. Even though I've had some real shitty times with the company.. I wouldnt be who I am or grown as professionally or personally as I have without the skills, memories & growth that Target has given me. From prepping pizzas in food avenue to pushing cafs in pfresh and then finally getting crosstrained in Starbucks(my old tl always makes fun of me because at first I told him I wanted to stay in food ave) My first day at Starbucks I was terrified. I was this quiet shy little girl and Starbucks broke me out of my shell. It turned me into the confident leader I am today and 18 year old me would be in AWE of the person I am today. Starbucks opened up so much opportunity for me. Certified Barista Basics, Barista Trainer, AST/LS Lead training. I learned Latte Art on my own and became 1 out of 2 certified Coffee Masters for Target stores in my group. My Sbux DM & RM approved me for the barista championships but Target wouldn't allow participation. I was the recipient for our stores first ever you award, I promoted to TL, flipped a store with a ton of compliance issues, and won Store team of the quarter from Starbucks out of 200+ stores. I trained multiple team leads for the district, I led holiday conference calls, and I got sent out to other stores to flip them. I was lucky enough to then get the experience of opening a new store and worked alongside the greatest leadership team I know of. I never got the chance to promote out of Starbucks although I was constantly told this was in the plans. I always asked for feedback and went above and beyond running front end and helping with c&s & opu...but was never given anything I could do better....yet never got a 3 as a lead. I'm disappointed in Target and In my leadership. Pay your people what they are worth! How do you start new leads over a dollar more than your district trainers? There's no reason I couldn't have grown with this company but they put me on the backburner for over a year, even when I had a backfill ready to go. I wasn't even looking for another job...I was reached out to by another licensee and I figured what the heck let's see what it's about. Well guess what. I was offered a management position running a licensed Starbucks at a large University near me. Amazing salary pay, great benefits, & CRAZY room for growth. I called my SD and let him know as soon as I could and he seemed understanding and genuinely like he would miss me. But then the next day we talk and he refuses to post me on the new schedule even when I say I'm available for 2 more weeks...then we have a visit with our DM and SrVP and our DM always comes up and says hi to me but he completely AVOIDED the FOS. then the day after..SD buys bagels for all the team leads and doesn't tell me until AFTER they had a meeting w/o me and tells me to go get a bagel he "didnt know I was here ". Just shady. I had put in for vacation way back for the 21-28th and was told even though I offered to stay I'm not needed and I'll lose the vacation. My HR tl snuck me in a week of vacay. But WHY after 6 years and 3 stores am I being treated like this? Just goes to show I made the right decision leaving. 5 shifts left. I can do this.