so apart from what i can’t get past, which is: hooooooow in their motherfuckin minds could they not foresee what would happen after getting rid of the old food and bev benefit on top of hiring on brand new baristas at the same pay rate while giving 5 year partners the same amount or MAYBE, being generous here, a .25c raise. i make the same amount as my boyfriend, 4 month partner vs 5 year partner.

what the fuck are they thinking?

are they so confident in their greed to think that the situation in buffalo is going to stay isolated?

my store is closing at 130pm today instead of 8pm because we are so understaffed we have no coverage if a shift lead gets sick.

yesterday, 2 stores within 15 minutes of my location closed early and multiple drive thru locations were operating on 2 person plays. 3 stores within 15 minutes of my location turned off mobile ordering. due to this, all business diverged to my location which already had a line out the door in a cafe and delivery store at 6am.

there were 3 of us!!!!!

needless to say we also turned off mobile and delivery orders.

how long do they think they can kick the can down this road?

what the hell is it going to take for them to actually TREAT US LIKE PARTNERS

what are we going to do about this, y’all? there are A LOT of us. please start having conversations about this with the people you work with. corporate clearly does not plan on hearing us when we say WE DO NOT GET PAID ENOUGH FOR RENT!!!!!!!!

traditional labor union or not, we have to do something about this. keep having the conversation!! don’t roll over and just take this anymore.

they wanna brag about all their benefits, but wouldn’t a fanfuckintastic benefit be the ability to pay rent without it costing over half of your income per month?

we can’t live like this.

i have some details i can share with anyone who feels the same way, just let me know.