Being a barista at Starbucks was very fun. You meet different people everyday and fun co-workers. Great work place, Free Partner Beverages and great benefits.
They expected us to know how to craft all the drinks within 2 days and wouldn’t let me take any notes on the process to making each drink. Management would yell at you over taking too long or not knowing how to do stuff. My trainer was terrible and was constantly telling me “this is what you’re supposed to do but this is what I do”. Overall hated working there. However I go there as a customer constantly and it is amazing. The staff are really nice and have even memorized my order.
I worked in a few locations, and I know that tourist areas are not where I want to be! Right now I am working at the university and it is really great and relaxed. Making the drinks becomes easy and I really love working with a lot of cool people.