Random thing that just donned on me when I look back at my employment at Starbucks. It was a good job in an of itself, but SB management is crap, and at the end of the day, it is just another big company taking advantage of employees.
However, this just hit me. It's the most fucked thing I could possibly think of to do to partners the company supposedly "cares" about during a pandemic.
When I quit my job, I did it because the numbers of cases in my town were going up a lot, and as someone with breathing problems, I couldn't risk it. Nor could I risk it for my mother, who is actually at-risk and an essential worker at a group home with kids who are ages 0-12 with their own immuno-compromises.
Starbucks had 2 options. Continue working (without enforcing sanitation that they were supposed to be following at stores because customers were complaining about having to use HAND SANITIZER.) Or get 30 days unpaid leave before having to turn in your resignation.
Now up here, with CERB (The COVID-19 emergency income), if you quit voluntarily, it disqualifies you for CERB *and* Employment insurance.
The sad thing is, if 1 person in a starbucks gets Covid, it's going to be the perfect place to have an outbreak. The CS person who goes from tending to cleaning the cafe and bathrooms, etc. to restocking syrups. The fact that partners are already tripping over one another. People thinking having to wipe things down is stupid and "ignoring" it to make their lives easier...And as people like to point out, we still got a while before a vaccine is out.
However, this just hit me. It's the most fucked thing I could possibly think of to do to partners the company supposedly "cares" about during a pandemic.
When I quit my job, I did it because the numbers of cases in my town were going up a lot, and as someone with breathing problems, I couldn't risk it. Nor could I risk it for my mother, who is actually at-risk and an essential worker at a group home with kids who are ages 0-12 with their own immuno-compromises.
Starbucks had 2 options. Continue working (without enforcing sanitation that they were supposed to be following at stores because customers were complaining about having to use HAND SANITIZER.) Or get 30 days unpaid leave before having to turn in your resignation.
Now up here, with CERB (The COVID-19 emergency income), if you quit voluntarily, it disqualifies you for CERB *and* Employment insurance.
The sad thing is, if 1 person in a starbucks gets Covid, it's going to be the perfect place to have an outbreak. The CS person who goes from tending to cleaning the cafe and bathrooms, etc. to restocking syrups. The fact that partners are already tripping over one another. People thinking having to wipe things down is stupid and "ignoring" it to make their lives easier...And as people like to point out, we still got a while before a vaccine is out.
