I'm glad you got out of the toxicity. I feel for your former coworkers. In Illinois, employers are legally required to provide a 20-minute meal break for any employee working 7.5 hrs or longer, and it *has* to come within the first 5 hrs of their shift.
If you're going to go ahead and share the tea on here you may as well report all these things to the Labour Board. Let something akin to progress come out of it.
You could also potentially get backpay for when they erroneously paid you the tipped minimum wage when you weren't able to take from the tip pool. So it could benefit the person making this video as well as anybody who works at this cafe either now or in the future.
@@earthboundV it is one thing to spill the tea & vent; it is another thing to be activist, justice oriented & congruent and initiate change. If you have real heartfelt concern for monetary and labor injustice file a report imstead of lip service
I would have left so quickly. I am glad you learned a good life lesson. We are always here for you and will support you no matter what. I can wait for you to open your own coffee shop.
Aww I'm so sorry about your experience. That cafe needs to be reported to your local labor bureau. You have to be paid minimum wage during training! It is against the law to be paid less than. As a server/bartender here is LA you get paid minimum wage in training due to the fact that tips are not part of income until post training. Get a lawyer and sue that owner. Sounds like they are a hot mess ripe for a lawsuit.
Okay so this is what I thought?!? A few years ago I applied for a server position downtown (this was before my other local cafe I worked at) and they told me during training I’d make $15/hr but then go down to $9 + tips after training. I was SO surprised when I learned it was *just* $9/hr even without tips…
Roxy also here in California there is no sub minimum wage; everyone is required to be paid at least the local minimum wage, which up here in San Jose is 17.55/hr, and any tip is on top of that 🙂
@StefaniaMarzelia as a local Illinois Business owner, what they did was totally illegal. State law requires the business owner makes up the difference for server wages. Meaning the 9 is legal (which i think is different now). However if you work 20 hours your tips have to make up the difference between the 9 and the minimum (state is 14) if the tips don't then the owner has to make up for it.
Sometimes, when we’re on the cusp of something new, we make odd decisions to keep ourselves rooted in the old era. Maybe it’s our way of making sure we’re really ready for the next thing. It sounds like you learned all the right lessons, though, especially about one’s value. 20:23
They took Advantage of you!!! Thank God you realized it quick & are following your dreams!!! No shame but I've always seen you doing something Much More! ❤❤❤ I'm 52 & I Love Watching your Channel!
13:20 That’s crazy! When I worked at Starbucks as a minor, I was getting $16 an hour. Now that I’m an adult I’m getting $23 an hour (barista position). Maybe it’s because the state I’m at has a higher minimum wage that other states like Illinois doesn’t have?
I worked as a barista in a combo restaurant and coffee shop. Pay started at $12 got tips after 2 weeks once i proved i knew what i was doing. I worked there from March-October last year and the more I knew what I was doing the more they expected. I became a shift for a bit until another shift was incredibly toxic and I realized I didn't need to deal with that and changed jobs. When I was a shift though I would do so many things at the same time. Drive, fryer, barista, runner, it was too much and they didn't care it was too much. They only made the schedule a week out also and it wasn't posted till the Friday before it we were lucky. Sometimes Saturday and that was frustrating. It got to the point where I had to tell them multiple times I wanted my days off together and they still wouldn't do it. My availability was wide open and they couldn't give me that. All I want for a work schedule is two days off in a row. It takes me a bit to relax and recharge. I can't do that with just one day off. Especially if I work early the next day.
Emphasis on the once you prove you know what you’re doing, it never ends. Some employers love to take advantage of employees that *get it* yet still mistreat them in the end … and it’s pretty sad.
@@StefaniaMarzelia for sure! I even stepped down as shift lead so pay was cut and they still expect me to do so much. We were incredibly short staffed and it was awful but they could have planned better regardless.
Honestly, I know it was rough but you haven't given up on your purpose. Don't look back and keep moving forward. You have so many great ideas and just know we will be rooting for you!
So happy and proud of you that you took this negative experience and turned it into something positive. You got this and I know that you'll be able to make the life that you want and deserve. Best of luck to you! Love your videos and you!
Stefania I always learn a lot from your videos so thank you for the candid explanation of how it went. I’m sorry this recent barista situation didn’t work but as you say you learned a few things: some “tactical” (things about day-to-day & drinks), some “operational” (what not to do when you’re in charge), some “strategic” (next time I put on an apron it’ll be my shop; I’m a content-creator & proud of it, etc). You’re smart so you seem to be listening to yourself & following your calling. But you don’t have to rush either: you have your whole life to become who you want to be. ❤
Literally!!! When I found out training would be a month or more I was like “but wait I’ve been a barista for 5+ years I don’t think I need THAT much training” 🤣🤣
God, in Ontario Canada, the law is that 5 hours or more is a 15 minute break, 8 hours or more is a lunch/dinner/meal (so around 30 minutes) - and these are minimums. This is kind of crazy. Sad to hear they abused you :(
1. minimum wage in texas is 7.25 regular and 2.13 server pay 😭 2. i am beyond proud of you. couldn’t read any of the other comments because i agreed with too many. you are so strong and that cafe didn’t need you, we do. thank you for sticking out for us. for so many of your subscribers, you have made monumental change, and we thank you for that love. whatever decisions you make i support (even with skepticism like last time)
I believe they broke the federal labor law. Even servers who receive server wages must be paid minimum wage in total. If the tips didn't add up w wage to the mandated minimum, the employer is responsible for the difference. My son worked at D&D where the amnager tried to take advantage. I had to tweet the Labor Dept to get a real phone # to complain but he got his pay. Many of the foreigners who wouldnt complain, did not. Nobody works for free, even in training. Double check ur local & federal law & send a letter in writing to employer with a cc to Labor Dept. In NY, if they get busted, they have to pay twice what they owe to u. Good luck!
i really so appreciate this video. its funny because a year ago yesterday i was laid off from my corporate job. that was when i said fuck it, applied for a visa, moved to northern ireland, and started working at a grocery store 3 days a week. i fucking love it! i had been planning to move here for ages, my husband is from here, but getting laid off is what really pushed me to say fuck it, lets try for the visa. we had been working with a lawyer because we had been denied once before, we wanted to make sure the application was flawless. and thankfully it was. now i am working on getting a mortgage, which is something i never thought i would say.
Hello! Barista from Australia. Your experience sounds terrible compared to what happens in Australia. I am casual barista at the moment. Paid $30 per/hr weekdays more on a Saturday and more on Sunday with weekend loading. A minimum shift has to be 3 hrs. Legally after 5 hours we have to be given a 30 minute unpaid break. 5 hours or less is no break. Glad you got something out of your experience. Wish you all the best in your journey ❤❤
Stefania, follow your passion… I have watched lots of your short videos and enjoy them all, the algorithms know I enjoy anything coffee related. TH-cam has so much information for anyone desiring to learn more about anything, especially coffee. I fell deep into the coffee rabbit hole about two years ago, happily retired in my 50s and living in a beautiful town in the heart of Mexico. Now I’ll be starting my own coffee business, something totally new to most of Mexico, nitro cold brew. I have a stainless steel trailer and an 8 tap kegerator. Have been experimenting with nitro and will sell the coffee with flavorings on nitrogen gas, such as a mocha nitro cold brew. The viscosity of adding something thick keeps the coffee nitrogenated for a long time, as I’m sure you know a black nitro goes flat fairly fast. Follow your bliss, I’m sure something coffee related will come from it, and yes videos count
I feel like I'm looking in a mirror almost with this video. I started working at target in February after my first Tech writing job fired me for no reason. :( I'm trying my best to climb out of my depression, but working at Target has put so much negativity in my head. I decided to cut my hours, because I still need the $$, but I don't need to kill myself over 30+ hours a week. Getting into voice acting projects and just....trying to make my path back to technical writing/copywriting. Point is, you're not alone.
Wow I'm so sorry!!! I work at starbucks in oregon! This place in chicago doesn't seem right! Anything over 6 hours in oregon you get a 30 min lunch and two 10 min breaks! Like you should get breaks and lunch! Yes in oregon if your a tipped employee you can skip breaks but not every! Like the owners aren't doing it right at all! I'm sorry girl that place is wrong. You should get tips and paid for all your training no matter what! If your on the clock working you should get paid for your time! You get paid for training all tips here in oregon!! Even during like first sips at starbucks you get tips your first day you start here.. Love your videos!!! You crack me up cause your videos are omg I had to deal with that today! Keep up the great work!!
@@StefaniaMarzelia This Spring I left. I am a college student & it got to be too much. You know how demanding they are about the schedule! I do miss it, I am much happier😊❤️
And tbh I completely forgot to mention the part where WE DIDNT EVEN GET FREE DRINKS / FOOD … no markouts at all unless it was drip coffee, otherwise we had to pay… huuuuhhhhh?!?! 😭 I’ve never worked at a cafe that didn’t allow markouts for baristas…
@@StefaniaMarzelia You got this home slice. When you get beyond what you think you ever could have achieved remember days like that. Day by day seems small until you look back a decade. Lord loves his children 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Illinois needs to update some of their laws, if this is legal. Here in California, there's no sub-minimum wage. Everyone must be paid at least the local minimum wage, which here in San Jose is 17.55, and any tip is on top of that. Also the law in California says you are allowed to sit during the shift unless they have a compelling reason to not allow it. We also require a 10 minute break every 2 hours, and a 30 minute meal break every four hours. If you work greater than five hours total, there MUST be a lunch break (the 30 minute meal break). But I don't know the law in Illinois. I think the 10 minute breaks are also required under federal law. 🙂
Actually, a lot of what she described *is* illegal in Illinois, including paying less than minimum wage during training, as well as not providing a 20-minute break in the first 5 hours.
Also from Cali, and you have to remember, we've got some of the best labour laws in the country, and are one of the only states that doesn't have a sub-minimum wage for tipped employees. That being said, all of this was still illegal. Even in states with the tipped employee caveat, the company _still_ has to pay out minimum wage if the employees don't make it up in tips. Illinois also requires a 20min break for every 7.5hrs worked. So, yeah, all kinds of labour law violations going on in that little coffee shop.
@@Amarianee "Also from Cali, and you have to remember, we've got some of the best labour laws in the country," Yes, except, here in the USA, it is spelled "labor". We have labor laws rather than labour laws. 🙂 "That being said, all of this was still illegal. " Yup. Though, in California, it's not even an issue, because you don't have the tipped employee wage. 🙂
@neutrino78x And I prefer "labour," just like, "colour, centre, neighbour," and other British spellings. Both are correct, and as a US native, it's my right to choose, because while the preferred way to spell said words, is without the 'u,' both are correct 😛
This is insane, even at the worst places I've worked, they never stooped to this level. Not American though, but that shouldn't matter, even 15 dollars is far too little imo. The schedule is posted 1-2 months ahead at both cafés I've worked at, and it is illegal to change shifts a week or so before like that, which was the red flag that immediatelly got me to leave the one resturant I worked at.
Girl, I am so damn proud of you! You're going to make several more mistakes and continue to learn from them (career wise). Your outlook on how this past experience was, is truly encouraging. I believe in you and I can't wait to see where you're heading to next in your entrepreneurial journey! ❤
I would file a complaint to the department of labor if a store was doing that to their employees. It’s not fair to you or any new hires who want to work at that café.
Girl I am speaking in faith in the future we will be able to go to our cafes and coffee shops and order the Stefania :-) just speaking it into existence cuz I drink sounds real good
I also want to state the fact that I love it that your dog is giving input off-screen with his little grunts :-) so cute you could almost add speech bubble to his response lol
You sounded really happy to be a barista again. That sounds awful but a good lesson that you learned from the experience. Best wishes on your future ventures.
Get it girl! Follow your heart keep moving forward towards your dream. I'm in a transition with my career as well and I feel excited about it! Don't feel bad we only have one life let's Get It!!🫶
Don't know if laws in Illinois is different, however, in Colorado for every 3-3.5 hrs worked, a 15 minute break is law. 5-5.5 hrs a 30 min lunch. (Might have some confusion going from retail to corporate but regardless) I would look into work laws, talk to a workers rights lawyer. I think you owning a coffee shop/Cafe or coffee brand/coffee additive line would be an interesting idea or career for yourself. You're creative brain is fabulous, honey. Keep up the good work. I will be watching for sure!
I couldn’t agree more! It shouldn’t fall on the customers to pay my bills, everyone’s employer should be paying them an adequate amount with tips just being an added bonus on top 🥲
Working interviews that benefit the company are illegal. Discouraging breaks is illegal. Not paying your employees the difference when they aren’t making minimum wage is illegal. I’m seeing a trend here.
So many illegal things here but especially during training (if you are a tipped/sub minimum wage employee) you get paid minimum wage so you should have been paid that and you have legal case. Also the breaks are mandatory by law. It’s like 15 minute shift every 4 hours 😅😅 girl if you don’t sue or report them to Better Business Bureau or some shi I will I’m actually pissed off rn
10:23 Ok, what the hell are Illinois's labour laws?? I know CA labour laws are super strict, but I find it hard to believe that both, no breaks for 7hrs _and_ sub-minimun wage without making tips, are legal in any state. Thanks, now I'm going down a state labour law rabbit hole
Can confirm: IL is jank, compared to CA _buuttt_ if you actually only got paid $9/hr while not being tip eligible, that was indeed illegal. The restaurant is required to pay state minimum wage if you don't make up the difference in tips. Also, if he was working you 7.5hrs and not 7hrs, then yes, you were absolutely entitled to a 20min meal break.
Maybe the manager was up to shenanigans?? Anyone trustworthy in that role should know the law... Could he be a FanGirl like me?? Stefania isnt a everybody name 😍 Let your haters be your motivators and keep pushing towards your dreams ❤❤❤
Is this the same coffee shop that you had a long conversation with the owner a a while back? If so that ain’t gone be good karma on them considering how they did that
this vids making me MAD dude. I hate how awful these business owners can be. Like respect your employees. The employees are the people who fucking MAKE the money.
I love seeing how transparent you were in this video, that’s what life journeys are all about, discovering yourself, your likes and dislikes, and experiencing new things to determine whether they are for you or not for you. What are your options, what are not your options, I’m so proud of you and happy for you, and I believe in your success, and I can’t wait to see what you do next.🩷🩷🩷🩷
![the moment I decided to quit my coffee shop job [Barista Storytime + Cafe Tea Spill]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WiDujgvUArc/mqdefault.jpg)
I'm glad you got out of the toxicity. I feel for your former coworkers.
In Illinois, employers are legally required to provide a 20-minute meal break for any employee working 7.5 hrs or longer, and it *has* to come within the first 5 hrs of their shift.
I feel for my former coworkers too. They were mostly college students or very recent grads. Ugh
@@StefaniaMarzelia report the company/business to labor board!
If you're going to go ahead and share the tea on here you may as well report all these things to the Labour Board. Let something akin to progress come out of it.
You could also potentially get backpay for when they erroneously paid you the tipped minimum wage when you weren't able to take from the tip pool.
So it could benefit the person making this video as well as anybody who works at this cafe either now or in the future.
@@earthboundV it is one thing to spill the tea & vent; it is another thing to be activist, justice oriented & congruent and initiate change. If you have real heartfelt concern for monetary and labor injustice file a report imstead of lip service
I would have left so quickly. I am glad you learned a good life lesson. We are always here for you and will support you no matter what. I can wait for you to open your own coffee shop.
You’re too kind! I’m looking forward to what’s next :)
Yeah I would've left when they baited and switched the first day as a six hour working interview. Uhm nope.b
Aww I'm so sorry about your experience. That cafe needs to be reported to your local labor bureau. You have to be paid minimum wage during training! It is against the law to be paid less than. As a server/bartender here is LA you get paid minimum wage in training due to the fact that tips are not part of income until post training. Get a lawyer and sue that owner. Sounds like they are a hot mess ripe for a lawsuit.
Okay so this is what I thought?!? A few years ago I applied for a server position downtown (this was before my other local cafe I worked at) and they told me during training I’d make $15/hr but then go down to $9 + tips after training. I was SO surprised when I learned it was *just* $9/hr even without tips…
Roxy also here in California there is no sub minimum wage; everyone is required to be paid at least the local minimum wage, which up here in San Jose is 17.55/hr, and any tip is on top of that 🙂
@StefaniaMarzelia as a local Illinois Business owner, what they did was totally illegal.
State law requires the business owner makes up the
difference for server wages.
Meaning the 9 is legal (which i think is different now). However if you work 20 hours your tips have to make up the difference between the 9 and the minimum (state is 14) if the tips don't then the owner has to make up for it.
@@adame7155is this assuming tips are fully declared?
Sometimes, when we’re on the cusp of something new, we make odd decisions to keep ourselves rooted in the old era. Maybe it’s our way of making sure we’re really ready for the next thing. It sounds like you learned all the right lessons, though, especially about one’s value. 20:23
Your comment was a sign for me ❤️ Thank you, and I wholeheartedly agree :)
What beautiful and kind words!! It's so true
They took Advantage of you!!! Thank God you realized it quick & are following your dreams!!! No shame but I've always seen you doing something Much More! ❤❤❤ I'm 52 & I Love Watching your Channel!
13:20 That’s crazy! When I worked at Starbucks as a minor, I was getting $16 an hour. Now that I’m an adult I’m getting $23 an hour (barista position).
Maybe it’s because the state I’m at has a higher minimum wage that other states like Illinois doesn’t have?
I’ve only been a barista for 2 1/2years :)
Can u tell us what state youwork?
@@betsychavez2914 California
@@betsychavez2914 California
I worked as a barista in a combo restaurant and coffee shop. Pay started at $12 got tips after 2 weeks once i proved i knew what i was doing. I worked there from March-October last year and the more I knew what I was doing the more they expected. I became a shift for a bit until another shift was incredibly toxic and I realized I didn't need to deal with that and changed jobs. When I was a shift though I would do so many things at the same time. Drive, fryer, barista, runner, it was too much and they didn't care it was too much. They only made the schedule a week out also and it wasn't posted till the Friday before it we were lucky. Sometimes Saturday and that was frustrating. It got to the point where I had to tell them multiple times I wanted my days off together and they still wouldn't do it. My availability was wide open and they couldn't give me that. All I want for a work schedule is two days off in a row. It takes me a bit to relax and recharge. I can't do that with just one day off. Especially if I work early the next day.
Emphasis on the once you prove you know what you’re doing, it never ends. Some employers love to take advantage of employees that *get it* yet still mistreat them in the end … and it’s pretty sad.
@@StefaniaMarzelia for sure! I even stepped down as shift lead so pay was cut and they still expect me to do so much. We were incredibly short staffed and it was awful but they could have planned better regardless.
Honestly, I know it was rough but you haven't given up on your purpose. Don't look back and keep moving forward. You have so many great ideas and just know we will be rooting for you!
*virtual hug* 🥹💛
So happy and proud of you that you took this negative experience and turned it into something positive. You got this and I know that you'll be able to make the life that you want and deserve. Best of luck to you! Love your videos and you!
Thank you my friend!!! ❤️
Stefania I always learn a lot from your videos so thank you for the candid explanation of how it went. I’m sorry this recent barista situation didn’t work but as you say you learned a few things: some “tactical” (things about day-to-day & drinks), some “operational” (what not to do when you’re in charge), some “strategic” (next time I put on an apron it’ll be my shop; I’m a content-creator & proud of it, etc). You’re smart so you seem to be listening to yourself & following your calling. But you don’t have to rush either: you have your whole life to become who you want to be. ❤
WOW, thank you for your kind words! I hope something wonderful happens for you today! ❤️
@@StefaniaMarzelia thank you! So far so good but nothing unusual-just work. 😆😊🥰
I am so happy for you that you found out so quick and set your boundaries you did everything right. Believe in yourself and be proud of you
Much love, and a reminder to alwayssss set our boundaries lol ❤️
Good for you! It's empowering to step in to our own. You've got this, you rock. (Put it on the fridge...LOL and you are loved!)
You are too kind!!! I’m putting this entire comment section on the fridge, you guys are my homies for life 🥹
@@StefaniaMarzelia once a partner, always a partner!
I don't get how they could think treating you like a teenager with no experience instead of someone with years of experience, Such bull shit!
Literally!!! When I found out training would be a month or more I was like “but wait I’ve been a barista for 5+ years I don’t think I need THAT much training” 🤣🤣
God, in Ontario Canada, the law is that 5 hours or more is a 15 minute break, 8 hours or more is a lunch/dinner/meal (so around 30 minutes) - and these are minimums. This is kind of crazy. Sad to hear they abused you :(
We also abide by every 8 hours you get a 30, and usually 10-15 min every 4ish hours here in the US... but I guess not this place :(
1. minimum wage in texas is 7.25 regular and 2.13 server pay 😭
2. i am beyond proud of you. couldn’t read any of the other comments because i agreed with too many. you are so strong and that cafe didn’t need you, we do. thank you for sticking out for us. for so many of your subscribers, you have made monumental change, and we thank you for that love. whatever decisions you make i support (even with skepticism like last time)
I’m emotional now 😭🥹❤️💛🫶🏼💕
I believe they broke the federal labor law. Even servers who receive server wages must be paid minimum wage in total. If the tips didn't add up w wage to the mandated minimum, the employer is responsible for the difference. My son worked at D&D where the amnager tried to take advantage. I had to tweet the Labor Dept to get a real phone # to complain but he got his pay. Many of the foreigners who wouldnt complain, did not. Nobody works for free, even in training. Double check ur local & federal law & send a letter in writing to employer with a cc to Labor Dept. In NY, if they get busted, they have to pay twice what they owe to u. Good luck!
i really so appreciate this video. its funny because a year ago yesterday i was laid off from my corporate job. that was when i said fuck it, applied for a visa, moved to northern ireland, and started working at a grocery store 3 days a week. i fucking love it! i had been planning to move here for ages, my husband is from here, but getting laid off is what really pushed me to say fuck it, lets try for the visa. we had been working with a lawyer because we had been denied once before, we wanted to make sure the application was flawless. and thankfully it was. now i am working on getting a mortgage, which is something i never thought i would say.
Omg I had the same experience at I think the same coffee shop in Chicago. So glad you didn’t stay too long. I did that training shift and quit!!
Hello!
Barista from Australia.
Your experience sounds terrible compared to what happens in Australia.
I am casual barista at the moment. Paid $30 per/hr weekdays more on a Saturday and more on Sunday with weekend loading.
A minimum shift has to be 3 hrs. Legally after 5 hours we have to be given a 30 minute unpaid break. 5 hours or less is no break.
Glad you got something out of your experience. Wish you all the best in your journey ❤❤
Australia >> America 😂 Even your coffee / espresso is better!!! Hope to visit one day very soon, it’s always been a dream of mine ❤️
Ding, red flag. Ding, red flag. Ding, red flag. Ding, red flag...
Exactly 😂😂
Stefania, follow your passion… I have watched lots of your short videos and enjoy them all, the algorithms know I enjoy anything coffee related. TH-cam has so much information for anyone desiring to learn more about anything, especially coffee.
I fell deep into the coffee rabbit hole about two years ago, happily retired in my 50s and living in a beautiful town in the heart of Mexico. Now I’ll be starting my own coffee business, something totally new to most of Mexico, nitro cold brew. I have a stainless steel trailer and an 8 tap kegerator. Have been experimenting with nitro and will sell the coffee with flavorings on nitrogen gas, such as a mocha nitro cold brew. The viscosity of adding something thick keeps the coffee nitrogenated for a long time, as I’m sure you know a black nitro goes flat fairly fast.
Follow your bliss, I’m sure something coffee related will come from it, and yes videos count
I feel like I'm looking in a mirror almost with this video. I started working at target in February after my first Tech writing job fired me for no reason. :( I'm trying my best to climb out of my depression, but working at Target has put so much negativity in my head. I decided to cut my hours, because I still need the $$, but I don't need to kill myself over 30+ hours a week. Getting into voice acting projects and just....trying to make my path back to technical writing/copywriting. Point is, you're not alone.
Glad you could connect with my story, friend ❤️ a friendly reminder you’re not alone, & your rainbow is coming very very soon
that place sounds sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo shady. what the fuck!
Wow I'm so sorry!!! I work at starbucks in oregon! This place in chicago doesn't seem right! Anything over 6 hours in oregon you get a 30 min lunch and two 10 min breaks! Like you should get breaks and lunch! Yes in oregon if your a tipped employee you can skip breaks but not every! Like the owners aren't doing it right at all! I'm sorry girl that place is wrong. You should get tips and paid for all your training no matter what! If your on the clock working you should get paid for your time! You get paid for training all tips here in oregon!! Even during like first sips at starbucks you get tips your first day you start here.. Love your videos!!! You crack me up cause your videos are omg I had to deal with that today! Keep up the great work!!
Couldn’t agree more!!! 🙌
binging all your videos because i just started working at starbucks and you have the best videos about it lol
I’m not a barista anymore either 💚
I left Starbucks… I’m sure Ur so surprised lol! Just a college student rn! Have a blessed day ev1☀️😊
Omg when did you leave barista life behind?!
@@StefaniaMarzelia This Spring I left. I am a college student & it got to be too much. You know how demanding they are about the schedule! I do miss it, I am much happier😊❤️
10:44 At this point it just keeps getting worse and worse and not one part of the stress was from the actual work…
And tbh I completely forgot to mention the part where WE DIDNT EVEN GET FREE DRINKS / FOOD … no markouts at all unless it was drip coffee, otherwise we had to pay… huuuuhhhhh?!?! 😭 I’ve never worked at a cafe that didn’t allow markouts for baristas…
@@StefaniaMarzelia You got this home slice. When you get beyond what you think you ever could have achieved remember days like that.
Day by day seems small until you look back a decade. Lord loves his children 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Illinois needs to update some of their laws, if this is legal. Here in California, there's no sub-minimum wage. Everyone must be paid at least the local minimum wage, which here in San Jose is 17.55, and any tip is on top of that. Also the law in California says you are allowed to sit during the shift unless they have a compelling reason to not allow it.
We also require a 10 minute break every 2 hours, and a 30 minute meal break every four hours. If you work greater than five hours total, there MUST be a lunch break (the 30 minute meal break).
But I don't know the law in Illinois. I think the 10 minute breaks are also required under federal law. 🙂
Actually, a lot of what she described *is* illegal in Illinois, including paying less than minimum wage during training, as well as not providing a 20-minute break in the first 5 hours.
@@martynasmatutis8284 good 🙂
Also from Cali, and you have to remember, we've got some of the best labour laws in the country, and are one of the only states that doesn't have a sub-minimum wage for tipped employees. That being said, all of this was still illegal. Even in states with the tipped employee caveat, the company _still_ has to pay out minimum wage if the employees don't make it up in tips. Illinois also requires a 20min break for every 7.5hrs worked. So, yeah, all kinds of labour law violations going on in that little coffee shop.
@@Amarianee
"Also from Cali, and you have to remember, we've got some of the best labour laws in the country,"
Yes, except, here in the USA, it is spelled "labor". We have labor laws rather than labour laws. 🙂
"That being said, all of this was still illegal. "
Yup. Though, in California, it's not even an issue, because you don't have the tipped employee wage. 🙂
@neutrino78x And I prefer "labour," just like, "colour, centre, neighbour," and other British spellings. Both are correct, and as a US native, it's my right to choose, because while the preferred way to spell said words, is without the 'u,' both are correct 😛
❤That looks so good Stefania. You got this girl your dream will come to fruition
So much luv 🥹😭❤️
@@StefaniaMarzelia ❤️ You're determined and you have experience so it will work.
Sorry you had such a bad experience, love your videos.
You were taken advantage of. 100%
Yep… 😭😭😔
This is insane, even at the worst places I've worked, they never stooped to this level. Not American though, but that shouldn't matter, even 15 dollars is far too little imo. The schedule is posted 1-2 months ahead at both cafés I've worked at, and it is illegal to change shifts a week or so before like that, which was the red flag that immediatelly got me to leave the one resturant I worked at.
Girl, I am so damn proud of you! You're going to make several more mistakes and continue to learn from them (career wise). Your outlook on how this past experience was, is truly encouraging. I believe in you and I can't wait to see where you're heading to next in your entrepreneurial journey! ❤
Virtually hugging you from Chicago 🥹❤️
I would file a complaint to the department of labor if a store was doing that to their employees.
It’s not fair to you or any new hires who want to work at that café.
They were violating labour laws and you could probably talk to a lawyer if you really wanted. That owner is garbage.
This is giving me flashbacks of BAD experiences with Starbucks lmao. And that was like 20+ years ago
My work gives me our rosters the night before that week starts, soemtimes as late as 10pm.
I hate that!! that’s not right…
It does make things difficult
Girl I am speaking in faith in the future we will be able to go to our cafes and coffee shops and order the Stefania :-) just speaking it into existence cuz I drink sounds real good
I also want to state the fact that I love it that your dog is giving input off-screen with his little grunts :-) so cute you could almost add speech bubble to his response lol
My dream!!! 🥹😍☕️☕️☕️
You sounded really happy to be a barista again. That sounds awful but a good lesson that you learned from the experience. Best wishes on your future ventures.
I love being a barista! But might do it a little different next time 😉 Best wishes to you too, friend x
Get it girl! Follow your heart keep moving forward towards your dream. I'm in a transition with my career as well and I feel excited about it! Don't feel bad we only have one life let's Get It!!🫶
WE GOT THIS!!! ❤️❤️
Don't know if laws in Illinois is different, however, in Colorado for every 3-3.5 hrs worked, a 15 minute break is law. 5-5.5 hrs a 30 min lunch. (Might have some confusion going from retail to corporate but regardless)
I would look into work laws, talk to a workers rights lawyer.
I think you owning a coffee shop/Cafe or coffee brand/coffee additive line would be an interesting idea or career for yourself. You're creative brain is fabulous, honey. Keep up the good work. I will be watching for sure!
No one should have to rely on tips to make a living. I'm disgusted with the entire tipping culture, and I'm American. Also, I'm a fellow Chicagoan!
I couldn’t agree more! It shouldn’t fall on the customers to pay my bills, everyone’s employer should be paying them an adequate amount with tips just being an added bonus on top 🥲
Working interviews that benefit the company are illegal. Discouraging breaks is illegal. Not paying your employees the difference when they aren’t making minimum wage is illegal. I’m seeing a trend here.
So many illegal things here but especially during training (if you are a tipped/sub minimum wage employee) you get paid minimum wage so you should have been paid that and you have legal case. Also the breaks are mandatory by law. It’s like 15 minute shift every 4 hours 😅😅 girl if you don’t sue or report them to Better Business Bureau or some shi I will I’m actually pissed off rn
Um….. no breaks during a 7 hour shift is illegal in Illinois.
Live and learn, right? 😅
Yes, live and learn… 😂
10:23 Ok, what the hell are Illinois's labour laws?? I know CA labour laws are super strict, but I find it hard to believe that both, no breaks for 7hrs _and_ sub-minimun wage without making tips, are legal in any state. Thanks, now I'm going down a state labour law rabbit hole
Can confirm: IL is jank, compared to CA _buuttt_ if you actually only got paid $9/hr while not being tip eligible, that was indeed illegal. The restaurant is required to pay state minimum wage if you don't make up the difference in tips. Also, if he was working you 7.5hrs and not 7hrs, then yes, you were absolutely entitled to a 20min meal break.
Oh Chicago…..
Smart. I wouldn’t either.
but what's stopping you getting a mini van / trailer, and pushing your babies onto the public?
…. My friend, you are reading my mind rn. This is literally, exactly, what I want to do 🥺
Girl, all the red flags before you even accepted!
I KNOW 😭 I was trying to be optimistic about it all but sometimes you just can’t…
Sis , you are a brave one . I can’t wait to buy your products some day 💗
Been following you for a long time now. Love your videos. You’re funny and real! You’re a friend in my head. #Chitown 💙
CHI TOWN BESTIES 😁✨
i honestly think you should report this company because so much of this sounds illegal to me.
Maybe the manager was up to shenanigans?? Anyone trustworthy in that role should know the law... Could he be a FanGirl like me?? Stefania isnt a everybody name 😍 Let your haters be your motivators and keep pushing towards your dreams ❤❤❤
So I’m curious about the “first” day. If it wasn’t previously state it was a working interview, go get your money please.
I made $9 an hour at a Kmart in West Virginia in 2012 when I was being terribly taken advantage of. This story is way worse than that!
Is this the same coffee shop that you had a long conversation with the owner a a while back? If so that ain’t gone be good karma on them considering how they did that
Yep, same one... 😭
this vids making me MAD dude. I hate how awful these business owners can be. Like respect your employees. The employees are the people who fucking MAKE the money.
It’s all for the owners to profit more while exploiting their employees. It’s disgusting and is sadly happening everywhere
Please report this business for your coworkers.
Paying $15 to get to work and making $9 at work that's losing $6 a day plus your time spent there
I love seeing how transparent you were in this video, that’s what life journeys are all about, discovering yourself, your likes and dislikes, and experiencing new things to determine whether they are for you or not for you. What are your options, what are not your options, I’m so proud of you and happy for you, and I believe in your success, and I can’t wait to see what you do next.🩷🩷🩷🩷
This was so encouraging to read!! Thank you for your kindness, friend 🥹❤️
Let me know when you like open your own coffee shop👀🤣. I’ll be one of your first customers🙌🏽