I make 9 an hour plus tips which ends up being around 18 an hour at my barista job. Not a horrible gig, but a few people have quit recently for various reasons, and management has been having trouble finding applicants. I told a friend who is looking for work to apply. Great thing is, I’ve already worked with her before at another coffee shop and can vouch for her competence. When I mentioned this to a coworker and how I would be stoked to work together with her again, they said “Oh, well you’re probably not going to be able to work at the same location if you already know each other.” I’m sorry, what?? Has anyone ever heard of a policy like that? They said it’s because of a kind of “conflict of interest” and that at my coworkers old job, even if you started getting close with another coworker they would separate you to different locations. What the actual fuck? So friendship is against company policy now? I literally don’t understand.