i started about 3 months ago so i don’t know the whole story, but i think it started to go downhill the MOST when the assistant store manager (ASM) and the barista trainer (BT) had a conversation in confidence, ASM told store manager, and BT got in trouble and then quit shortly after. one girl had a baby and is out, 2 got fired for not showing to work due to the immense stress of working there (i was almost on that list but i started forcing myself to go and my mental health has been worse for it). it’s such a long story. store manager is so incompetent, i don’t even know why she is working this job. she schedules people outside their availability without discussing it, she’ll schedule people who ask for more hours less, and people who ask for less hours more, she claims she’s helping but when we’re all drowning in orders and customers she’s “working from home” or just sitting in the cafe on her computer. we are so understaffed and we won’t get new hires in anytime soon because she’s slacking on appointing a new barista trainer and she drove our old one away. everyone is calling in all the time because of how miserable this job is. the closing people don’t get out until several hours after they’re scheduled to leave. the other night i was closing and it would be just me and another person so i forced myself to throw up just so we could close early and leave because i wanted to go home and other girls baby cousin was sick. i’m literally so angry with myself for taking this job. we had enough people to unionize before people all quit/got fired. i had to call in this morning because i went to the ER last night due to a self harm related incident and my boss told me if i couldn’t find coverage id be going against policy. my mental health is suffering so badly and i can’t do anything but sleep and cry on my time off. but i haven’t even put in a 2 weeks yet. i’m so lost. i’m very depressed. ijust wanna be happy again.