Will I loose my job. I’ve been a partner for 2 years I rarely call out , cover shifts, I’m always half an hour early. I just recently got promoted maybe less than 2 months. I left the safe open over night. Will I get fired?
Posted Nov 24, 2021, 6:15 PM UTC
bet this post giving someone in corporate an aneurysm hahahaha
Good. LOL
Gotta volunteer to open when this happens🙃
Lol my exact thought
Yup, no overtime needed😂
I did this and I was given a verbal warning not to do it again, I never forgot again!
What kind of safe do you have? Ours will trigger an alarm if left open too long. Are you sure it was left open?
I remember one time I went past the 5 minute timer and nothing happened it just got quiet. No cops showed up either?
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Ours doesn’t :/
Lmao our night shift once left the safe open, DT window unlocked, and one of the side doors unlocked. They won POQ 2 weeks later.
This makes me laugh… I was targeted and assaulted by a partner, I contacted all possible Starbucks resources AND the police about it, other partners even wrote statements about what happened, this partner transferred, was promoted, AND won partner of the quarter within two months. I was 💀 when I found out.
Assault should be automatic fire.
I am so sorry this happened to you, they deserve to step on singular pieces of lego for as long as they live
We all make mistakes! I'm still a relatively new SSV. As a closer I've left the dtw unlocked and counted my deposits wrong a few times...you may get written up but it's not the end of the world. It's how we learn! I just switched to mornings and forgot to count the safe the other day😭We're human. We make mistakes. Don't worry about it too much. Just join the team of learning the lessons the hard way😰
SM here, I’ve had an SSV do this and I personally did not do anything other than coach on it. I’m realistic about what ya’ll go through, I know you’re doing/learning more than your mind can feasibly keep up with. It really depends on 1. Your manager and 2. If anyone watching the cameras (they do watch) notices. That’s when it will trigger investigation, write up, etc.
It honestly depends on your sm and dm. Did the cops not show up? Or the alarm not go off?
this happened at my old store. the shift didnt even get a write up. i think it depends on how lax your manager is, lmao
Or short staffed. Losing an SSV has to suck because only other SSVs can cover their shifts if they’re leading. I think they’d rather take the termination route as an absolute last resort.
I’d say OP should be fine. Maybe a write up at worst.
I take a picture of things that cause me anxiety so I know I did it. I take a picture of DTW so I know I moved the card reader and scanner off the window and I locked the window, I take a picture of the safe so I know it’s closed, and I take a picture of the alarm counting down unless Penske gets there before we leave or we have someone fixing something in the store. Try that, it might help you remember things.
I wouldn’t be worried about it though, we all make mistakes
I once didn’t lock the main door and was walking home when I decided to go back cause I didn’t remember doing my double check and low and behold I had never been happier that I’d gone back to check it that day! My SM once left the fire door partially open all night! We all do it once
Oh man, I’ve done that a bunch of nights too!
Edit: drive back to check, I always remembered to lock the door though.
I once walked into an opening shift and found the safe left cracked open and it was beeping like crazy. Nothing ever happened the closing SSV that had left it open. We had a cool SM though. But I’m sure you’ll be fine. Accidents happen. If anything they might give you a write-up, you probably won’t be fired. Starbucks really doesn’t keep very much cash in Door 1 of the safe anyway.
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Lol I've done it. You're good unless your SM literally hates you and would prefer being down a shift to having you around but it doesn't seem like that's the case
I’ve done it twice! Not fired but I got a lot of shit for it. It happens
Honestly if your store manager is a fairly understanding person, you should be okay. You’ll probably just get talked to. My old store manager was always on a rampage. I once forgot to put the deposit slip in the deposit bag and she lost her shit on me.
Count me as a lead that’s done the same thing. I got coached on it, no paperwork.
Based on the other comments here, it sounds like every key holder has done it too!
Take a breath. Sometimes, people do drop the ball and failures do happen. This is a recoverable one, but it only is so if there is a careful assessment of what went wrong and an effort to prevent it in the future. For myself, I may put up a checklist and mark it off to make sure that certain key things are done.
TECHNICALLY you can be separated for this but realistically you won’t be. I wouldn’t worry too much, talk to your SM and explain what happened and what you’ll do in the future to make sure you don’t forget again. We all make mistakes!
I had an SSV do that at our store. The cops didn’t show up and my SM just told her not to do it again. I’ve left the dtw unlocked at close before. We all make mistakes!
Yeah I’m hoping I get a talk since I’m still new :(. By far biggest mistake I’ve made I don’t normally miss that either.
Yeah I wouldn’t stress about it too much!! As long as the cops didn’t show up it’s truly not a huge deal. And believe me you’d def know if the cops showed up. The safe company would’ve called your SM too if they were detecting and issue. We have a safe wizard 1 and we were fine. I think the safe wizard 2’s are more sensitive
I guess it was the morning shift that told my GM that it was left open
Hey, I became a shift in January and a couple months ago I left the deposit bag outside the safe overnight. I got a warning. Obviously it made me more careful about it but you should normally get a warning about something before it becomes a write up. And like a lot of things, three write ups and you’re out. But right now just live and learn and don’t worry about it anymore than being more careful it shuts properly. Sometimes they don’t shut right the first time so double check. Congrats on the promo by the way
Yeah :( it honestly does come down to SM discretion but in my opinion(as long as you are in good standing) you’ll be fine it’s an honest mistake
If you haven’t already tell your SM. Explain the error. Try to come up with a solution to prevent this in the future. It also looks good if you ask your SM how they ensure they don’t forget anything. People make mistakes, but it’s more important to understand why and what you’ll do in the future to prevent it.
For me, before I walked out of the store, I’d say to myself; safe, alarm, food. For me these were the must do items. All others are important, but could be completed in the morning if forgotten.
When I was a shift I locked my keys in the store during a trash run. The guy who owned a pizza place across the street broke us back in and I didn’t hear a thing. You’ll be fine.
If 1 penny is missing, I’d be concerned
Plus in this job climate SB should start taking care of their good and faithful employees… hiring right now and going through resumes has been nothing short of amusing and more often than not, pretty darn shocking!!