100 signatures reached
To: Starbucks Coffee Co.
Fair Vacation Time for Starbucks Employees
I have been employed by Stabucks since 2012. As of now, our vacation time accumulates from our one-year anniversary with the company to a maximum of 40 hours. However, I have less than 20 hours accumulated even though I've been with the company for almost three years. Managers recieve as many as 5 weeks vacation in one year, so why the poor treatment of the baristas? Most American companies give employees who have worked one year with a company, one full week of vacation, which increases to two weeks of vacation after two years. This also includes at least three personal days that do not affect vacation time. Starbucks needs to adopt this extremely common vacation policy as their own. Furthermore, because Starbucks has very few full-time employees and because how many hours I work per week is completely beyond my control, part-time employees should receive this vacation policy the same way that full-time employees should.
Why is this important?
Starbucks is not an easy job, it's hard on your body as well as your mind, and the stress leaves us exhausted.
Even part-time employees work because they need the money, but everyone should be given the ability to take time off to vacation with loved ones or take time to regroup and energize, and a mere few hours does not suffice.
Personal days are equally important. Life happens. Life doesn't follow a schedule. Things that are out of our control sometimes come up last minute. Employees should not have to sacrifice their pay and potentially threaten their ability to pay their bills, because of a family emergency or the like.
