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View submission: Coffee Emporium Situation???
Can confirm that a lot is going down. I also have a friend who knows the barista that got fired and it’s not looking good over there. If you look at their google reviews it seems like the owner is saying a “cultural issue” has been addressed and that everything is okay now, but only this beloved barista has been fired because upper management didn’t like her sticking up for herself and her coworkers. Seems like crap to me and a way to keep the lower staff quiet. 🤷🏼♀️ After hearing about all of it I definitely will not be spending my money there anymore. Hats off to the baristas though, hope they can find a better work environment.
Comment by Responsible_Jump5031 at 11/08/2024 at 01:57 UTC
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I can say that I frequent both these locations and the staff at the Iowa city location are all very friendly and and the product is good and many regulars love these kids. The IRL location did not have quite the same quality of service but it is also a smaller location. We have been frequenting both locations for years and as for maggots if that were true that would have been from the staff not doing there job and that would include the disgruntled former employee. If anyone does their research there were negative reviews about the staff at that store before the termination happened so clearly the new ownership had to make changes. As for tips being used to supplement wages that is in any service industry. As for pay discrepancy claims that is false as the barista pay was all equalized by the last owner before the sale. All this can clearly be seen as a disgruntled employee trying to start problems. Remember that Iowa is an at will state and can be terminated at any time and if pay was so bad and management was so bad why did you stay and not look for new employment