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View submission: Coffee Emporium Situation???
So I worked at Coffee Emporium in a different location than IRL for almost a year. I truly think it’s unfair to judge an entire local company because one (1) employee got fired. While the employee has every right to be upset, you’re directing all of this anger at employees and other management that truly had nothing to do with this. I found it to be a great place to work 🤷🏻♀️ if you found the environment lacking, it wasn’t Coffee Emporium it was that shop’s culture. Yeah the pay is skewed but they also got new owners a week ago? Maybe give them some grace and time to figure it out. There is still a lot to be done. And to clarify, I was just a regular barista. The IRL manager, I can’t defend bc I’ve seen my manager cover his ass more than once but let’s not lump the whole company into one incident.
Comment by fear_repercussions at 09/08/2024 at 19:28 UTC
16 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Idk what shop you worked at but I work at the downtown shop currently and the culture there has become toxic due to management. Also the new owners had chances to fix the pay already when they fixed the tipping situation recently, and chose not to. Plus the new owner Alex tweets about how he's supplementing wages with tips. So I don't expect much.
Comment by tacocasual at 09/08/2024 at 19:20 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
No one is mad at employees here, that much is obvious. And I am okay actually, this manager didn’t like me personally so i knew it was coming but to say this isn’t a culture of the company thing is pretty wrong as someone who was there for three years, definitely longer than i should have for sure, and *edit: D was good at helping after i brought the major problems to his attention* but it would seem he is in the boys club too which was a bummer to find out. Stay safe 🤍
I think a lot of this outpour is more a response to how the general public usually feels about the faces they see every day and i am honored i was one of the ones they loved enough to be angry on my behalf, i know i have felt this way at other establishments that have come and gone. That’s part of the beauty i have come to love in the midwest, relationship and love you have with everyone, even your baristas. And if the new owners can fire people before they can meet anyone or adjust pay scales you can see where their priority lies.