Pros
The customer interaction. People absolutely love you when you can make a drink exactly to their liking and they turn into loyal customers. I have had several customers who said they prefer me to make their drink. I believe it is also important to make it about the overall experience and not just the product. I ask them about their day and how their classes (I work on a University and am currently a student as well) and work are going. People really appreciate it when even just a few seconds of their day, someone takes the time to ask "How are you?" and really listen for an answer, while making them a drink that could help improve their day just a little better.
Cons
Since I work for a licensed store, I feel like there is very little room for advancement within the company and we get little to no benefits. I am studying International Business and Marketing so I would love to get into more of the Corporate Starbucks higher management positions possibly in the future. Therefore cons: I feel like I work way too hard and get very little back from my licensed store (even though I know how to do everything that a corporate barista does). In addition, our store is very unfair in compensating its employees, with a severe imbalance in equal level of work. The plus side though is that our store is very flexible with my schedule because we are all university students.
