Friday, December 11, 2009

First Semester Finals Week 2009

Hey Everyone!
As 1st Semester comes to a close I wanted to take the time to say thanks to all of our wonderful baristas who have been so flexible and understanding regarding the changes we've made to improve the Brew. We couldn't have done it without you!
Schedule:
The finals week schedule has been emailed out to everyone - please double check when you work. We will not be accepting any subs or shift changes since you were able to pick they hours you wanted to work.
Bravo's:
Quite a few employees have received BRAVO's this month for going above and beyond the call of your everyday barista duties. Just a couple: Peter Ruzicka for doing the dirty work of cleaning behind the dishwasher in the Bayou; Lisa Wells for dealing with a broken key, crazy lines, and location switches all in one day; Isabelle Denton for switching locations without losing her good attitude on short notice. There were definitely more baristas of note - but look how great your co-workers are! Let's all try to step up and follow their wonderful examples.
Hiring and Training:
You might see some new faces in the next few weeks if you are around. We've hired 5 new baristas and are looking to hire about 10 more by the end of break. We'll be having training session this week as well as right before next semester starts. If anyone wants to attend a training session to pick up some instruction on procedures or brush up on their bar skills, the more the merrier! So, if you see someone behind the counter you don't recognize - chance is they're new. Say hello!
Finals:
Good luck everyone! Have a great break and a great holiday season! Keep your eyes open for a 2nd semester schedule arriving in your email inbox sometime in the second week of January. Travel safe and have a fun and peace-filled break!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

December Updates!

hi brew crew!
i hope everyone is enjoying the snow flurries we've been having! just a reminder that you need to sign up for finals hours as soon as possible! the schedule is filling up really, really quickly so get a move on.
DRINK SPECIALS:
please remember that even though the pumpkin spice latte, or the vanilla bean tea latte or any of our past drink specials are no longer the "special" we can definitely still make them when ordered. just remember to keep ringing they up under their appropriate BREW SPECIAL or SCC SPECIAL button. we're working on making the buttons and the register even easier for you come next semester. keep your eyes peeled!
CHRISTMAS PARTY:
all brew employees are invited to the christmas get-together this thursday, december 10th from 5p-7p. it's going to be held in brooks lounge in the AMU with an optional white elephant gift exchange around 6p. there'll be food and festive attitudes all around! definitely come and celebrate before finals hit!
SPRING SEMESTER SCHEDULE:
as you know, your SMs are working really hard on getting all of your spring semester availability together to create the new schedule. please make sure you are updating them as soon as anything changes/comes up.
MANDATORY SAFETY TRAINING:
last week friday we had the first of two safety trainings. if you did not make friday's you are required to come to tuesday, december 8th's from 2:30-3p in AMU 157. if you can't make it you need to let your SM know and you will be held responsible for reading the material and signing off in a timely manner outside of your scheduled shifts.