Starbucks (SBUX) CEO Brian Niccol has high expectations for employees after the company laid off 1,100 corporate employees worldwide last month and paused hiring for hundreds of open... — read more 

Interested to know which positions got laid off. Does anyone know?

Hearing 1100 people got eliminated. Was anyone outside of Seattle, Washington a part of this?

Are you all in? Do you give all the f*cks about Starbucks? Then let Brian Niccol's words inspire you: https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/starbucks-ceo-to-staff-step-it-up-6344260/

I can't help thinking the recent layoffs and the worsening company performance is the universe getting karmic revenge for making millions of people sicker with the overly sugary drinks in recent years. Diabetes. Obesity. The beverage innovation... — read more 

So the dreaded email came into my box. After 18 years from barista to VP it all ends like this. Not what I imagined. Mad, confused, and a bit relieved to tell you the truth. I am worried for my team. I did my best to shield them from all the... — read more 

Hearing all remote managers are being cut, is this true?

Have you or any of your teams been impacted so far? The email was supposed to go out at 7am PST. Thinking of all our partners today.

I heard some VPs were notified today that they are being laid off. Anyone know anything about that?

In a letter to employees released Monday, CEO Brian Niccol said the company will inform employees who are being laid off by mid-day Tuesday. Starbucks is also eliminating several hundred open and unfilled positions, he... — read more 

I know I'm not the only one that is hearing things about how the layoffs are going to shake out. I'm surprised this board isn't blowing up with noise.

Every new CEO at every company has the same strategy. Destroy employee morale so service quality drops. Blame team for not performing Raise prices on goods and services (stick it to the customer) Cuts services and reduce offerings to... — read more 

I am being told that we will work from home the week they decide to do the layoffs. Can anyone confirm timing. I am hoping to take PTO!

An increasing number of media reports indicate there’s a high chance layoffs will happen. If anyone has inside information, please share.

I see some SSC partners got laid off that posted on LinkedIn. any other functions impacted?

Starting in January, Starbucks will implement a “standardized process” to hold workers accountable if they don’t abide by the coffee chain’s return-to-office policy, according to a memo sent to one of the company’s divisions that was seen by... — read more 

Is it true there's a hiring freeze at Starbucks?

https://jacobin.com/2024/02/starbucks-sbwu-contract-bargaining/

Guess who's going to be paying for that? Prepare for layoffs.

"Once known for its progressive politics, Starbucks’s labor practices have soured its reputation in the eyes of many college students. Now some want the chain booted from... — read more 

The following store locations are shuttering: Mission and Main Geary and Taylor 425 Battery 398 Market 4th and Market 555 California Bush and Van Ness Employees can transfer to other locations, or at least that's what the company is... — read more 

https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1647015840020320262?s=20

Will bringing in a Target veteran help putting things in order?

https://retailwire.com/discussion/new-starbucks-ceo-plans-to-work-behind-the-counter/

BREAKING: The NLRB ruled today that Starbucks illegally fired and mistreated 35 union workers in Buffalo and Rochester. As part of the punishment, billionaire CEO Howard Schultz must record a video in which he reads workers their rights.

This is what I've got in return... The transformation that Starbucks has undergone in recent years has left a profound impression on me. I am amazed by the exceptional business execution skills of the executive team, which have been integral to... — read more 

As part of the day of action, SBWU baristas are asking supporters to refrain from buying Starbucks gift cards this holiday season and show up to work stoppages and demonstrations instead. Like many gift recipients, they’ll accept cash... — read more 

Executive vice president and general counsel was fired! She took home more than $5.3 million in compensation in 2021 and will receive $7.1 million in severance. wtf?

I’ll just leave this here: The union representing Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) employees at about 200 of its cafes said on Tuesday the coffee chain closed two locations in retaliation for organizing activities there, though the company cited business... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/starbucks-sbux-q3-2022-earnings.html

EXCLUSIVE: In a leaked video call, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz begged managers to increase their union busting. The billionaire CEO blasted unionizing, hourly employees as “so-called workers” and “some outside force that’s going to dictate or... — read more 

Now that we've crossed into hundreds within six months, let's add another digit to that number within the next six months!

https://labornotes.org/2022/03/how-starbucks-workers-won-mesa

Seattle Starbucks location unanimously votes in favor of unionizing, a first in the company’s hometown https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/22/seattle-starbucks-union-vote-passes-unanimously-in-the-companys-hometown.html

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/1/headlines/starbucks_union_organizing_spreads_to_54_stores_in_19_states

"Starbucks workers form their 1st union in the U.S. in a big win for labor" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/09/1062150045/starbucks-first-union-buffalo-new-york

I want to hear your stories. Me, I got the axe when some punk kids on bicycles stole our tip jar from the drive-thru window. I jumped out the window, headset on, chased them down, got the tip jar back and took one of the kids bikes and told him... — read more 

"After workers at three Starbucks stores in Buffalo, New York, petitioned for a vote on whether to unionize, the company has told the National Labor Relations Board that all 450 workers in the city should be allowed to vote, according to a memo... — read more