Strong and positive culture. Free food and partner discounts are good, but could be better.. Show More
What DON'T You Like About Working There?
So many layers of management to get through before launching anything. Company is somewhat schizophrenic- chases whatever shiny new goal that appears before them. CMO promotes no joint ownership, but then no one EVER makes a decision. Work life is an extreme oscillation between omg, so much work to do!! --> omg, i'm bored out of my mind and just want to be home. Career growth is so unclear and hazy. Most people I know are absolutely miserable... Show More
The camaraderie between partners is often strong and the benefits are good... Show More
What DON'T You Like About Working There?
The culture shifted from being 50/50 employee/customer oriented to 100% customer oriented, so the "low guys" on the totem pole get shafted. The expectations are way high for the pay... Show More
I really enjoyed the people I worked with, we were a family. The fast-paced environment and constant challenges are fun and keep the job interesting for the most part. Great benefits were also a plus!.. Show More
What DON'T You Like About Working There?
The company has created a very entitled customer base, which can make some interactions very unpleasant. Not something I will miss... Show More
What Are Your Favorite Benefits/Perks?
I got my BS through Starbucks, and was able to graduate debt free!.. Show More
Great structure, clear expectations from corporate for all employees, well-established system for pay increases, time off, schedule requests, etc... Show More
What DON'T You Like About Working There?
It's retail customer service. Customers are extremely entitled and very rude... Show More
What Are Your Favorite Benefits/Perks?
Free coffee on each shift, health insurance at 20 hours/week... Show More
I really enjoyed free coffee and food . Also flexible hours and manger would work with your schedule for school and stuff... Show More
What DON'T You Like About Working There?
People acting like they are so important cuz they work there ... Show More
What Are Your Favorite Benefits/Perks?
Coffee and food .we all know sturbucks can get quite expensive. Also environment was also great and smoke free .Pay was ok but could be better.. Show More
I love the fact that you can pick what schedule you would prefer to work. It makes it easier to do things like pursue education, and other passions you may have. I also love the fact that they offer free degree programs thru Arizona State University. We also get a free premium subscription to Spotify. They also offer free stock to all partners that work at least 20 hours a week... Show More
What DON'T You Like About Working There?
I feel like when I first started working for the company, there was more of work life balance. I feel like now we work three times as hard, with even less staff for the same pay. I also do not like the fact that all of our time off got separated into sick time and vacation time, where as before, it was all lumped into one... Show More
What Are Your Favorite Benefits/Perks?
I would have to say one of my favorite things about working here, is the fact that we get a free pound of coffee to mark out each week. I haven't had to buy coffee in years!.. Show More
Great atmosphere, great personalities of management. The company represents a modern company and treats its employees well... Show More
What DON'T You Like About Working There?
There isn't a whole lot bad about Starbucks. The only thing I would say is that they do not pay super well, but it is relatively competitive compared to other coffee chains... Show More
What Are Your Favorite Benefits/Perks?
Free coffee, great working environment... Show More
Free coffee and food mostly, a lot of the other partners are fun and energetic to work with and around. It's always nice to create something that makes someone fall in love with coffee... Show More
What DON'T You Like About Working There?
They are a cheap company who abuses their employees with insane working hours, minimal breaks, limited training, and low wages.. Show More
Its a very fast paced friendly work enviroment. Everyone works as a team to get things done.. Show More
What DON'T You Like About Working There?
Sometimes the customers take bad moods out on employees but its all part of the job.. Show More
What Are Your Favorite Benefits/Perks?
Getting to try everything they serve. It is encouraged to know what your serving so you can comunicate better with the customers on there needs.. Show More
What percentage of Starbucks employees do you think view this as a "day off" and completely blow the training off as something they don't see a reason to care about?
Hopefully most of them: I like to think most people are decent, and don't hate because of ethnicity: they hate because customers suck. :P
I am a Starbucks shareholder, and it pisses me off when I am there and see a line of ladies waiting for the bathroom \(in the old days when we were separate\), and when I notified a barista of the issue, they find a guy that was passed out from shooting up heroin... The lunatics are running the asylum... I don't want to go there and sit next to an unwashed individual who reeks... And I feel we should have some rights as well... What does Starbucks plan to do for their paying customers?
> What does Starbucks plan to do for their paying customers? Provide them coffee while increasing company over head and turn over costs as the management weighs the organization down with new "bias training" modules and bathroom cleaning procedures that have resulted from a diversity of new bathroom messes that have erupted from welcome mat being layed out for homeless people at every Starbucks now. It's financial suicide, and too many people are mentally shoe-horned into being blinded to it by righteous indignation.
So how exactly are you supposed to remove unruly people/customers from the store now? Obviously the policy has been changed and you no longer have to make a purchase, but say a homeless black guy was in there asking patrons for money, did the training cover how you would handle this?
The training stated that people who are disrupting others can be asked to contain themselves (in the event of harassment or inappropriateness) and if they choose not to they will be asked to leave. We're not forced to put up with unreasonable people or people who are actually breaking the law.
Why does Starbucks pay their employees crappy? I own a pizza shop and pay more than Starbucks. I pretty much hire their workers and all of them say they hated working there. I love how they want to train you on this stuff for minimum wage lol
Hows your health insurance? Basic plan at Starbucks is $20/month pretax for workers.
So homeless people can now stink up the bathroom and bathe in there without so much as a question? Thats weak... a $1.90 bagel/cc is the price of admission to a Starbucks toilet - and it was fine, least we used to think it was.
If you've never seen homeless people in starbucks before you just haven't been paying attention. This will change nothing.
Can a Starbucks employees start denying service to customers who actively say racists stuff? I really hope so. It's very frustrating when some ignorant idiot ahead of me is tying up the line cause he's *** about "the Mexicans" to someone they know can't tell them to STFU.
You can deny service to anyone who is being disruptive or harrassing someone. I kicked a girl out once for calling another customer the n-word while they were in line. I've denied service to people for screaming at me or other employees or for name calling. *** that ***.
This might not be for you but for the company doing the training but if 8000 stores were closed and these seminars were held in house (in your store) - did they have 8000 trainers available? Or did your manager do the training?
Our manager did the training, guided by an iPad program
Not really related to your training but I was in Boracay once, and a Filipina barista spoke fluent mandarin while taking the orders from a Chinese couple. I was very surprised. Do you get 'extra' pay if you speak a language other than the one spoken locally?
I've been tipped for speaking a foreign language to a foreign customer, but no you don't get a higher wage for it. Edit: German
How useful do you think this training will be 12 months from now with normal turnover? How do you think this compares to the last time they closed all stores for training?
Starbucks is developing 12 MyTraining modules (mandatory, online training pamphlets/exercises for all employees) for this training program, which will then be added to the curriculum for incoming employees. I've yet to see those and I'm unsure how effective they'll be, but they definitely seem to be accounting for turnover. And I'm unfamiliar with the other training shutdown, sorry
I think the company did a good job with the program, and my manager did a good job setting everything up. It went really well and my coworkers seem to agree.
Its great that corporate Starbucks thinks this is a good idea however, if you are in a location with a lot of homelessness ie., any major city in America, this will present safety issues for the workers and customers. What is the general consensus of the employees at Starbucks?
My coworkers are somewhat divided. Most of us, especially the closing crew, already deal with a lot of homeless people every day. I don't think any of us are worried for our safety, as the homeless people who come to my store are typically harmless. The issue that some of us are worried about is the mess that some homeless people will leave in the bathrooms. We get an older lady who will try to wash her clothes in the bathroom sink, and another person who aims for the wall. We make it a point to clean up after these people, of course, but the mess they sometimes leave is incredibly unsanitary, and in some cases is such a hazard, that policy is to shut down the bathroom and call a professional sanitation team. The vast majority of homeless do not behave this way in our bathrooms, which is why we're kind of divided. There's the band that believes our new policy will just invite more people who try to do this. And then there's the band that suspects little-to-no change to our current problems. I'm in the latter camp, but I'll concede that while I don't think they'll worsen, I certainly think this limits our ability to *improve* our bathroom conditions.
The room seemed pretty comfortable. It was just our coworkers, managers, and some iPads, so we made ourselves at home. The manager also brought a ton of snacks and Dominos so we were in good condition.
What is one thing you think they couldve handled better at the meeting? Thank you for everything you do and thank you for this ama
To be honest, I entered with low expectations and left thinking they did a really good job. I'm not totally sure how much credit should just go to the company itself, or how much should go to my manager, who I think handled the meeting incredibly well. If I had to nitpick, I'd say I wished they had explored implicit associations a little further. If you've ever looked into implicit associations online, you'll probably have found something like [this](https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html), which is a test you take to see if it's more difficult for you to quickly associate "good" and "bad" adjectives with white faces or with black faces. This kind of test can make some people uncomfortable, which I imagine is one reason Starbucks omitted it from the program, but I would have like to see it. What we got instead was something like [this](http://s3.mirror.co.uk/click-the-colour-and-not-the-word/index.html), which is similar in concept but I think has a weaker effect.
What do you think about Starbucks new open door policy and that anyone can just come in and sit or use the restroom as they please? It sounds like more trouble imo. Edit: the open door policy is apparently not new. The training is to set guidelines, etc. for employees to follow.
Ultimately, I don't think customers should worry about this new policy. Starbucks employees will still reserve the right to remove people who are disruptive or behaving inappropriately, and if it turns out that the policy is yielding low-satisfaction rates among paying customers, then the company will probably amend it. That being said, if a significant change does happen, it would be to our nighttime shifts which already attract a larger number of homeless people than the daytime shifts. And of course, the new policy could very well make our stores just all the more attractive to people who otherwise don't have the greatest source of shelter at night. It makes sense. I have some coworkers who worry about this, but I'm rather optimistic that the change will be negligible. I'm not opposed to changing my tune if I'm proven wrong, however.
How many more of these sessions will happen? Or is this the only one? Also was it just watching a video, and a few questions and answers type of thing?
I think this was the only formal meeting we'll have, but the company will be adding related modules to our MyLearning page (an online training course where all employees learn the basics and such before actually going on the job). There were a lot of videos involved, yes, but they weren't exactly *training* videos where they tell you what to do or what to say. They were more like what you'd expect from a Vox video, where they provide information along with a message of some sort. We also received notebooks that contained prompts to answer, but they were more like open-ended, thought-provoking questions, rather than multiple-choice or short-answer questions with a right or wrong answer. For example, there's a page with the title "The first time you..." and then a series of statements to finish that prompt, like "...noticed your racial identity," "had a friend of a different race who regularly visited your home," etc. We also had group activities where we would discuss our answers to these prompts with each other.
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Starbucks Employee Political Affiliation
Democratic Party
85.0%
Republican Party
13.4%
Libertarian Party
0.9%
Other
0.3%
Employee Political Donations
Name
Job Title
Party
Donation
Paula BoggsExecutive
Executive
Democratic Party
$98,870Democratic Party
Rossann WilliamsPresident
President
Democratic Party
$33,400Democratic Party
Howard SchultzExecutive
Executive
Democratic Party
$26,150Democratic Party
Orin SmithChief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Democratic Party
$25,000Democratic Party
Lucy HelmExecutive Vice President
Executive Vice President
Democratic Party
$21,774Democratic Party
AMY CredeResource Manager
Resource Manager
Democratic Party
$10,530Democratic Party
Peter GibbonsExecutive Vice President
Executive Vice President
Republican Party
$10,000Republican Party
Lori PunkeDirector
Director
Republican Party
$9,000Republican Party
James RothDirector Of Public Affairs
Director Of Public Affairs
Democratic Party
$6,400Democratic Party
Daniel BergerCorporate Counsel
Corporate Counsel
Democratic Party
$6,046Democratic Party
Matthew RyanCSO
CSO
Democratic Party
$5,400Democratic Party
Mary WagnerVice President Of Research And Development
Vice President Of Research And Development
Democratic Party
$5,200Democratic Party
Luci ColarussoBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$5,000Republican Party
Adrienne GemperleSenior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Democratic Party
$4,700Democratic Party
John KellyExecutive
Executive
Republican Party
$4,500Republican Party
Clarice TurnerSenior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Democratic Party
$4,200Democratic Party
Bridget HughesWeb Analyst
Web Analyst
Democratic Party
$4,002Democratic Party
Katherine SeawellMarketing
Marketing
Democratic Party
$4,000Democratic Party
Vivek VarmaExecutive Vice President
Executive Vice President
Democratic Party
$3,700Democratic Party
Paul EngskovPresident
President
Democratic Party
$3,450Democratic Party
Sophie HumeAttorney
Attorney
Democratic Party
$3,450Democratic Party
Thomas BarrMarketing
Marketing
Republican Party
$3,000Republican Party
Colleen ChapmanVice President
Vice President
Democratic Party
$2,950Democratic Party
Sean DyersLawyer
Lawyer
Democratic Party
$2,800Democratic Party
Lisa GwinDistrict Manager
District Manager
Libertarian Party
$2,702Libertarian Party
Zulima EspinelPolicy Counsel
Policy Counsel
Democratic Party
$2,700Democratic Party
Valerie DannaSenior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Democratic Party
$2,700Democratic Party
Christina McPhersonVice President
Vice President
Democratic Party
$2,700Democratic Party
Kris EngskovPresident
President
Democratic Party
$2,700Democratic Party
Rachel AntalekVice President, Innovation
Vice President, Innovation
Democratic Party
$2,700Democratic Party
Adam BrotmanExecutive
Executive
Democratic Party
$2,700Democratic Party
Lauren HardingShift Supervisor
Shift Supervisor
Democratic Party
$2,700Democratic Party
David TisdaleManager
Manager
Republican Party
$2,600Republican Party
Stephen GillettInformation Technology Technician
Information Technology Technician
Republican Party
$2,500Republican Party
Jessica PeckBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$2,400Republican Party
Lindsay CuringtonAssistant Manager
Assistant Manager
Democratic Party
$2,343Democratic Party
Michael BunneySoftware Developer
Software Developer
Democratic Party
$2,332Democratic Party
Katie SeawellMarketing
Marketing
Democratic Party
$2,300Democratic Party
Steven JohannesenDirector Of International Operations
Director Of International Operations
Democratic Party
$2,250Democratic Party
Julie CampbellStore Manager
Store Manager
Democratic Party
$2,055Democratic Party
Susannah DhamdhereNational Account Executive
National Account Executive
Democratic Party
$1,950Democratic Party
David BealMarketing
Marketing
Democratic Party
$1,875Democratic Party
Douglas WieboldtShift Supervisor
Shift Supervisor
Democratic Party
$1,845Democratic Party
Terrence TurnerAnalyst
Analyst
Democratic Party
$1,809Democratic Party
John NettletonAttorney
Attorney
Democratic Party
$1,750Democratic Party
Gerrard MamarilCorporate Law Assistant
Corporate Law Assistant
Democratic Party
$1,675Democratic Party
Sean ShanahanRisk Manager
Risk Manager
Democratic Party
$1,650Democratic Party
James HingProcurement
Procurement
Democratic Party
$1,500Democratic Party
Catherine HardyVice President
Vice President
Democratic Party
$1,500Democratic Party
Diane BridgeBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$1,485Democratic Party
Michael KomloBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$1,380Democratic Party
BEN BishopBusiness Developer
Business Developer
Democratic Party
$1,375Democratic Party
Marian ZimmermanBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$1,350Democratic Party
Lara BehnertCreative Director
Creative Director
Democratic Party
$1,334Democratic Party
Francesca WermlingerVice President
Vice President
Democratic Party
$1,325Democratic Party
Jane LockwoodDirector Of Ecommerce
Director Of Ecommerce
Democratic Party
$1,300Democratic Party
Susan McMahonBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$1,280Democratic Party
Roberta GulloneSales
Sales
Democratic Party
$1,250Democratic Party
Ruby AmegahFood Scientist
Food Scientist
Democratic Party
$1,250Democratic Party
Brent DennistonExecutive
Executive
Republican Party
$1,200Republican Party
Tom BarrMarketing Vice President
Marketing Vice President
Republican Party
$1,120Republican Party
Laresa SimpsonBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$1,000Republican Party
Mark TiliakosBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$1,000Republican Party
Debra ELYInformation Technology Director
Information Technology Director
Democratic Party
$1,000Democratic Party
Lacey AllDirector Of Strategy
Director Of Strategy
Democratic Party
$1,000Democratic Party
Chris CarrSupply Chain Analyst
Supply Chain Analyst
Democratic Party
$1,000Democratic Party
Virginia BerginPublic Affairs Specialist
Public Affairs Specialist
Democratic Party
$1,000Democratic Party
James McGarrahanBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$1,000Republican Party
Stephen BardinTechnical Director
Technical Director
Democratic Party
$1,000Democratic Party
Gregory JavorSenior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Republican Party
$1,000Republican Party
Kalen HolmesHuman Resources Coordinator
Human Resources Coordinator
Democratic Party
$1,000Democratic Party
Michelle GassPresident
President
Democratic Party
$1,000Democratic Party
Eric BakerLawyer
Lawyer
Democratic Party
$942Democratic Party
Rachel LissmanExecutive Recruiter
Executive Recruiter
Democratic Party
$847Democratic Party
Ethan FriendBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$764Democratic Party
Lynn CarrProduct Manager
Product Manager
Democratic Party
$762Democratic Party
Brent BooherHuman Resources Coordinator
Human Resources Coordinator
Democratic Party
$752Democratic Party
Victor BetancourtBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$750Democratic Party
Katie YoungVice President
Vice President
Democratic Party
$750Democratic Party
Stacey KrumPublic Affairs Manager
Public Affairs Manager
Democratic Party
$750Democratic Party
Marvell WoodsDirector
Director
Democratic Party
$750Democratic Party
Jennifer ConnorAttorney
Attorney
Democratic Party
$750Democratic Party
Jessica FeldmanLawyer
Lawyer
Democratic Party
$736Democratic Party
Rachel GreenleyDirector
Director
Democratic Party
$725Democratic Party
KIM WinstonManager
Manager
Democratic Party
$700Democratic Party
Ashley SmithBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$700Democratic Party
Denise HullBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$660Democratic Party
Steve JohannesenManager
Manager
Democratic Party
$650Democratic Party
Kyle MettlingBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$603Republican Party
Jennifer GoldsteinAttorney
Attorney
Democratic Party
$585Democratic Party
Norma MillerManager
Manager
Democratic Party
$550Democratic Party
Lisa GuildDistrict Manager
District Manager
Democratic Party
$545Democratic Party
James DrennanBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$525Republican Party
Jay KellerSenior Industrial Designer
Senior Industrial Designer
Democratic Party
$525Democratic Party
Sherri ShawDirector
Director
Democratic Party
$505Democratic Party
Zabrina JenkinsLawyer
Lawyer
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
DAN BergerAttorney
Attorney
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Kelly WoodsBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Samuel RobertsTax Manager
Tax Manager
Libertarian Party
$500Libertarian Party
Hira BhullarSoftware Developer
Software Developer
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Kayleen PrinsSupervisor
Supervisor
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Emilie EwartBrand Management
Brand Management
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Mark FordhamAttorney
Attorney
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Donna HoganBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$500Republican Party
Arthur RubinfeldPresident
President
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Zachary CullenBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Dawncelie Johnson WhitePurchasing Manager
Purchasing Manager
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Heather WellmanManager, Strategy
Manager, Strategy
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Donise BrownSafety Council Director
Safety Council Director
Democratic Party
$500Democratic Party
Garrick JamesInformation Technology Professional
Information Technology Professional
Republican Party
$500Republican Party
Anthony ElarthProduct Manager
Product Manager
Republican Party
$500Republican Party
Mary BrienAccount Executive
Account Executive
Democratic Party
$455Democratic Party
Daniel MesarosRequested
Requested
Republican Party
$450Republican Party
Lyndsay TaylorBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$450Republican Party
Veronica EganBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$441Democratic Party
Alexander CarrilloBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$420Democratic Party
Nathan HigginsSupervisor
Supervisor
Democratic Party
$410Democratic Party
Valentina FiorilloBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$403Democratic Party
John ReaginFinance Director
Finance Director
Democratic Party
$400Democratic Party
Robert HaasShift Supervisor
Shift Supervisor
Republican Party
$400Republican Party
Jason SilverProgram Manager
Program Manager
Libertarian Party
$395Libertarian Party
Scott RankinSystem Software Analyst
System Software Analyst
Democratic Party
$387Democratic Party
Helen NortonBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$375Democratic Party
Stacy PfiffnerBarista
Barista
Democratic Party
$362Democratic Party
Jason Van ScotenSupervisor
Supervisor
Democratic Party
$362Democratic Party
Mary GrooverBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$360Republican Party
Patricia RichardBarista
Barista
Other
$300Other
Kevin McKelvyConsultant
Consultant
Independent
$250Independent
Katherine LarsenBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
JOE CanterburyDevelopment Vice President
Development Vice President
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
Jame TrudeauProject Manager
Project Manager
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
Richard PorterRetired
Retired
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
Linda DaekeBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
Christopher FallonInformation Technology Director
Information Technology Director
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
Carol AlpinerManager
Manager
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
James GarrickInformation Technology Technician
Information Technology Technician
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
Kayla WestbrookStudent
Student
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
Mark TihakosShift
Shift
Republican Party
$250Republican Party
David LefeverLoader
Loader
Republican Party
$215Republican Party
Heidi TriskaBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$201Republican Party
Micah RowlandStrategy
Strategy
Republican Party
$200Republican Party
Samuel BarnhouseBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$154Republican Party
Sally SasserBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$115Republican Party
Jayne HlawekBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$100Republican Party
Donald TaylorBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$100Republican Party
Jonathan FranciscoStore Manager
Store Manager
Republican Party
$85Republican Party
Joshua BakerBarista
Barista
Republican Party
$75Republican Party
George PulosShift Supervisor
Shift Supervisor
Republican Party
$26Republican Party
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