Starbucks reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(85,411 total reviews)
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Brian Niccol

32% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Starbucks has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 85,411 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Starbucks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restauration industry (3.7 stars).

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85K reviews
3.0
Jan 2, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

good benefits, fast paced work environment, free coffee

Cons

Management is not always mature and messages from the higher ups feels a bit like propaganda

5.0
Jan 1, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

benefits, partner treatment, employee morale recognition and feedback. respect for each employee and great diversity of hirees and peers. always something new to learn and experience stays with trends and seasons leader in community involvement and chairty contributiuon great bonus and stock options fair trade coffee great training and preparation knowledgable staff and corporate team members.. .. team atmosphere with great work environment.. .. great coffee good discount and drinks

Cons

oversaturation of market, ended with closing stores. District manager not trained correctly.. .. too many stores not enough communication between upper managment.. .. early and late hours .. .. ..

4.0
Jan 1, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is an opportunity to simply grow up and take responsibility for younger men and women. The nature of the work force is that if you don't have marketable skills (or if you have a Lib Arts degree, haha), you have to work somewhere until you are able to get a job that suits your specific interests better. So, realistically, Starbucks is an intermediary between other positions generally speaking unless someone wants to advanced to a salaried position. Working with coffee is great in cold climates...very cozy. Except in the largest stores, it is possible to be a third place.

Cons

It can be exhausting depending on which store you're at. Sometimes, the company seems to undulate wildly between being a corporate machine and a great workplace. The management really does decide whether you enjoy the job. I have had managers that hated their job, so they took it out on the baristas. I have seen District Managers tear their district apart. There are approximately 15,000 managers, so it leaves a lot to chance. Other than that, I would say that the schedules are often very random (which is being addressed), and the pay is not good for the first six months.

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