Starbucks

For how much work I put into this company, I got zero respect or recognition in return. The hours were mid, the pay was mid as it’s nearly impossible to get a raise, the coworkers and shift leads and managers were rude and disrespectful at almost every store I worked at, they’re so tough and strict on you for how little you get paid, I wouldn’t recommend working here to anybody. There are better coffee places to work at. Honestly any coffee place would probably be better.

The fast pace and the challenge to learn and get things done at a certain time was great helped with growth and helped with mindset to challenge yourself everyday.

You work your ass off for garbage pay. Get abused by customers and managers never give you positive feedback

I had months where I loved my job and loved the people I worked with. I had months where I hated my job and the customers that I dealt with. I still won't go back to Haddonfield after having worked there. Ultimately, there's not enough machines/baristas/support for the sheer amount of volume that the stores were expected to handle. Management and feelings about management are going to hugely vary between stores.

I joined Starbucks 2016 it was great experience, I am grateful to know about culture ,goals, mission , Every moment different experience.

They were implementing this "rule" where the number of hours a store was allowed to schedule was based on the number of transactions our store was able to complete. Because of that, we never were allowed to have more than 3-4 people during peak hours and we were consistently understaffed. When anyone brought this up to the higher managers, they were silenced at best and fired at worst. I do not recommend working for this company.

When I worked at Starbucks I can’t lie that I had a lot of fun but not without a lot of problems too. When you work here you get to experience different things about the business with the training you have to do only. Also meet a lot of fun and creative people. You get choose if you want to work night or morning and if you want to work extra hours. unfortunately, my experience was kind of hectic with young shift lead who had pretty much problems with almost everyone just simple things like spreading rumors or tattling on people who don’t do anything wrong, including me and others around that coworker. Honestly, it is not a bad job. You just have to find the right place to work at.

This company will grind you into the concrete of its drive thru before they give a second glance at their unfair treatment to the employees keeping their stores running. Managers will sit you down and tell you that your work is subpar and follow that up with some lame forced compliments to try and keep their good faces on. They’re so bent on ‘making the moment right’ for the ungrateful horrible and disgusting people that lie through their teeth about what they ordered so they get free stuff. This company will physically and mentally destroy you. There is zero support, the wage is not on the same level of the expectations. You’re flat out not paid enough for the amount of ridiculous nonsense you have to put up with on the daily. Hard work is awarded with more hard work and the heavy load of everybody else’s job in the store, so when you finally say enough is enough they will kick you to the curb.

I worked for Starbucks 4 years, 3 of those in Portland, Oregon. I enjoyed the opportunities I had to connect with customers and co-workers throughout my time and I enjoyed the often fast-paced work-flow. However, I would sadly state that the company has become more and more "cookie-cutter," cliche and is a far cry from where it started in its values for people and community.

Hard job in a city. Need to be prepared to be scheduled any day of the week at any hours. My boss was being pushed by her higher ups and in return put a lot of stress on her employees.

Warm and inviting people with lots of ideas and can do attitudes. The ability to work on a team and express your opinions.

I am proud of the customer service skills I learned while working as a Barista at Starbucks, which were. . . *The ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure *The ability to sell products and services *The ability to work well with others *The ability to work on my own *The ability to work well with my hands

Other barista's are your best friend if you work at Starbucks. They can make or break your shift. However, management only care about the bottom line and will only have enough staff to just cover the entire store. If there is a call out, someone needs to go home, or it's just extra busy, there is no one extra to back you up.

Employees are rude, not helpful, if you don't understand something you better be figuring it out on your own. Manager is the worst of all places I've worked. Don't care about your personal life.

I was a barista at Starbucks for 3 years and those years made me a professional individual. Aside from knowledge, their culture and values makes me enjoy my work much better. They treat us equally and it was the best work I've ever had.

I enjoyed the time I worked there and was highly trained and learned quick and learned so much. I would work there again.

I loved working at Starbucks and crafting the drinks! We didn’t get many benefits as part time baristas when I was there but the team was wonderful. Management was lacking though.

Working with partners and building connections was a great part of the job along with benefits. But the job itself is exhausting. You aren't paid well as an ASM, you are expected to be on call for the store so you have no work life balance. You are also pressured to make baristas happy but also pressured to meet upper management's goals which are sometimes contradicting and unrealistic.

I worked at Starbucks for a year and it was an exuberant phenomenal experience. I had an opportunity to enhance my social intelligence as well as my human relation skills. The only negative was the pay.

Horrible pay for amount of work done, thankfully got a better job somewhere else that pays double. Wouldn’t reccommend to anyone

I started in January of 2023 I left my managerial jobs to become a barista. In the beginning it was fine and they were very understanding but three months in I am ready to leave partly because management is all over the place.

Starbucks is one of the best company that you can learn everything and you can give best customer service. And the customer will give a satisfaction.

When I worked at Starbucks a couple of years ago, it was a love-hate relationship. I enjoyed some of the customers, others not so much, and my body would be totally exhausted by the end of the day. Some of the benefits were nice, the best one was the free college however. It did stink because you had to pay out of pocket, then they would reimburse you. Now this is no longer the case, and Starbucks pays the tuition up front. I also did not think that the job was worth the pay, but my old co-workers let me know that the pay has significantly increased. I think this is the best job for teenagers and for young adults. You can grow if you work hard enough and put in the time. I was offered several times to have my own store, and be a Store Manager, but I noticed once you get to this position, it usually takes forever to move up, as there will be 6-7 SM's under one district managers, and a lot of times they would hire DM's from outside the company.

The title is self explanatory. Great leadership, training and support staff. Makes learning all processes run smoothly with well prepared employee.

An amazing place to work with more than 2k people coming into the store,organizing birthdays weddings and other events

I was told my positive vibe made someones day better while giving them coffee. I guess there day started off on the wrong foot so i tried to help them with the only way i knew, positivity.

I thoroughly enjoyed working at Starbucks because of the atmosphere my coworkers and shift leads created. However, I struggled with management, as did all of my coworkers. The turn over rate was extraordinary, and I felt as though my time was not respected. At the time, I was a full-time student working part time. The job itself - making drinks, interacting with regular customers, etc - was amazing, and something I miss. If management and company empathy were improved, I could imagine this being an ideal work environment.

I have had the most great memories with my partners and the customer connections that i create with everyone that goes there.

Considering that it is a fast beverage/food store it was relatively un-stressful for me and the duration of my time there. My manager did a fantastic job curating the partners who worked there and they were all lovely. I cannot speak for other locations but the Bothell location was amazing and I wish I never had to leave. (i moved)

Fun place to work, room to move up. Get to learn about coffee. Theybeven have a program called coffee master in which you takr a deep dive into tue origins of coffee and it's growth. You learn to taste it and teach how to taste. Culture is very progressive so if you like that there you go.

Tenured employee, over 16 years of service. The DM does not take the time to develop and offer an apportunity for growth. They do not care about you even tought "empathy" is one of the behaviors they teach us to use. No chance of growth, they promote only if you're in their clique. Very desapointed as previously this was not who they were.

Worked at starbucks for 3 years. Enjoyed most of time there but only because of the workers, customers, and the work life balance. Besides that low pay, and no career advancement opportunity.

You get to know new people every day and they become your regular customers who you for real care about. have the opportunity to grow in the company.

I had very bad experience with the shift manager and the branch manager of the branch. I had mental harassment in regards to time, ten minutes break, punching time etc I had Asked for transfer, was denied for no reason, just because I was delayed by 15 minutes due to very bad weather connection. If I said anything, I was Huss up. Was not given scope to place my point of view. Only I was supposed to listen to them. I don’t know what more to say!!

Had me steadily growing and climbing. Feel like I would work my entire career at Starbucks since first day. Always great moments. Help keep my family healthy.

I worked as a student manager at a licensed store run by Miami University. I had a lot of fun working there and with hard work was able to move up in positions pretty fast. As I moved up the pay did not seem to equal the amount of work I was putting in and since I was a student at the time I did not receive the respect I thought I deserved. I was only able to work a certain amount of hours and did not receive any of the benefits give in the corporate stores. Because of this I ended up leaving the job.

I had entered a new job site with the hopes to progress what I had left behind for a year. I had focused that year in a large Lowe's warehouse in which I could greatly improve my customer service. I managed to deal with customer service and get to know the local staff. A mention of weekend team seemed like the perfect fit a conversation I had mentioned through word of mouth to my supervisor. Starbucks had just been posted on Google local available recruiter's postings and my previous Serv Safe Certificate had me feeling like yes, this could be just what I needed to accumulate more hours. I wasn't sure who I'd be meeting this time around, I had just passed by Lowe's Home Improvement for the discussions involving hours I was to aquire soon at Starbucks. So one thing led to another and this time around mention of attire displeased the supervisor and she began to discriminate. I left Lowe's for Starbucks and somehow was told my year waiting around was easily predictable.

The benefits were terrific I was with them for 19 yrs, let go my 4th day back from an emergency medical issue The pandemic made them realize- but too late on the game how hard the rest of staff worked - short on staff, product and upsetting the staff & customers - product shortage was very frustrating for all You can have a fun time - but be prepared to work hard & multitask I have made lifetime friends and learned a lot of life lessons

I loved working for Starbucks however the pay is for but management works with you on your schedule. The only issue I find with Starbucks is that they do not train their management staff and what they call their shift supervisors properly. Starbucks needs to learn to send their managers and their shift supervisors for training in human resources and how to treat people right. Not all but some of the management staff needs extreme training and how to deal with people and customers.

Working for Starbuck’s was one of the most memorable jobs (next to Disney) I have ever worked. It turned out to be not only a great place to learn about coffee and all the hand crafted espresso beverages, but also a really nice “networking engine” for me as I acquired two other job positions through people who were my “Starbuck’s neighbors”.

Starbucks was a wonderful company in the beginning however after almost 2 years I ended up working with people who were sexually obsessed with customers and co workers and the upper management was filled with people who will do anything for favors and attack other employees lively hood.

Working as a barista for 3 years was a great experience. Not only do you make delicious drinks but you get to meet so many people. Some of my favorites, everyone that worked and lived near by , and Nigel Barker during fashion week !

As a shift, it is very intresting. I am one of the leads who's responsible for our baristas, connecting with customers, and communicating with our manager.

Starbucks pays poorly, doesn’t support their baristas and overworks their supervisors. Everything depends on how good your store manager is and if they don’t care about you, your life is a living hell. Inconsistent hours, inconsistent support and you can never count on them to communicate with you. Too corporate and too obsessed with the customers.

I enjoyed working at Starbucks. I made amazing friends there and enjoyed my time working at Starbucks. I had a great time working for Starbucks.

the typical work environment varies because the largest 2 factors are your fellow employees and the amount of customer traffic your store has.

Job was eliminated due to store closure because of pandemic. No loyalty after 14 years of service and dedication. This left a bad taste in my mouth.

Starbucks is a great company! Part time employees that work a minimum of 20 hours a week receive full benefits and paid tuition. You receive support and even free therapy sessions.

Overworked, underpaid, and they’ll replace you in a heartbeat. Customers stay mad if you’re understaffed or not moving quick enough. Literally had to have hip surgery from the repetitiveness of the job and workload.

This job and your happiness purely depends on who your manager is and whom your shift leaders are. Its that simple my life was great until they changed management and when I got a phone call from the hospital saying my brother was dying I asked my then manager if I could leave to go to the hospital he looked me in my tear soaked face and said "Your brother has nothing to do with your job" and that I needed to go back to work. After working 17 hour shifts during the pandemic to help the company as much as I could I decided it was time to leave.