Starbucks reviews

Lack of leadership, vision and direction is evident in the constant reorgs within the Supply Chain Org. Because Starbucks has such high margins, they can afford to shuffle and shuffle to the detriment of "partners" who came to the organization to work hard and make a difference. Only to be left dejected, confused about the overall strategy and then laid off.

Totally ambiguous environment where priorities change all the time. Constant changes at the leadership level lead to massive directional shifts and a lack of a clear long term strategy (3 EVP's in supply chain and 5 sourcing VP/SVPs in the last 7 years). Supply chain is seen as a necessary evil so if you work in that field, you need to know that challenging direction from the business teams is more/less unacceptable. Very silo'd organization. Decision making is almost always collaborative, takes forever and leads to most folks operating below their job titles/descriptions as they have to pass up the chain all decision rights. It's a lot like high school and you're running for student counsel every single day. Culture of heroes means that folks doing good work consistently aren't rewarded the same way that people who get into trouble and then save the day are. Partner resources (HR) organization serves little to no value.