Starbucks reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(85,287 total reviews)
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Brian Niccol

31% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Starbucks has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 85,287 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 Restaurantes y servicios de comidas industry (3.7 stars).

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85K reviews
1.0
Jul 30, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free drinks and building connections with loyal customers.

Cons

Horrible supervisor named Rose at Starbucks bentalls. She would overload me with work and when I asked for help she would tell me to do my job. For many years she would overload me with work and carry heavy equipment on my own. I eventually then followed up with management, to which things later changed, although since she was close with my manager nothing was changed after I made a complaint for many months. Training was nonexistent. You had to learn on the job. Instead of training me to make the drinks, I was only allowed to take orders until I made a complaint. Very toxic environment to work at and people will take advantage of you if you do not stand up for yourself. There is no standard when it comes to balancing the workload, therefore if a supervisor does not like you they will give you all the heavy workload to complete. I finally found a new job and left but I was diagnosed with depression after working at this company. If you value your mental health it is not worth applying for. Anytime we had an infestation issue it was not taken care of for months. Nothing was solved until things got worse.

3.0
Jan 17, 2024

Hard to Handle

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is great, more than you will get at any other food service industry. The benefits and stock are also amazing, no matter where you are at in life/career.

Cons

You are on call 24/7 for your store. The training is 2 months, incredibly basic and glosses over every important detail needed to be a truly effective manager within Starbucks' standards. You are not protected by anyone to your own time off, and you are required to take your administrative days IN the cafe. You are effectively floor coverage for your 8 hour shift and if you are lucky, you might be able to get off the floor to do some administrative tasks. Overall, the amount of hours worked is much higher than 40, there is no consistency to your schedule, and your staff will quit on a dime leaving you to work an open/close shift. In a less busy store, might be worth it.

5.0
Oct 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Respect and flexibility to Employee (partners), what a GREAT CULTURE Multi-gen., multi-cultural, truly embrace Inclusion & Diversity Good work-life balance and great benefits for family; reasonable overall compensation Great global and regional office culture; please don't be confused with the local cafe operations run by the licensee (totally different companies)

Cons

Not for everyone; especially for those who worked under local HK-styled management for years Not recommended for those who are direct boss-focus, passive, shy, reactive, inexperienced with overly ambitious and aggressive (i.e. naive) career expectations

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