Starbucks reviews

Vertical movement within the company can be difficult. I started out as a barista and after speaking with my ASM and SM, it seems that any promotions you receive past shift supervisor are few and far between. My former ASM relayed to me that Starbucks' policy gravitates toward outside hires who have management experience, even if their field is completely unrelated to the customer service industry. This is disappointing as a current employee; qualified workers who have invested years of their life into a company should be given priority over promotions and not looked over because they lack that management experience.

Leaders push employees to achieve targets at any cost, even though when everyone knows that may not be possible. Leaders have direct control on the financial and forecasts to influence what the company signal to the market The company also take advantages of its scale/size to drives costs down from vendors to levels that they barely make any profits Very passive aggressive culture; very political transactional and instrumental They adhere to popular 'public causes to gain good reputation, using their vast PR resources and influencing