Starbucks reviews

Lots of change recently may make one uncomfortable

It is really easy to become sucked in to the Starbucks life. It's like a different world. Eventually, the only people you hang out with work there too, and all you do with your free time is talk about Starbucks—wacky customers, gross drink orders, the new menu item. I let it get to be too large a part of my life, and ended up quitting school because the pay was too good. Also, even though there is the claim that the company will pay for your school, this rarely happens. The fine print mentions that they will only pay for certain types of classes (business, for example). Plus, the company seems to be really good at making you feel guilty for even going to school in the first place. Getting the stores I worked at to agree to let me have my school days free was always a pain in the neck. I am also not a terribly big fan of Starbucks' coffee farming practices go, and often got to feel a little "dirty" about working there. They treat their domestic employees great, but overseas this is not necessarily the case. I also feel that management has too much freedom, and since this is a company in which it is easy to get promoted, a lot of the managers are quite young and rather inexperienced at managing a staff of 13, leading to favoritism, unfair treatment, and a general lack of professionalism. Also, for some reason, customers seem to be really serious about their coffee. I've had drinks thrown at me twice (once it was 120° tea). Management does not generally stand up for baristas/ supervisors in these situations, instead taclking the task of placating the customer.