Starbucks Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great place the make acquaintances and service all walks of life."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Flexible scheduling, great work environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be outgoing and comfortable with ambiguity."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"At times, customer volume exceeded staffing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Analyze foot traffic for specific times on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis."

"Great job while I was going to school."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Enhanced my leadership skills and really worked around my school schedule."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be honest."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Nothing really, but it was just a temporary job while I was going to school."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not to just hire the first person available, but look for someone who will actually help the store."

"Contract Job - pre-defined scope of job and time."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Great environment."

"I worked for Sbux twice - Great company!"

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Great Corporate culture. Wonderful people. Challenging projects with a lot of variety."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Too burecratic and decisions take forever to be made."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Tighten your belt!"

"Starbucks in a progressive employer currently in the midst of its first economic downturn."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Organization is very focused on its partners and making Starbucks a quality place to work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Starbucks is very employee focused so talk up your experience on team building. Also, include positive examples of improving safety."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"The economic downturn was causing the work environment to become negative and pessimistic."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Open and honest communication is most important when times are tough and you need the support of partners the most."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"The ability to get up close to the customers, see their expressions when you see them walk in the door and you have their drink ready, and sometimes its free."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Some districts have poor training within the upper management, getting complete and concise information can be difficult, especially when you have roll outs of products so often."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Increased management training. District and Regional managers need to take the super cape off and work the stores before complaining about customer service."

"This is the perfect job to have while you are going to school. They work beautifully around any school schedule."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"I love how easy they make it for me to schedule classes and I have plenty of time to concentrate on school. The work environment is the most positive I've ever worked in."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You'll love working here. Apply online and were dress code appropriate attire. Also expect a fast paced environment."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"The pay is low and I'm not using my web design skills."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be prepared to get up early. Always bring your smile to work. Multitasking is a must."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"The flexibility of my job."

"I have been with the company for nine years so it is a great company."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"I enjoy the company because of its history and how it was founded, and the way its focus is that we are all partners in whatever position you are."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Smile and be yourself, learn the company and have a lot of passion for what you do, and you will develop in this company, it's great."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remain focused on the morale and passion we demonstrate daily."

"Fast paced, usual customers were great and coworkers made it fun."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Great customers and coworkers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be a hard worker willing to help the company sometimes when you don't want to."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"No help to move up the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Help the employees who want to move up the company."

"I enjoyed my time at Starbucks, however it was second to my education."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"I enjoyed learning how to make all the espresso beverages, as well as tasting them! It was great to work with energetic employees and customers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be as open and friendly as you can be. Don't be nervous, just go in and have fun."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Taking out the trash. Other than that, I loved what I did!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the great work."

"It was a fun and relaxed environment."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Worked very well with my school schedule."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself, and show you have good people skills."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Waking up early."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't play favoritism."

"There are worse jobs than slinging coffee."

"Avoid working here unless your life depends on getting a job."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Daily interactions with customers and co-workers. I had become friends with everyone except for one person at my store."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Smile and pretend like it's something that you'd like to do for a career, not a job. But above all I'd advise anyone to never even consider working for this company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Completely remove the position of DM, they are a waste of time, money and space. They come into the stores and get in the way because many of them have been hired in and know nothing about the business that they are trying to run."

"Exciting time working for Starbucks, but company has faced layoffs and store closures."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Great team members; exciting work."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Little opportunity for advancement."