Starbucks Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Very high, then very low.... great company, with no opportunities to grow."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Loved the local team, the devotion to high quality and the company's success."

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

"Be prepared for anything and ask lots of questions on the feedback system."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"They are making a lot of changes to the supply chain organization, and a lot of good people are having to leave."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on really living the culture at the plant level, not just a corporate or retail."

"As a Shift Supervisor at Starbucks, I was responsible for overseeing a team of baristas and ensuring that daily operations were running smoothly. The salary for this position was fair, and I appreciated the opportunities for professional growth and development that Starbucks provided. Overall, I would give Starbucks a rating of 3.5 out of 5."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Very collaborative place encouraging team work with great and savvy people very motivated."

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

"Knowing deeply the company culture will certainly help a lot."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Leadership can be very authoritarian and self-centric and not helping you to develop."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't expect people to guess what you want, frame your needs. Make meetings productive by always providing an agenda and following up with key action items."

"I have been a partner with Starbucks for almost 4 years. It is a great company overall, with amazing benefits and a flexible schedule for a single mom as myself."

"The store on 6th and Congress is an "okay" store. Great people but the location is hard to manage."

"Not interested in writing a review."

"Starbucks is a fine place to work depending on your team. The company offers nice benefits including the College Achievement Program, paid sick leave, and health benefits. Experiences at Starbucks vary widely from store to store, but the company is dedicated to protecting partners when they find it possible. Unless you want to rise to management, there are not many opportunities for growth."

"I have worked for Starbucks 2 times. Once in 2004 as a manager and then again now as a shift supervisor. The company is great as to how they treat their employees. However the compensation is way too low and you can't have any lifestyle, especially in Vancouver, with this low compensation."

"Let go due to Covid 19 Restructure of stores and company."

"I worked for Starbucks back in 2016 and left in 2018. After a year I came back in 2019 and have been with the company since. Starbucks is the only job I’ve ever had. I love the company’s values and benefits however, they don’t pay enough. Both my boyfriend and I work for the company and we were homeless for about two months because we did not make enough money combined to get an apartment in the area where we worked. Starbucks does offer assistance to partners in need but that doesn’t change our gross income. I love the environment, the different things we do in our community. My only issue is the pay. I also feel that my particular area is very biased when it comes to moving up with the company."

"I've worked at Starbucks since 2018. I found it to be a company who cares about its employees through various benefits and perks. The customers can vary, but the benefits in my opinion outweigh the bad experiences."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Company is very supportive of employees, allows schedule for people in school, offers really good benefits."

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

"For the most part, this is a great company, There is freedom to go to school, and create your own schedule. Be prepared to work hard because people take their coffee very seriously. Also be prepared that there are some very rude customers, but that's not the company's fault. That's just the custumer's disposition."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Some of the coworkers are very young and irresponsible, they call in sick a lot. Manager gets irritated if there is a real emergency and talks down to employees if he/she needs to take an unscheduled day off. The new shift supervisors have let the title go to their heads and become little overbearing monsters."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would offer scholarships/reimbursement for college students for all majors/schools."

"For me, this job was a college job to help me work through the expenses of being a student. Starbucks worked with my limited schedule due to classes and provided excellent benefits. This job is however more physically demanding than many realize. People who work here must be able to stand/walk around for 8 hours carrying hot coffee or heavy items. Overall it was a good job for my purposes (with flexible scheduling and benefits) and I would recommend for others in similar type situations."

"I've been within this company for 5 years. I wish there were more opportunities for growth. It's really unfortunate that the selected district management are usually external hires that just show up to your store to tell you to smile more. You will either choose to be a barista trainer or slowly go up to management; Either way you will make a non-living wage. Please, get used to having people yell at you and your coworkers on a daily basis. To end on a good note, you will meet some of the coolest, open minded people. If you need insurance (if you work 20+ hrs a week) , this job has very discounted vision, dental, and medical that they take out of your paychecks. They have higher education options, but you still have to pay upfront and you can only go to Arizona State. You get Spotify for free. You get unlimited drink markouts throughout your shift. One drink 30 minutes before and after is allowed. You get one food markout. You get a bag or package (1lb) of any coffee, instant coffees or teas you want each week. 30%-40% off merchandise. You also get flexible scheduling. Hope this helps out any future green beans."