Starbucks Employee Reviews for Barista

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"I enjoyed that the minimum pay at Starbucks wasn't state minimum."

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

"Don't lie to your interviewer and pretend you're someone you aren't. Just be honest and yourself and you'll get the job."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"The pay isn't that high for how much stress is attributed to the job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would change the opening hours of the shops and the closing hours."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"I enjoy serving customers and working with my co-workers to help them."

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

"Be prepared to work hard and fast with demanding customers and bosses."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Hypocrites, backstabbers, liars, pushy bosses and jerky customers. Low pay for working hard."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"When your tells you to have fun be gets on you for having fun it gets annoying."

"This was a fun job and very busy."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"This company is fun to work for and who could complain about free coffee!"

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

"Team work is very important to this company as well as safety and hard work ethic."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"It can be a messy job and hard on your feet."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Push employees to be knowledgeable about stock options and benefits."

"My job title was Barista.I made sure to maintain a clean and safe environment."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Starbucks was a wonderful company to work for. They treat their employees fair and equally."

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

"Just be yourself, Starbucks likes loyal, friendly people who enjoy working in a fast paced environment."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"I am ready to move up to a higher position. Other than that I find Starbucks to be an excellent establishment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I feel to much is put on the shift managers, which could throw off communication when there are to many people in charge."

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

"Make friends, make results, make them visible to the right people. The measures they have for success suck at most levels; just try to call people out on stupid things when the manager's around and you're gold."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Moving upwards/outwards can be very difficult, as people are often not direct with one another."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They're running a butt ton of stores that don't make a ton of money on a per-store basis, then trying to sell the barista lifestyle as sophisticated. Do baristas buy it? Not really. Most are catty and gossipy. I'd do more team building."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"The fast-pace team environment and working with customers to get their day started."

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

"Work hard and get to know all the products offered."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Co-workers can be catty and it is always someone else's fault."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more up front with the team and collaborate more."

"Company more concerned with reputation and marketing than partners and pay"

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Good benefits, free pound of coffee a week, cheap insurance, fun coworkers, free drinks/sampling, stock bonus."

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

"Look up interview questions beforehand. This is not a typical discuss your resume interview. There are a lot of hypothetical situation-type questions."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Low pay, low recognition, must meet sales goals (no individuals are praised for success, only stores and store managers), not always good communication between store manager and DM. Customers can really be horrible."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look for ways for the stores to imporve and then actually DO something about it instead of putting all the blame on individuals. Have better communication between openers and closers."

"Customer oriented position that is very fast paced."

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Paid vacation and the benefits for the people that work only part time, as well as the people that you end up meeting."

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

"Make sure you act like yourself and to make sure you are an outgoing person."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Varied weekly work schedule and the random/indefinite times of getting off."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To make sure to keep employees happy and have as good benefits as possible."

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."