181 Barista Reviews
Submit a ReviewWhat do you like about working at Starbucks?
"The overall culture and people are great to work with."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be very enthusiastic and be willing to learn a LOT in as short amount of time as possible."
What don't you like about working at Starbucks?
"When it comes to partner relations it seems that employee problems aren't exactly at the top of the company's list."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Focus less on commercial aspects and more on what made the coffee company feel like before."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"Increasing job duties and little incentives for growth."
What do you like about working at Starbucks?
"The benefits are good and decent starting pay for baristas."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Don't apply if you can help it. You'll be overworked and underemployed."
What don't you like about working at Starbucks?
"The increasing job duties belie the compensation for those duties. Employees are often overworked and underemployed and many times the management above store managers enforce rules and duties that are unreasonable for many situations (i.e. telling employees to continue to give service to rude customers who often make racist comments). Also some of the benefits have small breakdowns when coverage is minimal due to micromanagement of cases."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Care more about the employees as they are the driving force for business. Making the employees happier increases productivity. Proper training of some management positions should be required as many keyholders/managers actively break rules or risk other employees' jobs because they don't feel like doing something."
What do you like about working at Borders?
"intelligent conversation, lots of books, employee discount, accessible by public transit."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Why are you applying for a defunct chain Let's get you brushed up on what businesses are in and out of business."
What don't you like about working at Borders?
"It became clear the CEO of the company wasn't making good decisions. The GM was great though."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I'd use smaller spaces to better focus on specific genres."
What do you like about working at Starbucks?
"The issue is that everyone is entirely too negative. They're putting down each other, the customers and never taking a look at themselves to see how they can change. How they might be effecting the environment."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Use it as a stepping stone and learn what you can about customer service and human interaction but only stay if you feel like this is where God is calling you."
What don't you like about working at Starbucks?
"Exceedingly negative and no one standing up to the negative people. Basically, they're the loudest voices and nothing is changing in their lives, I just keep wondering, why."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Actually spend time trying to develop my workers. Finding out the dreams in their hearts so that they can flourish and succeed in the end. How could we see them fulfill what they feel that they need to do"
What do you like about working at Starbucks?
"Upper mgmt takes care of employees - middle mgmt does not."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Know what you're getting into - retail doesn't turn into corporate."
What don't you like about working at Starbucks?
"Middle mgmt puts pressure on the employees to make up ground when their stupid decisions put us in a bad position, without thought."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Listen to employee and customer feedback and act on it."
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 Toyota?
"lots of down time to do homework and free coffee"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Don't expect to get any raises or for supervisors to have open-mindedness."
What don't you like about working at Toyota?
"My supervisors are extremely resistant to change and never actually consider any suggestions that my co-workers and I (which actually have food service experience) try to give."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Pay the employees better and give them better schedules. The sales people work far too many hours for little incentive."
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."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"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."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"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."
What do you like about working at Victrola Coffee Roasters?
"The coffee culture and the amazing customers. The job is difficult but fun."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be happy and open. Don't forget to smile. Express your need for organization and communication. Latte art is highly rewarded."
What don't you like about working at Victrola Coffee Roasters?
"No communication. No direction. No complete training. Poorly organized. Dirty."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Better communication. Deeper cleaning tasks and more organization. Having paychecks where they need to be on time. More involvement in the coffee industry."
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."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"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."
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