Starbucks reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(85,523 total reviews)
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34% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Starbucks has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 85,523 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Starbucks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.4 stars).

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86K reviews
3.0
Apr 21, 2017

Senior Manager

Recommend
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Pros

A company that lives its external values internally. The company develops your 'whole self' not just your professional self. Generally good benefits (new parental leave), especially compared to places outside the PNW. Unlike other companies I've been at, Starbucks is generally willing to let people move around the organization (between functions).

Cons

The verdict is still out for me in general. Can be intensely political, and much more hierarchical than I would have expected. It's amazing we can accomplish anything innovative with the amount/level of stakeholders that are involved in decision-making. Would not recommend as a first place out of college to work - training is non-existent, and in my function, you need to be a SME to really succeed. Old school in terms of workplace flexibility - very much a 'butts in seats' culture, although I believe that may depend on the department. The company is at an interesting inflection point - will be interesting to see the next 12-18 months.

4.0
Jan 18, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The folks there were nice and the building was nice. Coffee was free and the equipment available could make any kind of coffee you could imagine.

Cons

The parking was terrible, and the groups would not always have good direction with regard to what should be done on a project.

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