Starbucks

Anybody here work at or know someone who works at a Starbucks? Considering they're a large corporation whose goal is to sell shitty coffee at high prices, I was just wondering what the concensus was about them. Thanks.

At least that is what I read.

according to a friend whose daughter works there.

Full Benefits packages offered to everyone...including part-timers

...As a result of such measures, Starbucks employees have an 82 percent job-satisfaction rate, according to a Hewitt Associates Starbucks Partner View Survey. This compares to a 50 percent satisfaction rate for all employers and 74 percent for Hewitt’s "Best Place to Work" employers. Though the company won’t release specific numbers, it also claims that its turnover is lower than that of most fast-food establishments. But it’s not just the benefits that attract employees. Another company survey found that the top two reasons why people work for Starbucks are "the opportunity to work with an enthusiastic team" and "to work in a place where I feel I have value."...

http://www.workforce.com/section/02/feature/23/52/96/

dupe

when there are far worse corporations that get almost none. Considering the fact that Starbucks does try to be good to its workers and to the environment. Must be its visibility.

Its business practices are fairly shoddy, though, in terms of saturating areas and putting independents out of business.