In my area, some stores are not closing because partners don’t know what they’ll do if they get quarantined, so the higher ups are making the decision to stay open. Some partners also don’t want to close stores because they need to get paid, and for now Starbucks is not offering catastrophe pay unless you’re infected. You can choose to not go in to work if you are concerned you’ll get infected, and you can use your sick or vacation time if you want to get paid something, otherwise no money for you. If you need hours, you need to find yourself a store to get hours. We got told that Starbucks decision to stay open is to keep a normalcy and routine for customers and to make the moment right for them in this crisis. This completely baffles me. They are claiming the CDC is letting them stay open as an essential business. They are not offering any support financially besides the CUP Fund. Dear lord, what is this dystopian bullshit.