Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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why pay us more money when they can just give cars away to anyone who’s not an employee? (i.redd.it)
submitted by toast-the-oven
HelenAngel 55 points 1y ago
It’s US law. You legally can’t win. The money for it is coming from their marketing budget which wouldn’t be used for salaries anyway. With that said, however, I absolutely believe baristas should be paid more.
toast-the-oven [OP] 42 points 1y ago
oh yeah, i understand. i’m definitely not interested in winning a car, i’m just blown away that this is within their budget. they should offer us prizes on par with these for filling out the surveys they keep begging us baristas to fill out.
HelenAngel 8 points 1y ago
I absolutely agree!
sheep_heavenly 19 points 1y ago
The marketing budget was chosen, it's not a meaningful distinction of where the funds come from when they still ultimately all come from one pool.
HelenAngel 7 points 1y ago
Ahhh, I didn’t know that- I thought it was like most major companies (Microsoft, Hilton, etc.) where there is a separate marketing budget from the personnel budget. Promotional/marketing budgets are taxed differently in corporate tax filings.
sheep_heavenly 17 points 1y ago
No, I'm saying the choice to fund the marketing budget to allow for this kind of giveaway was a choice they made vs budgeting differently. The taxes have little to do with it, that's just an additional factor in why a company budgets money the way they do. All the money still has to come from somewhere.
Glum_Context_9461 17 points 1y ago
Starbucks is a bank disguised as a coffee company. I mean, sure. They sell coffee. We have stores. But their real profit comes from gift cards. And maybe customers data.
purseEffphony 6 points 1y ago
Cute. My husband and I were talking today you can get lots of freebies if you're willing to give out your personal info and allow these corporations to track you and your purchases.
HeartsAnnArrows 3 points 1y ago
Wow as a barista who’s car just broke down this one hurt me lol
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