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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

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Full History - 2022 - 10 - 04 - ID#xvuxue

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the owner is coming to visit. ()

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maddogracer161 227 points 9m ago

I've been told the CEO is coming a fair amount of times in my 12 years. They *always* cancel without saying otherwise. I love that the CEO no call no shows and is never held accountable.

Enkeria92 44 points 9m ago

CEO ≠ owner. The OWNER is Howard Schultz.

MysticsWonTheFinals 4 points 9m ago

(I mean, he’s the largest stakeholder but he only owns a little over 2%)

Enkeria92 -1 points 9m ago

Howard literally FOUNDED the company. He’s the owner. Lol.

Ze_eq 4 points 9m ago

Nah he came in like 10 years after it was founded. But he was a big reason for how the stores are today

maddogracer161 2 points 9m ago

Jerry Baldwin founded starbucks.

maddogracer161 1 points 9m ago

starbucks is publicly traded...there isn't an "owner" per-say, which is why I said CEO.

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uwumoment 14 points 9m ago

what was even your point here

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linseeded 175 points 9m ago

Better make sure your outfit is standard

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Itchy_Cranberry8970 117 points 9m ago

Howard! Don’t go in nervous. He will be nice. Some people love him. Others hate him. Honestly he’s done some amazing things and some very crappy things. Make your own opinion of him when you meet him. Be friendly and professional. It will all be good. 🙂

Not_Another_Karen 46 points 9m ago

Thank you, it was just so unexpected! Why my store? Aha.

My goodness, my DM makes me shy since he is an important man, let alone Howard!

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CriticalSheep 21 points 9m ago

Please don't ever let your DM intimidate you. I respected my DM so much when I first started. Then he accused me of talking about my sex life with the partners. I told my SM I never wanted to be in the same room as him ever again after that.

Itchy_Cranberry8970 13 points 9m ago

Good luck today! Let us know how it goes. 😊

impossiblegirlme 8 points 9m ago

This is great advice! I’ve met him numerous times. He’s always been nice.

mrbubblegxm 75 points 9m ago

decaf that mofo

allsongsconsideredd 61 points 9m ago

Y’all should vote to unionize tomorrow

absolutefoo 51 points 9m ago

Your asm said no other details to uncle howie coming??? Our store is kinda 🥴 about him

bunnysbigcookie 40 points 9m ago

i remember loving uncle howie and then he got mad at unions and i realized he’s kind of awful lol

absolutefoo 5 points 9m ago

yeah a lot of my partners have always like shivered speaking abt him and knowing he came back to solely grab control of others lives i was like alright my guy

Not_Another_Karen 23 points 9m ago

Not really, just happened to notice they got an email today saying he was coming tomorrow.

LaurdAlmighty 47 points 9m ago

EAT HIM

Professional_Pack225 22 points 9m ago

Chew him up spit him and chew him again 😳 regurgitate him!

ladyelenawf 17 points 9m ago

*Actual Cannibal Shia Labeouf enters the chat*

insanityizgood13 2 points 9m ago

Wait what?

ladyelenawf 2 points 9m ago

$1

Now I've got to watch it again. 🤣

insanityizgood13 2 points 9m ago

That was AMAZING.

nixoke 46 points 9m ago

Ask him to clean the drains for clean play

uwumoment 23 points 9m ago

he should come and visit our store tbh. where is your store located? we are on the east coast and the busiest store in our state.

Affectionate_Fart 20 points 9m ago

I would LOVE that experience.
I just got done with a DM meeting (with our SMs), luckily I got everyone to do clean plays over the weekend while our manager was out.

Not_Another_Karen 16 points 9m ago

My team and I just scrubbed everything top to bottom as soon as I found out.

I love the banter and sass my DM and I share, so our meetings are always quite fun. This however is an experience I never thought I would get. 😭❤️

RyusuiJL 18 points 9m ago

I would have not gone to any extremes. Let him see the typical state of the store and realize how strained we can be. See if he actually cares to help remedy the situation, or only has criticism to toss around.

transzalore 14 points 9m ago

I truly believe he and other figureheads at the Siren don't care a bit. Corporate industry leaders are so far removed from the day-to-day, 90% of their day is spent in meetings to conceptually make the company "better" without actually knowing what that means giving workers.

Cafe culture is dying, everything is get-in/get-out, and instead of giving us a way to manage mobile orders, they prattle on about the "Third Place" and fostering inclusion, while removing Pride flags except in June and expecting 40-second drive times AND actual conversations to happen between humans for Connection scores.

The store they visit could've been on fire the day before, and they would just comment on the ashy counters and the smell of smoke.

Itchy_Cranberry8970 4 points 9m ago

They said next CEO is going to start off spending a couple of weeks as a barista in a store - granted it will probably be in one of the more updated stores. I’ll be curious if that changes anything though. It’s not a ton of time to see what all goes on in a store but maybe it will help.

AltoUltra 10 points 9m ago

treat him like a friend, in a professional way of course. just have fun with the experience! good luck!

SelloutDude 9 points 9m ago

If you own stock, you're an owner. I wouldn't be too worried about it.

Right-Individual-134 9 points 9m ago

Yess^ I was just about to say. Starbucks has MANY owners, including us, that's why we're called partners (we all have equal share in the company's stock, which makes us part owner of the company)

sten45 9 points 9m ago

Ask about unions if you meet him

Socko-The-Sock 6 points 9m ago

If I had the chance I would straight up ask why the company hired Pinkertons to fight unionization.

jazzysoranio 5 points 9m ago

Technically there is no owner of all Starbucks. If I had to guess, I’d guess that Howard is the closest to being the biggest owner of Starbucks. But if you own stock in the company you technically own a percentage of the company so there no one person who owns the whole company.

Vegan_Sweetie 2 points 9m ago

Just be polite and kind to everyone and it should all be good. 🤗💞

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saddestgirl1995 -30 points 9m ago

Howie is king I'm jealous !!!

nikkicarter1111 19 points 9m ago

Howie is a union buster who's jumping ship next month and handing the company over to Laxman Narasimhan, ex-CCO of PepsiCo.

Itchy_Cranberry8970 6 points 9m ago

Luckily Laxman has a great reputation at the companies he has worked for. If you look him up online or even on here you would see that a lot of people at Reckitt (where he was CEO AFTER his time at PepsiCo) are really sad that he’s leaving. He hasn’t done anything for partners to be against him yet. Not sure of his stance on unions yet, but he does seem to have the company’s best interest at heart so far.

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taylortherod -3 points 9m ago

Hope he sees this

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