btw to anyone who’s concerned about how the starbucks boycott affects employees: as an ex-barista i can tell you that when business slows down the baristas just vibe and chill in there. they’re fine. and furthermore if sbux starts letting people go or shutting down entire stores, baristas will make it out ok. sbux has a solid severance package for things like this, i lost my job bc of covid and i was covered for several months of pay. the unionized ones are probably even better off. do not even worry about it. there’s better coffee out there anyway
as someone who currently works for starbucks, a lot of this just isn’t true anymore.
starbucks is driving out tenured employees. no one is being “let go,” people are being fired for inconsequential infractions that are hard to battle in court. there is no “covid pay” anymore, and unionized workers are being pushed out of the company because starbucks doesn’t want to give them the same protections as regular partners. the union doesn’t even have any power yet because starbucks has refused to negotiate a contract.
business is still booming (at least in the states) and will continue to rise during the holiday season. stocks have taken a hit, but your average starbucks customer funneling money into this company is a regular with a gold card; they don’t care about starbucks’ reputation.
with that being said, it’s not a good place to work. so no, baristas won’t be fine and things won’t improve. but who fucking cares? this isn’t a company that anyone should even work for to begin with. any barista with a good head on their shoulders is gonna jump ship and find a better job before things get worse or because they finally realized this place fucking sucks.
don’t worry about starbucks employees. they chose to work there in spite of the horrible working conditions, and if they choose to stick with them through yet another pr disaster, that’s on them. starbucks looks great on a resume, and there are plenty of other places with even-matched pay and better working conditions. they’ll be fine.
didn’t know things had deteriorated that much since i left, holy shit. gonna boycott even harder now
remember when you were 10 and you would hang out with your friends in order to Look At The Computer together like you went to their house and experienced the information superhighway together. and then leave
How fucking old are you people?
normal amount
You see, there used to be a time (not all that long ago) when being offline was the default. And going online was the rare and wonderful thing that we (briefly) enjoyed.
It even came with happy modem noises.
They weren’t happy noises.
They were polite and reasonable noises! The sound of protocol being followed! Negotiation and compromise!
ALT
