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Starbucks Company Culture

Starbucks Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
4.2/5
Starbucks' Overall Culture is rated B

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Starbucks CEO

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Howard Schultz Starbucks' CEO
Howard Schultz
66 /100
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Starbucks employees generally work 8.2 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Starbucks report the work pace is extremely fast
Work Pace
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On a typical day, employees at Starbucks have 0 meetings
Meetings
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87% of Starbucks employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Starbucks employees most often take 0-10 paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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56% of Starbucks employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Starbucks employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
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77% of Starbucks employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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What benefits does Starbucks provide?

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  • Much less than in years past, but they help subsidize heath, vision, dental, and life insurance. They removed Personal days for store...

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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Starbucks?

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  • We are WAY understaffed! I would certainly have more staff to reduce employee burnout. Also, our training regiment is awful. There is very...

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Does Starbucks drug test or do a background check?

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  • Yes they do a background check, but no they don't get a drug test

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What's the interview process like at Starbucks?

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  • Usually in panels. Talk about your resume in story format

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What part of Starbucks's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?

Asked to all employees at Starbucks

  • Their sales of the sugar drinks. Less and less get coffee. We are beginning to act like a fast food franchise and getting away from the...

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What are you most excited about working at Starbucks?

Asked to all employees at Starbucks

  • The interaction between customers and fellow employees.

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Starbucks applied for 52 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 96% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Starbucks has a total of 238000 employees

52
Total Applied
  • 96% Granted (50 out of 52)
  • 2% Denied (1 out of 52)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 52)
  • 2% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (1 out of 52)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Starbucks

top 15% Gender

Starbucks currently ranks in the Top 15% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Starbucks

top 20% Diversity

Starbucks currently ranks in the Top 20% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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5
eNPS Score
41%Promoters
23%Passives
36%Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

To inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.

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Starbucks Culture At a Glance

Starbucks has 238000 employees. 2373 employees at Starbucks have reviewed Starbucks across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 3 days ago.

Overall, the 2373 Starbucks employees give their leadership a grade of C+, or Top 50% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Starbucks are generally satisfied with their total compensation at Starbucks, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Starbucks are pleased with their team. 2373 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a B. The majority believe the meetings at Starbucks are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Starbucks believe the environment at Starbucks is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Starbucks is extremely fast. About 83% of the employees at Starbucks work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Starbucks are generally happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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Starbucks vs Competitors

  1. 1st
    Whitbread
    77 / 100
  2. 2nd
    Starbucks
    73 / 100
  3. 3rd
    McDonald's
    62 / 100
  4. 4th
    Costa
    60 / 100
  5. 5th
    Subway
    53 / 100
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