Starbucks Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Starbucks full-time

Pros – Great working atmosphere. The position offers the opportunity to better connect with partners and to better share the Starbucks Experience with those partners and customers.

Cons – Sometimes the position can cause a higher level of stress to appear. The stress can be caused by the strong emphasis to extend the Starbucks brand even though store staffing might be at a minimal; which makes things a little more difficult.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starbucks

Pros – In general, fellow employees are friendly and easy to get along with. We are also given free coffee and some meals.

Cons – More often than not, customers are unnecessarily rude and impatient. The environment is often very fast paced and, if there is not an adequate number of staff working the shift, this can be very difficult and stressful.

Advice to Senior Management – Customers should be encouraged to treat the staff at Starbucks with more respect. No one should have to put up with the level of rudeness experienced by staff on a near-daily basis.

Former Employee – worked at Starbucks

Pros – Definitely the free coffee in the morning... the two bags of beans per week, the employee discount on merchandise, and the customers.

Cons – Management was very under-qualified and inept. The workplace was a kiosk in a hospital, and was very old and gross and needed repair. I worked at Starbucks in the States and LOVED it. Australia was a totally different (and comparably awful) ball game.

Advice to Senior Management – Step up your game! Competently train and teach your partners under you, put your immaturity and personal life aside when you're at work, and command some respect.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Starbucks

Pros – The benefits for the company were nice.

Cons – work life balance was difficult without any kind of fixed schedule.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Starbucks part-time for less than a year

Pros – Supportive colleagues and friendly atmosphere at work. People are generally nice and helpful.

Cons – Not much that I can think of. Probably pay should be raised.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus more on baristas and encourage them to learn day by day, so that promotion is facilitated.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starbucks part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Really fun work environment, fun people, free drinks, free coffee every week, thorough training by the company, pretty flexible hours.

Cons – Pay caps out at a certain point, customers can be extremely difficult and very mean, the ways that drinks are made change often, there are always new seasonal drinks to learn.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starbucks part-time for more than a year

Pros – The company really does believe that investing in its employees is a big priority. From being called "partners" to providing full healthcare benefits to part-time employees, you feel respected no matter what your title is.

Cons – very low starting wage, and promotions came with low salary increased at the store level. Working there, you discover just how unhealthy many of the product are.

Advice to Senior Management – keep up the good work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Starbucks part-time for more than a year

Pros – BENEFITS ROCK Fun partners, and good training!

Cons – They say the promote from within but after talking to many shifts and other partners they tend to hire outside for higher up positions like management.

Advice to Senior Management – Needs to be more competitive within the store. Promotions should be something that is able to be earned.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starbucks part-time for more than a year

Pros – Starbucks has very high standards. They spend a great amount of time to train employees. As an employee you gain outstanding customer service experience. They also work with school schedule because they value education.

Cons – You have to work all holidays the store is open and cannot take time off during November and December. Also, it takes a great deal of time to get promoted.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work!!!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starbucks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – They pay relatively well compared to many other companies hiring people with little experience. Since shifts are either in the morning or at night, it's great for kids in college. I spent several years working as a barista and shift supervisor at many different stores and appreciated it greatly. Almost everyone who works there is pretty cool.

There are constantly opportunities for those willing to move up to ASM and SM positions.

Cons – Early mornings, suggestive selling, little flexibility in switching shifts last minute. It can be straining for those unwilling to adapt to customer service jobs...

There really is a lot of pressure to stick with them, which means there might not be time to do valuable internships or gain other experience if you don't want to be a lifer.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend