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Starbucks employees on TikTok react to losing their jobs as hundreds of stores suddenly close: 'We deserve better'
Yahoo ^ | September 26, 2025 | Neia Balao

Posted on 09/27/2025 3:11:15 AM PDT by Salman

Hundreds of Starbucks baristas across the country have been left without jobs, following the coffeehouse’s recently announced decision to close 1% of its stores — roughly 400, in total — in North America this month.

The move to shutter these locations, according to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, is part of a larger $1 billion restructuring plan. The coffee chain will also be laying off 900 corporate employees as a result.

“Each year, we open and close coffeehouses for a variety of reasons, from financial performance to lease expirations. This is a more significant action that we understand will impact partners and customers. Our coffeehouses are centers of the community, and closing any location is difficult,” Niccol said in a statement.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coffee; labor; layoffs; ohnoanyway; starbucks; starsucks
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1 posted on 09/27/2025 3:11:15 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Organizing and getting collective bargaining has it’s perks,eh.


2 posted on 09/27/2025 3:16:22 AM PDT by Retgearjammer
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To: Retgearjammer

also now they can’t TELL you what uniforms you have to wear.


3 posted on 09/27/2025 3:19:03 AM PDT by Retgearjammer
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To: Salman
'We deserve better'

1. You don't "deserve" anything but an opportunity to find a better job.

2. With your experience, you could always run for congress - it's been done before.

4 posted on 09/27/2025 3:19:31 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Salman

C’mon, Man!

Just petition Judge Boasberg. Tell the Judge that it was really President Trump who got you fired. You’ll be back to work by Monday.


5 posted on 09/27/2025 3:20:05 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try )
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To: Retgearjammer

“Organizing and getting collective bargaining has it’s perks,eh.”

FAFO. The employees FA and then they FO.


6 posted on 09/27/2025 3:20:50 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Gary Gilmore the POS who murdered Charlie Kirk!)
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To: Salman

Those barista jobs are a HUMAN RIGHT! Like health care and transgender surgery and burning down downtown! Like the Rainbow itself! Natural RIGHTS the Government must PROTECT!

C’mon man!


7 posted on 09/27/2025 3:21:34 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: grobdriver
2. With your experience, you could always run for congress - it's been done before.

IIRC, a former McDonald's employee ran for president...and WON!


8 posted on 09/27/2025 3:22:16 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: Salman

Hard lesson for leftist workers to learn...

There are consequences to biting the hand that feeds you.


9 posted on 09/27/2025 3:24:31 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12)
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To: Salman

Gen Z entitled brats. “We. Deserve...”. LOL!


10 posted on 09/27/2025 3:33:17 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Salman

If they got rid of that stupid green hippie girl logo I might consider patronizing a Starsucks.


11 posted on 09/27/2025 3:34:29 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ( "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine")
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Offer them a true opportunity to be the best……U. S. Military..


12 posted on 09/27/2025 3:42:14 AM PDT by PeaRidge
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To: Fresh Wind

I have never had a starbucks coffee. Can’t see any reason to pay that much for coffee.


13 posted on 09/27/2025 3:45:24 AM PDT by Kudsman (Emulate Charlie, not the left.)
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To: Kudsman

Starbucks coffee is horrible. I had it once.


14 posted on 09/27/2025 3:49:00 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Kudsman

Go into a Starbucks and ask for a simple cup of coffee. It throws the place into chaos.


15 posted on 09/27/2025 3:49:08 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Salman

1% is 400 stores?! Good grief


16 posted on 09/27/2025 3:58:03 AM PDT by albie
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To: Salman

Learn to code. Seriously do these employees think that Starbucks is a lifetime career choice?


17 posted on 09/27/2025 4:05:32 AM PDT by Locomotive Breath
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To: central_va

So much drama on this site.

No, it doesn’t. I do it frequently. “Medium black coffee please”. The barista is happy about it because it’s an easy drink to prepare.


18 posted on 09/27/2025 4:07:13 AM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: Salman

I can’t keep track of when Starbuck’s is trendy and when it’s an evil corporation.


19 posted on 09/27/2025 4:07:37 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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😱😱😱


20 posted on 09/27/2025 4:08:55 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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