Starbucks is the #2 best company to work for (in the large company category)

That's according to Fortune magazine. (Wegmans, a grocery chain, is #1.) In its January 24 issue, Fortune says: "The coffee behemoth is justly famous for its generous benefits. One example: Part-timers and their same-or opposite-sex partners receive comprehensive health coverage. Hypnotherapy? Covered. Naturopathy? Ditto." The magazine says AVERAGE ANNUAL PAY for salaried employees is $44,790; for hourly employees, it's $35,294. Starbucks ranks #11 on the best-places list when small and medium companies are included in the list.

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[Terri]

Interviewing in Huntsville Alabama for barista positon in a couple of days. Have works for 6 1/2 years total as a barista at two other establishments (not Starbuck's). Was hoping to at least start as Shift Mgr. Can anyone tell me going hourly rate for barista? Am I silly to hope for at least 30 hrs. a week? And how easy is it to move up if you prove yourself? Thanks

[Starbucksinhand]

I am a barista in Nasvhille,TN. Baristas here start at 6.80/hr and average 1.50/hr in tips...
Shifts get a whopping 8.00/hr+ tips
ASMs are salaried at 26,000-30,000 depending on the volume of the store, and managers are around 40,000 to start.
I am not making enough to live on right now... I have to have supplemental income (part-time job elsewhere). But I love working for Starbucks (I've worked there off and on for 7 years) I'm staying, and moving up.

[Devin]

I have applied to 3 locations in the area and 2 are inside of a building one a mall and one a Barnes and Nobles ... I'm concerned about this no health coverage thing... and not sure that is true... also I'm hoping to get the job asap ... but it looks like despite this holiday season ... they aren't hurting for new workers ... and I am a VERY eligible employee... with B.A.

$35,000 for hourly employees?? I've been at Starbucks 2 years and I'm getting $8 an hour. I work 35 hours a week, that's $14,560 before tax. I wouldn't be able to pay the bills if I was single.

Don't get me wrong, I love my job. But that's waaaay too much of a stretch.

[bert]

Can anyone tell me if Starbucks help’s pay for College tuition and where I would go to find this Info?

[Devin]

Hey I'm just letting you all know I got into a corporate owned starbucks (non-license) and I'll be starting this week.. but I'll have to drive 30 minutes to and from ... because ... there are WAY too many people in Marietta GA and all the close locations are full also they are considering starting me at supervisor level.

[DebJ]

After reading through most of the posts, I am not seeing much information about health insurance costs, or how good the coverage is, deductibles, etc. Do they have different plans to choose from. Different deductible amounts?

I am thinking of working for *$'s for the health benefits. Husband and I have been self-employed for 17 yrs and health insurance just went up to $1,300 a month!! A killer amount for crap, high deductible insurance...

So, I am just wondering what an average cost for insurance is. Is there anyone out there in the same boat as me. Not really caring about hourly wage, but needed the benefits? And if so, how's that working for you?

Also, are most partners required to do early morning hours? I was a Realtor and most people aren't looking to see a house at 5 am, so I guess I am a little spoiled with not getting up early...LOL Not that I won't, just would rather not.

Thanks in advance for any responses.

[onlymystory]

Okay, so first obviously it is an average so not everyone will make the 33,000. Although those who are saying they've worked for Starbucks for several years and are only at $8 an hour...you must really suck at your job. And grow a pair and demand your reviews. If your review says your doing a good job you should be making more than that.
All the benefits have to be included in the pay average. After all, if you get a salaried job, you negotiate a salary package. Meaning part of your salary is in the form of benefits. I know of nowhere else in the country that gives benefits for 20 hour a week employees. (and then I think about the fact that after l1 months at Sbux, I get better benefits than my father who has worked for Hewlett Packard for 12 years)
to get the benefits you also need to be at a Starbucks and not a liscensed store (which is what those inside Barnes and Noble/Albertsons, etc are)
If you are a hard working barista or shift supervisor (we get paid by the hour too!) you can make good money at sbux. But just for the hell of it, I'll figure out my salary to see how it compares.
9.55 (an hour after just 11 months) x 40 x 52(and its easy to get 40 hours. pick up shifts at other stores if you have to) =$19,684. Then my store averages $1.50 an hour in tips (which is low for most starbucks so I've heard) so $1.5x40 x 52= 3120
then I get tuition reimbursement starting this year so that's another $1000.
my holiday pay, sick leave, and personal day = $1232.00
markout = $600 (including the extra at Christmas)
I should also include the donation that Starbucks makes, I sponsor 4 little girls for a total of $120 a month and they match that so there's another $1440
So I'm at 27,076 dollars a year before including all of the insurance/stock/401k stuff because I don't know how to accurately estimate that. I'd say Starbucks pays pretty damn good. But hey, feel free to go work for Walmart if you disagree. I hear they're just fantastic.

[Dre]

I just applied for a AGM position in Colorado. I have worked in hospitality for many years and as a barista for a local coffee house. I have management experience. I love the fast pace of the coffee business. I love hearing about the personal business of the customers. What is the length of time you need to wait for a response of an application? And does anyone know the salary of an AGM in Colorado? One more question, what do you think from what you heard about me,of my chances of getting an offer?

[zen master]

i work at starbucks new zealand which is ran by restaurant brands. I earn $12.68 an hour as a barista and shift super i earn 15 someting i think i do ok

Someone is whacked out. As an ASM, I kno wthat a Barista working 40 hours a week makes almost 16,000 peryear. Where did the 30-40k come from. I know someone who knows nothing about the pay structure.

[Da Bears]

I'm 42 years old and have many jobs throughout my life. Starbucks is in the top 2. When I become less than satisfied by the way things are going, I remember back to the grateful feeling I felt when first hired. It's your choice. Love it or leave it.

[Silverado]

Like my job as a Union Electrician.

$34.00 hr. $3.25 hr. Annuity, Pension plan, #3rd benefit fund $1.50/hr. Dental/Medical/Credit Union.

Some jobs time and a half @ $51.00 hr.

When your unemployed just sign Union register and collect benefits. You are not required to search for work while collecting benefits as long as you are signed and waiting for the next call out.

[Ash]

UM.. I dont know if anybody knows. But I was wondering how much a starbucks barista makes in phoenix, az? Thanks!
Ps. hate the skinny deal.

[Staci]

Hi. If there is anybody out there that can inform me on how a Starbucks management position interview will go, please let me know. I've been working for Starbucks for the past 5 years at a Safeway store. It's been a good experience for me and from being a barista as long as I have, I believe that I am more than ready to manage a store. I also have a B.A. in Management Information Systems. Will this be able to increase my salary pay if I do get hired? I am just wondering. I would really appreciate it if I could get some good advice. Thanks!

[kudra]

I have a question concerning the exact policy which prevents assistant store managers from spending time with shift supervisors outside work.my best friend and I(both of us are shifts) have become friends with our new asm . all we want to do is go out and have lunch..do yoga classes and that kind of stuff..we're all female..our store manager told the asm that if she hangs out with us she will be terminated..is there any way around this policy..thanks kudra

[Dottie]

I am looking to work for a local Sbux in Indianapolis, IN...any additional information on salary to be had?

Also, has anyone had any luck starting off in a higher position than Barista, if you have a Bachelor's? I graduated recently and while I only have some managing experience, I would love to aim a little higher (ASM, perhaps?).

Thanks!

[Jamal]

You might be able to get ASM, but aim for shift. There are a lot of things that you need to learn that isnt apparent upon first looking at the job. Get the basics first, be a shift, and from there you'll be able to be a good ASM not a bad one like many are when promoted too fast or externally hired. You kind of need to organically be involved in the company to do well there

[Karla]

Hi everyone. I'm applying for Starbucks in Miami, FL but I'm not really sure how much I should put for salary desired. I'm reading 7 to 9 bucks an hour for part timers, even 12 bucks in New Zealand?!?! It obviously depends on the location but I don't know anyone who works at a Miami, FL Starbucks location. Also, will I be able to get benefits like the college reimbursement I see everyone's chatting about???

Please contact me if anything at kruiz002@fiu.edu

Thanks a ton! I appreciate everyone's comments. =)

[Faby]

Umm. I am a supervisor at Starbucks...
I work an average of 35hrs/wk.. and I am no where near the 30k mark. My Assistant Manager makes that.. but not baristas...
But yes.. Sbux does take care of their employees!

[Starbucks Customer at El Segundo WAMU]

There's cute girls in here but I do not belive for one second anyone working as a "barista" (fancy title BS) is making even 30k. They are all at poverty level. Meanwhile SBUKS made what? 10 billion dollars last year? This is what you get when corporations are in charge. I don't see why, with the internet - you people cannot UNIONIZE.

There is no need for a union. we get great benefits, and pay raises come every six months.

also... BARISTA: it's italian for bartender. which is what we are, for coffee. Generally italian coffee, our influence. so it's not fansy title BS.

[opinionator]

Just a note. There is a lot of complaints about SBUX not paying enough, not providing good enough benefits, tuition reimbursement is too low, etc. I urge you to take a look around. How much does Dunkin's pay?Or any other coffee shop? O retail for the most part? How many fast food places offer the pay and benefits of SBUX? It seems like a lot of people feel SBUX owes you a college degree. Hello!

Many people hired have modest amounts of experience or need a lot of flexibility for school or career plans. Yet you can get a reasonable paycheck and benefits. SBUX spends more on healthcare than beans. Sure, you could make more waiting tables, but how good are those benefits at TGI Friday's?

No place is perfect. It is called work, not play, for a reason. But for a student or someone with the need for a flexible schedule, it is a great place to work. Unionization would just cost jobs. You want a Union, try UPS. Part time, good pay, benefits and absolutely brutal work.

[Barista Marcella]

Can I just say something.... ha ha ha

Barista is Italian for "Coffee Artist".. not bartender!!! Any Barista should know that.

Also, depending on your store I think depends on the hours. I work at a store where we lack customers, which is odd for ANY Starbucks. We have little rushes but are not too busy. Therefore we NEVER do clean sweeps because all we do is clean when we are not busy which is often.

I really feel if Starbucks was a Union I would not want to be a Barista. I don't think the pay scale is fair but of course this is America, let's be realistic. 5% of Americans own 95% of this countries wealth... so you can point your finger at the doctors, lawyers and private prison owners for making (if you're lucky) 10K a year as a Barista. But of course, they can afford our coffee! So do you bite the hand that feeds you?

Above most my benefits are important to me. My manager knows this and makes sure to give me enough hours to keep my benefits. I am a Barista with two jobs (many partners at my store have two jobs). My full time job doesn't come close to offering me the benefits that Starbucks provides.

I know everyone's experience is different but that's why you find what works right for you. People that spend all their time picking on SBUX Corp. obviously didn't have to start work at the age of 15 without the chance of college. I struggle with two jobs, school and I'm about to have my first child. It's hard to become educated and "move up the ladder" when the help of parents and supportive family is nill to none. Starbucks creates opportunity where it's lacking in America. Why complain about that?

[Vicki Verona]

Starbucks had $10 billion in revenue. Do NOT confuse revenue with net profit. It costs a great deal of money to operate 15,000+ locations as well as the sister companies like Tazo, Hear Music, and Ethos.

[Darleen]

Though popularly believed to be an Italian term, the word barista (plural: baristi [masculine or mixed sex] or bariste [feminine]) was adapted in the United States as a derivative of the Italian word meaning "bartender"

Excuse me Barista Marcella, but the proof is in the pudding...

[Toronto Braista]

Those looking for ASM Positions: the ASM position is techincially a training position. You are only hired as an ASM if you are planning on going for SM.

While working for starbucks as a whole is not so bad it also depends on your specific store, and the management there. I work in the third busiest location in Canada, and we have some major management problems. Word gets around quickly when something goes wrong. So much that the shift supervisors (myself included) are afraid to make mistakes because of the repricussions. These problems are causing many partners to look for other SBux' to work at or leaving the company entirely. It's sort of a shame really. Myself and another shift who was hired at the same time as me are both looking for other stores in our district due to these management problems.

If you are looking to work at SBUX as some of the baristas what its like at that specific store before applying.

roasting opeators how much do they make?

[Erin]

As of last week, I'm officially an ASM, and my salary talk is yet to take place... if its $35,000, I would be f-ing STOKED. I'm predicting more like $29-30,000. The hourly year's pay number had better be majorly skewed even if they are including roasting plant partners.

Well I'm glad to hear all the opinions, I'm a forklift driver for starbucks and I only make 30,000 yearly (net not take home) I was thinking about being a barista but now I'm not so sure.

[LadyMac]

I hear you all arguing over what you can make at Starbucks, but I think you are all forgetting one thing... Pay always depends on your experience, people skills, how hard you work and how smart you are. When you are complaining that you've been working somewhere for three years and haven't been promoted, it's probably because someone else was better for the job. I've worked at many similar jobs where someone who has been there for years is getting paid 3$ an hour less for the same position as someone who has been there a few months, but ussually that person was just lazy or incapable...just telling it like it is.

My trouble in thought is that when an Asm is hired the main thing that is mentioned is BONUS IS GOOD. I have been with Starbucks for four years and yet to see any bonus. Every time our store meets sales and variance, the expenses that the RDO and the DM feels needs to be done comes out of budget and thus hits the bottom line and destroys the bonus the store would have got. Benefits are not any better then a normal company unless one is part time. ASM, don't depend on the bonus, annual salary is not high either.

[gdgrl711]

It just doesn't seem fair. I live in a small town and bust my butt just as hard to provide "Legendary" service to customers, scrub grout on my hands and knees and clean splatter stains off toilets as any other "partner".
I make 10 cents over minimum wage and a mere 80 cents and hour in tips. Where as a busier store "partner" can make up to $15 (including tips) an hour doing the same work at a busy store.
I have great availability and I never get more than 20 hours a week. I literally call every other "partner" every week to beg for their hours just so I can make a pathetic $200 a week, even with 30 hours I fall short of that.
I think the people at Fortune magazine are on acid to come up with those numbers! I know what we make including AM's and managers and it's not even in the ballpark.

[sammy c]

How does the *$ benefit structure work? Do they pay all of the partners health insurance, or do they match, or something else? What about dependants?

[sammy c]

How does the *$ benefit structure work? Do they pay all of the partners health insurance, or do they match, or something else? What about dependants?

[Ben]

Honestly, I haven't read through the incredibly long list of comments here, but I think this was touched on a few times about the hourly "average" pay. While baristas are included in that figure, so are non-exempt (hourly) corporate jobs in accounting, finance, etc. I don't work for Starbucks but I do work in corporate food service and know of many $40k+ jobs both at store level and corporate that are hourly.

In other industries, I know someone making 90k+ annual (not after benefits) who is "hourly." Perhaps this may provide some insight to how that number can get bumped up so high.

[gdgrl711]

The Benefits range from around $17 a week to $40 a week if you have dependents.
I can't afford that myself so I just do without and it's cheaper for my daughter to be on her dad's.
Some baristas work for the sole purpose of the benefits apparently they are pretty good

[pthalo]

So how much would a maintenance tech with a master electricians license be paid at Starbucks? What is the Job Description?

[Mitch]

Hey, my husband just got told he is going ot be moved up as a "Shift" (the position straight after a Barista). How much do Shifts get paid starting off? Hourly right? In the OKC, OK area. We are told that he works at the second or third most lucrative store in the state. Any help or answers to my questions? Thank you kindly!

[Lizard]

How much to Store Managers make? I have managed restaurants for 10 years, and would love to work for Starbucks. the benefits and work environment seem awesome!

[June]

Does anyone know the CURRENT starting wage at Starbucks in Calgary?

[ANGEL]

I just left Starbucks..haha. Well, I think the reason for such a high yearly wage is the other corporate side of SB, earning a great deal more than the barista would. I earned a little less than 10k, so this 35k~ stuff blows my mind. The higher earning end of the spectrum basically puts an inaccurate spike on how much employees at SB make. Now, if they were to say Baristas only, then it would scare away all the new applicants, believing they get a great new starting pay AND benefits. Only the latter part is true, unfortunately.

I stayed for the environment, not the money. The people you work with plays a bigger factor in whether or not you stay or go. I had the coolest store, but I've got bills to pay, so bye-bye barista. :/

[Blondie Goodley]

I have an interview on Wednesday for a Shipping Cooridinator in South Carolina at there new roasting plant. What ia the starting pay for tha position and how is the benefit?

[Mason James]

OMG whoaa!! i can't believe what i've read in this post! i work for starbucks in New Zealand and i'm on $13.80 an hour as a barista, why the hell are you guys paid so little. starbucks USA sounds totally shit. i was planning on internationally transferring to starbucks stores overseas while on my O.E. but maybe not.. $7 an hour, omfg.. i would die! pach_kidd@hotmail.com

[natannya]

i love how people are soo deluded as seeing starbucks as such an amazing company with good benifits. I started starbucks 1.5 months ago for the sole reason my stepfather thought it was a great company with much potential (ha!) needless to say besides the benifits it is one of the worse places I have ever worked. Depending on the store you work, my store just happens to be one of the busiest stores in the southeast regions, so i am constantly busting my ass to make starbucks millions while i am making a mere 7.25 plus tips which equals about 8.50 an hour before taxes. The wonderful benifits I hear is the pound of coffee or tea, which you can't even sell on ebay, and the health insurance, and the free coffee. I think that if starbucks wants to do any outreach it should first be to their employees and then the community. How can they say they are such humanitarianist when they can't even take care of their own employee's. starbucks is good for the coffee junkie who spends all their money on coffee, or for a teenage kid who is still in school.

[omg]

i was bumped up to 8.90 an hour as a shift supervisor in the dallas area i was told it was 8.90 or 10 percent which ever one comes first, although about four employee's in my store have gotten back pay for not getting the correct pay? so who knows it depends in your area

[jon]

alrite, so i am a barista and heres the thing. to get promoted to shift, it doesnt matter if u just finished your masters, or if you are homeless. you get promoted be showing leadership, working hard, and showing your SM and ASM that you can handle not only your job, but handle helping people with theirs, and taking on responsibilites that others seem to slack off on. basically the diamond in the rock. a degree doesnt matter. from shift you get promoted to ASM the same way, and so on and so forth. and whoever says ASMs are "technically" hourly, they are completely wrong. ASMs have a salary, and can work no more and no less than 40 hours a week, they get bonuses, and sick pay just like the SM does, except their pay is lower.

[jon]

wow 8.90? well i guess it depends on the region. i make 10.85 as a shift in california area. cool thing is when i move to east tx (longview) my pay stays the same! ill be making "bank" compared to everyone else!

[vana]

Does anyone know what the current pay is for starbucks baristas, in Toronto, ON, Canada?

[Ed Christian]

I agree with the original post in this thread that Starbucks is a great company to work for.

I started last year (around Christmas time), and I started as a Barista, although I am in graduate school. I became a shift supervisor within six months. This week, after barking up the tree for a bit, I was approached about being reviewed and seeing if I'm interested in the ASM position. If I work at it, becoming an SM is totally achievable within a year.

And this is in the current economic situation, amid store closings.

The moral is this: if you're determined to succeed and if you're really interested in uphold Starbucks guiding principals and mission statement - then you'll go places! All it takes it hard work and the ability to learn quickly.

The initial low wages (which I put with) is an opportunity cost, nothing more. Make the most of your time and stop complaining, people.