Starbucks

Starbucks is a different place now than it was say 4 years ago.  We have had to change so many things to brace and protect ourselves during this ever slumping economy.  People are saving and not buying coffee right now which I totally understand. But now I am just afraid for my job.  I know my store won't close but if the whole company goes...

We have had to change so many of our policies.  A lot of it is for our hourly partners and our field leadership.  Our hourly partners can no longer supplement their hours worked with their vacation hours and they have to give 30 days notice in order to use them.  They don't get personal days either.  They are also finally letting us be "at will employers"  Cali has always been an at will employment state but Starbucks is so fearful of lawsuits that we were never able to comply with it but now we can.  That makes me happy.  I think it's funny that everything any of us lowly store partners have ever said about the new initiatives the higher ups have come up with has come true and they are now doing what we have all said all along.  (like don't build stores across the street from each other).  Too bad we don't know what we are talking about and they supposedly know better than us.  I guess that's why they make the big bucks and I make nothing.  Don't get me wrong, I love starbucks and coffee but some of these decisions, if they would only consult us every once in a while...

And one more thing, who do these fat cat wall street guys think they are.  Taking bail out money and then getting huge bonuses??  they need to be held accountable and be forced to pay back the money to us tax payers who are trying to help them.  They need to be prosecuted for stealing...which is what I think they did.