Does Starbucks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Starbucks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Starbucks. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Starbucks?

56% of Starbucks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Starbucks 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Starbucks?

Barista (44862) , Shift Supervisor (9773) , Cashier/Barista (4301) , Store Manager (3092) , Supervisor (1115) , Barista, Shift Supervisor (955) , Barista Trainer (840) , Starbucks-Barista (736) , Manager (652) , Shift Manager (586) , Cashier (458) , Assistant Manager (373) , Partner (331) , Assistant Store Manager (323) , Shift Lead (288)

What are the pros of working at Starbucks according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits are great and the fact that they offer them for all partners is amazing." ((in 11784 reviews)); "you get at least one free drink and food item each day you work which is nice and convenient" ((in 4310 reviews)); "pretty much always great coworkers and very pro lgbt enviroment (ive worked at 3 now)" ((in 3711 reviews)); "Free coffee tastes good and I like" ((in 3640 reviews)); "Met some great people there but the revolving door ratio is very high and not much people stay long" ((in 3558 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Starbucks according to real employee reviews?

"the pay is low and the way to climb is long and need to please a lot of people" ((in 4810 reviews)); "Poor management at my specific store (new people/supervisors were inexperienced or simply unwilling to help)" ((in 4466 reviews)); "Bad managers sometimes picked on me or withheld competition prizes from me after I won." ((in 2518 reviews)); "Little to no work life balance Unrealistic expectations around labor and metrics (do more with less mentality)" ((in 852 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 772 reviews))

What are employees saying about Starbucks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Starbucks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Starbucks in 2026.

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Starbucks reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(85,222 total reviews)

Brian Niccol

31% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Work/Life balance

2.8

Senior management

Starbucks has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 85,222 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Starbucks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restauration industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

85K reviews

5.0

Dec 5, 2008

Starbucks is a great place to work!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun environment. Professional training. Excellent benefits.

Cons

Early opening shifts. Always on your feet.

4.0

Dec 4, 2008

Starbucks is a solid company, but don't expect to fly through the ranks.

Shift supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great environment in most stores, fairly easy job, free coffee, solid benefits, good products, fast paced.

Cons

They hire outside of the company way too much and don't promote enough within, leading to people you trained being your bosses. The senior management team has pretty much all changed meaning all of the people that created the Starbucks culture are gone, besides Schultz and he has been consumed by wall street.

2.0

Nov 23, 2008

Starbucks =no bucks

Shift supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

the benefits!!! I got medical and dental for only $19 every two weeks! you get free drinks while working and a free pound of coffee weekly. You build relationship with some great customers. Basically, networking can help in getting a way better job because most of these customers are professionals and business people. Starbucks Coffee is worldwide so you can transfer anywhere in the country. You can also pick up extra hours from other employees from other stores in the area. You get tips weekly. They can be between 50 cents to 2 dollars depend on how busy the store is. They are really helpful as gas or lunch money.

Cons

No opportunity to grow! they don't support education so if you're a student, you can't get a promotion because they want you to devote 24 hrs of your day to them. It's unacceptable to be sick because they won't let you call sick. They will hold you responsible to find someone to work for you even if you're very very sick. You work like a janitor. Taking trash out constantly, swiping, mopping and cleaning after customers every 10 minutes. Washing tuns of dishes like you were a dishwasher at a restaurant. Some of the supervisor act like they're God, like being a supervisor is like being a CEO or something. Employees don't like to go by the book when it come to making customers drinks the right way. They give customers decaf coffee whenever they feel like it!

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