Starbucks

Careers at Starbucks

By bringing people together over coffee, Starbucks has become one of the world’s best-known and best-loved companies. We purchase, roast and serve award-winning coffee. We also offer Italian-style espresso beverages, cold blended beverages, delicious food, premium teas and selected compact discs through our retail stores. Working at Starbucks is a lot like working with your friends. When you work here, you’re not an “employee” – we call ourselves “partners” because we believe in shared common goals and mutual success. We’re dedicated to serving ethically sourced coffee, caring for the environment and giving back to the communities where we do business.

What Starbucks partners (employees) are saying:

  • Working at Starbucks has afforded me countless opportunities for both personal and professional development. I'm proud to work for such an innovative company with such a strong commitment to the community and the environment.

    Sara Ripoli

    Sara Ripoli

    Greater Seattle Area

  • Starbucks offers tremendous opportunity to work and grow your professional career working side by side with smart people doing cutting edge projects in an environment that encourages and rewards innovation. In addition to being encouraged to build my skills and career while doing fascinating work, I also feel great pride in knowing that Starbucks gives back in so many ways to communities around the world making life a little bit better for people. This makes working here every day even more rewarding.

    Phil Hendrickson

    Phil Hendrickson

    Manager of Global Talent Sourcing Strategy

    Greater Seattle Area

  • Starbucks has always been a company that I’ve admired; from their people and brand image to their continuous efforts and support for their farmers and local communities. I started my career journey at Starbucks in 2003 as a retail management trainee and am now part of the Canadian recruitment team as a sourcing specialist in Vancouver, BC.  Starbucks has always given me the opportunity to use my skills to their full potential and the ability to fulfill my goals!

    Amy Hamdorff

    Amy Hamdorff

    Vancouver, Canada Area

Living and Working in Seattle

  • We think our home city is a pretty great place to live – and a lot of others agree. In fact, Seattle is consistently rated as one of the world’s most livable cities. That has made Seattle one of the nation’s fastest growing cities in terms of people moving here. 

    The people who live here are smart and interesting. We’re mad for books (just check out our amazing library!); Seattle is ranked as one of the nation’s most literate cities. We also appreciate great food, and the city has a variety of amazing restaurants. The city’s demographics show that we’re a diverse lot – and we appreciate that diversity. Seattle is second only to San Francisco in the percentage of residents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). 

    Even the weather here is much nicer than you may have heard. Despite its reputation as a rainy city, Seattle experiences less annual precipitation than Miami, Atlanta or New York City!

     

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Partner (employee) benefits at Starbucks Coffee Company:

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • AD&D insurance
  • Health saving account
  • Flexible spending account
  • 401K
  • 401K matching
  • Disability coverage
  • On-site day care
  • Family paid leave
  • Mother's room
  • Flexible hours
  • On-site gym
  • On-site cafe
  • Public transportation reimbursement
  • Carpool program
  • A free pound of coffee a week
  • Domestic partner benefits
  • Adoption assistance
  • Starbucks University (tuition program)