So their CEO Howard Schultz turns all Starbuck locations into Gun Free zones and allows drug dealers to operate from their bathrooms. And now he is whining and moaning the fact that most Starbucks locations are dangerous to their customers and staff.

You reap what you sow assclown.


Starbucks to close 16 stores citing personal safety concerns

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Jul 13, 2022 0


"After careful consideration, we are closing some stores in locations that have experienced a high volume of challenging incidents that make it unsafe to continue to operate," a spokesperson told CNN Business in an email. The decision comes as Starbucks works to change the company culture under interim CEO Howard Schultz — and as employees across the country vote to unionize.

In a Monday letter to employees, Debbie Stroud and Denise Nelson, both senior vice presidents of US operations, discussed safety in Starbucks stores.

Employees are "seeing firsthand the challenges facing our communities — personal safety, racism, lack of access to healthcare, a growing mental health crisis, rising drug use, and more," they wrote, adding that "with stores in thousands of communities across the country, we know these challenges can, at times, play out within our stores too."

Stroud and Nelson said they "read every incident report you file," adding, "it's a lot."

To make workers feel safer in stores, the company is offering active shooter training and other types of trainings, they wrote. It's also offering mental health benefits, access to abortion care, clarity around shifts and store policies, and more, the letter stated. The company also may close restrooms to the public, overturning a 2018 policy.

In cases where it isn't able to create a safe environment in a store, Starbucks will close it permanently, the letter said. In those instances, the company will move employees to neighboring stores. The moves are part of a broader effort to revamp the company, as outlined in a Monday letter from Schultz.

"We need to reinvent Starbucks for the future," he wrote, noting that the company must "radically" improve employee experiences. He added that based on feedback from employees, the company will strive to create "safety, welcoming and kindness for our stores."

Schultz stepped into the CEO role for the third time in April. Over the past several months he has spent time with employees, listening to their concerns and gathering feedback. He's also been working to dissuade workers from unionizing, asking workers to steer clear of unions even before he formally returned to the company as chief executive.

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