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 (44843) , Shift Supervisor (9766) , Cashier/Barista (4300) , Store Manager (3090) , Supervisor (1115) , Barista, Shift Supervisor (955) , Barista Trainer (841) , Starbucks-Barista (735) , 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 11814 reviews)); "you get at least one free drink and food item each day you work which is nice and convenient" ((in 4261 reviews)); "Tips are great and the free coffee is good." ((in 3743 reviews)); "pretty much always great coworkers and very pro lgbt enviroment (ive worked at 3 now)" ((in 3696 reviews)); "Met some great people there but the revolving door ratio is very high and not much people stay long" ((in 3550 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 4838 reviews)); "Poor management at my specific store (new people/supervisors were inexperienced or simply unwilling to help)" ((in 4449 reviews)); "Bad managers sometimes picked on me or withheld competition prizes from me after I won." ((in 2501 reviews)); "Little to no work life balance Unrealistic expectations around labor and metrics (do more with less mentality)" ((in 865 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 767 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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3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(85,194 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 85,194 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 Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

85K reviews

1.0

May 29, 2023

Avoid the exploitation

Shift supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

3 free tall drinks a day, one free food item for shift supervisors, tips (unless they're stolen by the management)

Cons

Overworked (50hr weeks), underpaid (11 euro an hour) for holding a supervisor role where you're held responsible for every single issue that arises on shift, such as calling the police, cleaning up vomit/broken glass, customer complaints, the till being down comes out of your tips. Management once asked a girl to come to work while her mother lay dying in ICU. AVOID this place. Don't support their business, as it drives local coffee shops out of business.

2.0

May 9, 2024

Couldn't care less about their employees if they tried (but pretended to the public)

Shift manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Those who I worked with directly. There was a comradery amongst employees directly because of how bad the company was towards us but because of that we really did go up and beyond for eachother (e.g., covering shifts, staying later to help etc.) My manager also tried to make it as easy as possible for us took a lot of heat off those above her simply by always caving into their unrealistic and frankly diabolical demands`.

Cons

I joined when I was 19 and they paid me minimum wage and said I would receive a fair wage when i turned 20 - then they tried to not raise my wage still after my birthday and only caved after many fellow employees and my manager came forward. I also worked through Covid and we were the busiest Irish store for a few weeks despite being understaffed and were meant to receive roughly a 1.5k bonus each (dependent on hours worked) which they cancelled last second and gave us a pizza party instead (I also think my manager just did this on her own accord to soften the blow.) When higher managers and people from head office would come in they would often treat us like scum. They simply exploited us every chance they could get.

3.0

Apr 11, 2026

grand

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

holidays and bank holidays payments

Cons

not a very nice work environment

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