CEO Laxman Narasimhan told employees Thursday that he'll work a half day every month at one of the coffee giant's locations.and will lead the company's shareholder meeting Thursday. He joined Starbucks in October, spending months learning the business. That included 40 hours of barista training and donning the baristas' iconic green apron.
His pledge comes at a rocky time for the company's relationship with its baristas. As of Friday, more than 190 company-owned Starbucks locations have voted to unionize, according to National Labor Relations Board data. Workers have cited unsafe working conditions, understaffing and unreliable scheduling as some of the reasons why they're in favor of a union.
Before joining Starbucks, Narasimhan was chief executive of Reckitt, which owns brands like Lysol and Durex. Previously, he worked at
With the peasants
His coffee sucks
What a rip off.
Fun fact, there is a store inside the HQ. Who wants to bet he will spend a few hours there on a Friday or something.
And only pay himself $48,000 an hour to see what it is like to live the life of his employees
Only once per month!?! 🤭
They never hire asians. How they hired him as CEO?
Stop with the GIMMICKS. Your working at the store FOR WHAT!? to see how it feels to make 15 dollars an hour I hope. America is so damn PHONY 😂 I can’t take it
Such bravery
George Santos looks like Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan.
Gotta love $SBUX long term
instead of recognizing workers' rights to act collectively and bargain for wages and working conditions we have the hallow gesture by the new CEO StarbucksStrike 1u UnionStrong
I will help him for free
he just wants a share of tips
Will he also make a barista hourly wage once a month as well? If it's good for the rank and file it should work for him.
That day probably the slowest at that store
Really? Let’s see how sustainable that is.
Wow, should we congratulate him? FFS.