Starbucks Lays Off 1,100 Employees As Coffee Chain Streamlines, DBS To Cut 4,000 Jobs In 3 Years

Starbucks will cut 1,100 corporate and administrative jobs as part of a reorganization as it aims to reignite sales growth, the company's new CEO said Monday. The coffee giant is taking "the hard decision to eliminate 1,100 current support partner roles and several hundred additional open and unfilled positions," said Chief Executive Brian Niccol in a message to employees. The move will not affect front-line coffee servers, known as "baristas" in Starbucks lingo. As of September 2024, Starbucks employed 361,000 workers, including 16,000 in administrative and support positions.