I understand why they are on strike, but the problem will be, if their wages go up so do the prices. Higher prices means that less people will be able to afford it and that will cut down business which means they will be forced to shut down and all those workers on strike for higher wages will lose their jobs. Starbucks isn't a necessity, it's a luxury. Not many people can't afford now. If the prices go up they really won't be able to afford it.
Pouring a cup of coffee is not a specialized skill. They are doing something their customers can easily do at home. Why are these adults trying to live off an entry level high schoolers job? Why not go to school to earn the necessary training and credentials to have a real career with an adult salary?
Wow, now Starbucks workers are claiming that pouring coffee is a physically and emotionally draining “profession” and therefore they are entitled to $20 an hour and paid healthcare. physically and emotionally draining? For pouring coffee? This is counter service where people stand in line, tell them what they want, and have it handed to them. Plus, they expect tips. All I can say is Wow. I’m kinda glad I don’t drink that overpriced cr*p they call coffee.
It’s not that they’re out of touch but understand reality. Fast service restaurants like Starbucks have thin margins. The economics don’t support raising the wages almost 77%. Starbucks employees have no leverage because the skills needed to become a barista is so low that anyone can do the job.
Have you ever made an iced caramel machiatto upside with an additional shot light caramel drizzle with half a pump of vanilla add sweet cream cold foam?
They are asking for as much as some nurses make and we SAVE LIVES! A 5% raise annually? We are happy with 1.5%. When they start doing something that impacts the health and wellbeing of people, then I’ll back them. I love my Starbucks coffee BTW but the employees are asking for too much. I put them in the same category as professional athletes and entertainers. They do nothing for humanity except provide entertainment at an exorbitant cost.
"Higher pay"?! Its not like their EMPLOYER is raking in MILLION$! They sell COFFEE....so does MCDONALDS....and DENNY'S...and Jack in the Box. Bwa ha ha!
This is hilarious. In order for a strike to be effective, your labor must be skilled and/or dangerous, and not something that literally anyone can learn to do in half a shift.
I feel the pain of those baristas because I worked at one of Starbucks competitors for 10 years while I was in college and graduate school and if I hadn’t lived at home, it would have been impossible for me to make a living on barista wages. They deserve to be paid better because their work is difficult, but if their wages increase so too will the costs of all beverages that customers hold so dear. For some people, the costs are worth it, but I can’t help wondering if more people will do what I started doing when I no longer had my employee discount and that is making coffee at home with coffee I buy at my grocery store which is so much more economical in terms of money, time, and mental energy.
The biggest problem with your argument is that one these are part-time workers. Secondly, if you ever looked up, the demands that they actually keep pushing out are completely ridiculous. Not even Walmart employees or any other type of employees get as good of treatment compared to Starbucks employees in terms of retrospect. I’m sorry, but there’s no company that ever exist that gives a full year leave. Especially a full year leave that still pays you for the full-time that you’re out. The other problem that people seem to not understand is that these are not full-time jobs. Yes there are a few full-time workers, but those are usually staffed at our in training for management and other mandatory positions. Most of the people that are in this self proclaimed union is actually made up of part-time students at universities or part-time workers that can’t seem to get their foot in the door into specific fields of work. In reality these people are asking forinsane changes that are not reasonable or negotiable on any corporate ladder scale.
These people don’t really understand that once when you raise the salary wage of the bottom line workers the cost of the product that they provide will have to go up as well to compensate for the loss of revenue. Large corporations, and franchises, such as chain franchises don’t have a lot of revenue to spare like these Brain, dead culture students think. Most of the revenue goes back into the business and a large margin of the profits are exactly that profit which goes and gets accumulated into store costs 99% of the time. The largest factor in revenue is human resource and the fact that people still think that they’re not getting paid enough is a reflection of not this companies fault but the reflection of the market and how bad the economies Reflecting. Because of horrible government mandate which negatively impacts all companies regardless of size. Makes it hard for any company to even function properly and makes it hard for them, not only to manage the business, but also hire the the proper staff to actually work, but also being even able to hire new people on board without it blowing back in their faces lay down the road when inflation hits and they don’t have any form of inflation guard to their business operations. That’s why a lot of people are let go from companies and given no reason whatsoever. It’s because ofnot the lack of performance, but because the business itself has to make cuts because of inflationary actions.
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Well, you guys get what you voted for, madam. Vice President Harris said this will happen. She repeated it over and over. People just didn't want to listen to her. Oh well, it's going to get worse.😮
Evidently a huge portion of the United States doesn't know basic economics. Vice President Harris was the better choice. Now the country as a whole will see what they 'bought' for the next 4 years.
A company that makes 19 billion dollars a year can't pay their employees a livable wage? Its just this year they have been making 19 billion either, they have been making that for over a decade now. Also, these cities are expensive, even living with roommates doesn't reduce your cost of living. You have groceries to think about, healthcare. If StarBucks finds them disposable, then hire high school students or introduce automation. Lets see how that would work. Starbucks could sacrifice 5 billion to pay their employees a living wage.
What is a livable wage? Should a Starbucks barista in New York with the same skills as a Starbucks barista in a smaller town be paid more? Why? People get paid for their level of skill not based on where they live.
@@TheSarahJane33 Australia pays its employees a living wage. There are no tips in the land down under. People there don't have to rely on Family or Government for survival.
So go get another job. Like what the rest of us do
Let Starbucks go under…who cares.
Its not gonna go under. It's very easy to find people who will work there. The strikers should all.be replaced
We're all struggling to afford rent and groceries.
When aren't yall? 😂
I understand why they are on strike, but the problem will be, if their wages go up so do the prices. Higher prices means that less people will be able to afford it and that will cut down business which means they will be forced to shut down and all those workers on strike for higher wages will lose their jobs. Starbucks isn't a necessity, it's a luxury. Not many people can't afford now. If the prices go up they really won't be able to afford it.
I’ll make my coffee at home. Problem solved.
Starbucks minimum wage is +$15
Federal minimum wage? $7.25
false. the people at the top and regional managers who make way too much will make less.
Not gonna pay more for coffee guys. Learn a trade or start your own business.
Get another job for gods sakes. Companies can’t afford to give you entitled people what you think you deserve. It’s fricken coffee
I invested in a coffee maker. It's not Starbucks but it does it's job.
Remove tip as well please. This isn't different than working in other retails
Customers who order complex drinks asked for tipping options
Pouring a cup of coffee is not a specialized skill. They are doing something their customers can easily do at home. Why are these adults trying to live off an entry level high schoolers job? Why not go to school to earn the necessary training and credentials to have a real career with an adult salary?
ok you go do customer service and take 10 orders at once that you have to get out quickly.
@@fanaticist I’m guessing that most of us have been servers or worked in one of the many coffee shops at at time or another.
Exactly. These jobs were never meant to be a career. They are made for high school/college kids, and side hustles.
What a joke. Starbucks, replace these cows. Working in the service line at Starbucks is not a career. Do better in life and take accountability.
Automation coming soon
I make my own coffee 😮i should give myself a raise 😂
You need a career. These are starter jobs, not meant to support a family. This is not skilled labor, anyone can do this job.
anyone could do any boomer job. only it was a career by default.
You obviously don't grasp what a Barista does. Give it a try yourself before making statements.
@ I have.
Wow, now Starbucks workers are claiming that pouring coffee is a physically and emotionally draining “profession” and therefore they are entitled to $20 an hour and paid healthcare. physically and emotionally draining? For pouring coffee? This is counter service where people stand in line, tell them what they want, and have it handed to them. Plus, they expect tips. All I can say is Wow. I’m kinda glad I don’t drink that overpriced cr*p they call coffee.
In one article, I read they’re already making the equivalent of $30 an hour, counting their pay and benefits.
@ At half that, they are overpaid for what they do. Pouring coffee is not a career.
They have never ran a shovel for 8 to 10 hours a day. That is physically draining.
ok roach. CEOs don't deserve as much as they make "bcuz its just coffee"
The amount of people here on the comments that are out of touch with what these workers are going through and this crazy gig economy, is insane
💯
Who cares...
When federal minimum wage is 7 and change. 17 a hr and bennies sounds exorbitant for someone to make a cup of coffee
It’s not that they’re out of touch but understand reality. Fast service restaurants like Starbucks have thin margins. The economics don’t support raising the wages almost 77%. Starbucks employees have no leverage because the skills needed to become a barista is so low that anyone can do the job.
@@brianjohnson6053 do you realize how low 7 dollars an hour is for people to make it in this country??
Easiest job in the world. Even burger king is harder work
Have you ever made an iced caramel machiatto upside with an additional shot light caramel drizzle with half a pump of vanilla add sweet cream cold foam?
@TheCHICAGORilla I work at a oil rig. You would not last 10 minutes here.
They are asking for as much as some nurses make and we SAVE LIVES! A 5% raise annually? We are happy with 1.5%. When they start doing something that impacts the health and wellbeing of people, then I’ll back them. I love my Starbucks coffee BTW but the employees are asking for too much. I put them in the same category as professional athletes and entertainers. They do nothing for humanity except provide entertainment at an exorbitant cost.
I worked as a medical assistant I did the duties of a registered nurse without the pay. I was making 13 an hour.
@@gailrodriguez9195 so did you go back to school to get the credentials to be a registered nurse?
These weren't suppose to be a living wage job, im all union...
But it's coffee. Not a trade
"Higher pay"?! Its not like their EMPLOYER is raking in MILLION$! They sell COFFEE....so does MCDONALDS....and DENNY'S...and Jack in the Box. Bwa ha ha!
The price of a water down milk so-called coffee has skyrocketed you want more wages you won’t have any customers
MAC DONALD'S COFFEE IS BETTER AND CHEAPER
Every single unionized employee in America raises the floor for all of us.
GOOD.
70k a year for pouring coffee?
Unions are a joke.
This is hilarious. In order for a strike to be effective, your labor must be skilled and/or dangerous, and not something that literally anyone can learn to do in half a shift.
Isn’t this a high schoolers job?
And I should care because?
Robots are coming to replace them.
Keep complaining and watch AI take over these jobs…oh wait they already are
Can ai make a latte?
Starbucks is trash coffee idk why anybody go there anymore
Replace them with automation.
Coffee about to go up to 15$ for a medium no sugar
I feel the pain of those baristas because I worked at one of Starbucks competitors for 10 years while I was in college and graduate school and if I hadn’t lived at home, it would have been impossible for me to make a living on barista wages. They deserve to be paid better because their work is difficult, but if their wages increase so too will the costs of all beverages that customers hold so dear. For some people, the costs are worth it, but I can’t help wondering if more people will do what I started doing when I no longer had my employee discount and that is making coffee at home with coffee I buy at my grocery store which is so much more economical in terms of money, time, and mental energy.
Yea, I prefer making my coffee at home
Raising minimum wage doesn’t raise the price of goods. It’s been proven wrong over and over. Quit watching Fox News.
The biggest problem with your argument is that one these are part-time workers. Secondly, if you ever looked up, the demands that they actually keep pushing out are completely ridiculous. Not even Walmart employees or any other type of employees get as good of treatment compared to Starbucks employees in terms of retrospect. I’m sorry, but there’s no company that ever exist that gives a full year leave. Especially a full year leave that still pays you for the full-time that you’re out. The other problem that people seem to not understand is that these are not full-time jobs. Yes there are a few full-time workers, but those are usually staffed at our in training for management and other mandatory positions. Most of the people that are in this self proclaimed union is actually made up of part-time students at universities or part-time workers that can’t seem to get their foot in the door into specific fields of work. In reality these people are asking forinsane changes that are not reasonable or negotiable on any corporate ladder scale.
These people don’t really understand that once when you raise the salary wage of the bottom line workers the cost of the product that they provide will have to go up as well to compensate for the loss of revenue. Large corporations, and franchises, such as chain franchises don’t have a lot of revenue to spare like these Brain, dead culture students think. Most of the revenue goes back into the business and a large margin of the profits are exactly that profit which goes and gets accumulated into store costs 99% of the time. The largest factor in revenue is human resource and the fact that people still think that they’re not getting paid enough is a reflection of not this companies fault but the reflection of the market and how bad the economies Reflecting. Because of horrible government mandate which negatively impacts all companies regardless of size. Makes it hard for any company to even function properly and makes it hard for them, not only to manage the business, but also hire the the proper staff to actually work, but also being even able to hire new people on board without it blowing back in their faces lay down the road when inflation hits and they don’t have any form of inflation guard to their business operations. That’s why a lot of people are let go from companies and given no reason whatsoever. It’s because ofnot the lack of performance, but because the business itself has to make cuts because of inflationary actions.
Their work is not difficult. This is easy work. People at Wendy's work harder, how come they are not complaining?
Oh no hitting folks in the wallet not I understand 😮
If you go to an Asian market you can get instant coffee that tastes 100x better than Starbucks coffee for 15 cents a packet.
OK einstein's , a large coffee at Mc'd's is $2.19 and it's a whole lot better than Starbucks. - uh duh...
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Well, you guys get what you voted for, madam. Vice President Harris said this will happen. She repeated it over and over. People just didn't want to listen to her. Oh well, it's going to get worse.😮
😂😂😂😂😂
Evidently a huge portion of the United States doesn't know basic economics. Vice President Harris was the better choice. Now the country as a whole will see what they 'bought' for the next 4 years.
Wish I could afford ba cup 😢 Louisville KY placed a no money no home ban on me well merry Christmas ❤❤❤😅
Oh that’s rich
Even foot long
Not here in raleigh lol
A company that makes 19 billion dollars a year can't pay their employees a livable wage? Its just this year they have been making 19 billion either, they have been making that for over a decade now. Also, these cities are expensive, even living with roommates doesn't reduce your cost of living. You have groceries to think about, healthcare. If StarBucks finds them disposable, then hire high school students or introduce automation. Lets see how that would work. Starbucks could sacrifice 5 billion to pay their employees a living wage.
we need a law that forces business to share with workers.
What is a livable wage? Should a Starbucks barista in New York with the same skills as a Starbucks barista in a smaller town be paid more? Why? People get paid for their level of skill not based on where they live.
@@TheSarahJane33 Australia pays its employees a living wage. There are no tips in the land down under. People there don't have to rely on Family or Government for survival.
@@TheSarahJane33 Well start making your own moca vente double latte blah, blah then.
The federal minimum wage is 7 and change. Most are only worth that much.
STOP SUPPORTING STARBUCKS AND THEIR PAGAN SYMBOL!!! WOULD LOVE TO SEE SMALL BUSINESS COFFEE SHOPS THRIVE IN AMERICA!!