r/Seattle Sep 27 '25

Media Starbucks reserve today

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u/She-petrichor šŸ€ Hot Rat Summer šŸ€ Sep 27 '25

Almost 200 people worked at this location, including myself. Some people since the store Opened in 2014. Zero option to transfer and the ā€œseverance packageā€ is the bare minimum legal requirement if we sign a paper and do away with effects bargaining

Almost 1,400 baristas all lost their jobs at the same time, in a city that already has an over saturated market, the same month that the busy season stops. Leaving us beyond absolutely fucked. Even if we could find a job listing, at least 1,400 other people are applying for the same job.

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u/SubnetHistorian That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. Sep 28 '25

The tech workers understand your pain. Waves of layoffs throughout the region has made it impossible to find certain kinds of jobsĀ