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maxsolomon

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14. I've just never heard that they don't provide health insurance

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:41 PM

Jan 2019

They say they do. Nothing in tyour link says they don't.

I don't think I swallowed anything. I'm asking for facts. I recognize they don't pay a great hourly wage. They do allow tips, and people do tip.

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Here's a question for Schultz. Why do so many of his employees live in poverty? [View all] Yavin4 Jan 2019 OP

Oh for Goodness Sakes,.. magicarpet Jan 2019 #1

Probabaly because SoCalNative Jan 2019 #2

Unfortunately, in this economy, some of them may have to. Yavin4 Jan 2019 #4

I never went to college SoCalNative Jan 2019 #10

It's a logical fallacy to project your anecdotal experience onto a demographic as a whole. LanternWaste Jan 2019 #15

How many decades ago? The economy and job market is not the same as yesterday. peacefrogman Jan 2019 #24

I got the job I have now SoCalNative Jan 2019 #27

Did you accumulate a work history experience resume? peacefrogman Jan 2019 #30

Right because they are 'entry' level jobs except they are not. Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #11

They do in plenty of other countries. What's dishonorable about serving food and drinks.. lostnfound Jan 2019 #33

And his answer will be... Trumpocalypse Jan 2019 #3

Starbucks provides Health Insurance to employees. maxsolomon Jan 2019 #5

Don't swallow corporate propaganda Yavin4 Jan 2019 #7

I've just never heard that they don't provide health insurance maxsolomon Jan 2019 #14

I just helped my future DIL get on Medicaid because she can't get their insurance which I have been Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #18

Except that does not tell us what they are making as a wage and what their share of the insurance GemDigger Jan 2019 #8

Neither does the poster I'm responding to. maxsolomon Jan 2019 #13

Do you think Starbucks employees who start in Ohio at $9.00 per hour can afford Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #9

OK, thanks for the "links". maxsolomon Jan 2019 #12

Any company that starts their employees at $9.00 hour, keeps them at part time to avoid Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #17

Is that what Starbucks does? Keeps Baristas at part-time to avoid insuring them? maxsolomon Jan 2019 #19

My daughter's friend spent a year on starvation wages trying to get fulltime and get the insurance Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #25

Starbucks execs get all sorts of goodies...like childcare, insurance, bonuses...but the little Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #21

When I worked for Walmart they did offer insurance. Doreen Jan 2019 #31

That is not the case now from what I hear. Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #34

My daughter worked there for 2 years during college. MoonchildCA Jan 2019 #28

Sounds about par for part-time employment in America maxsolomon Jan 2019 #29

I remember that ( painfully. ) Doreen Jan 2019 #32

All that is still true. Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #35

That is what I say. My future DIL works for Starbucks and it is nothing like people think it is. Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #6

I thought he wasn't the CEO anymore? maryellen99 Jan 2019 #16

He isn't A HERETIC I AM Jan 2019 #20

He is not CEO but is still with the company and he set up these shitty polices including the free Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #26

Just to clarify, he's no longer their employer... brooklynite Jan 2019 #22

He's still a major shareholder Yavin4 Jan 2019 #23