Reply #42: Barnes and Noble Starbucks aren't "real" Starbucks [View All]

[WindRavenX]

The only Starbucks that have tip jars are *corporate* Starbucks--Barnes and Noble, Airport, and grocery Starbucks are all franchise Starbucks.

My sister works in a Starbucks in a grocery store and they too do not have tip jars.

Corporate Starbucks are usually by FAR the best places to work--much higher pay, health insurance (!!), free drinks/ pound of coffee a week, and other huge perks, and they encourage independent baristas which is why they have tips jars-- it is the starbucks philospophy to please the customer 100%. If you don't like the drink I make, I WILL make it again til I get it right. Which is why I do "expect" tips in certain situations because I go far and above what most Starbucks "require".

And no you're not an asshole-- Barnes and Noble is for not having a tip jar for their baristas (who are usually just regular Barnes and Noble employees).