As longtime CEO Howard Schultz is grilled by senators over the company's approach to unionization votes, employees are eager to determine whether the new...
The new CEO of Starbucks, Laxman Narasimhan, says he plans to work a half-day shift once a month in one of the company’s stores in an effort to stay close to its culture and customers.
Narasimhan, who took the reins as CEO earlier this month, said in a letter to Starbucks employees last week that he also expects the company’s leadership team to be connected and engaged in stores. — Laxman Narasimhan Having a CEO work in stores is new for Seattle-based Starbucks, but not unprecedented among big companies. DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and his executive team make DoorDash deliveries once a month, for example.
Narasimhan said his first priority is addressing some of the company’s limitations. A reinvention plan announced last fall is updating equipment and layouts to make stores more efficient and increasing employee retention with better pay and benefits, he said. The average U.S. Starbucks worker now makes $17.50 per hour.
Narasimhan succeeds longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz, who came out of retirement last spring to serve as interim CEO while the company searched for a new chief executive. Schultz, testifying before a Senate panel on Wednesday over allegations that he took a union-busting approach to management as CEO, remains on the company’s board.
At least 293 of Starbucks’ 9,000 company-owned U.S. stores have voted to unionize since late 2021. Workers have begun bargaining with the company but so far no store has reached agreement on a new contract.
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