So the dreaded email came into my box. After 18 years from barista to VP it all ends like this. Not what I imagined. Mad, confused, and a bit relieved to tell you the truth. I am worried for my team. I did my best to shield them from all the corporate cr-p. We had a a lot of fun while getting the job done. Change is inevitable and its a good thing. But when leadership cuts jobs that is the cowards way to handle the situation. Any id--t can come in and cut jobs. Innovators and leaders do everything to save the most values asset of a company its people. Yes Starbucks will weather this storm and hopefully everyone walks away ok.
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Is it true that, conversely, “any id--t” can petition for headcount and wind up a bloated organization that now requires downsizing? I thought you were a VP and capable of evaluating both sides. Probably a good riddance in your case
Take those 18 years of experience and form your own Latte Larry's spite store, grow it into a mega brand, and displace Starbucks as a beloved brand?
OP sounds like a good egg. I hope you quickly land well at a place that makes you deliriously happy.
Sorry tp hear. Its a total cluster at HQ now. No one feels safe its like an episode of Survivor . Everyone is looking for the immunity idol.