When The new CEO of Starbucks Brian Niccol began his role in September, his much-talked-about journey, which will cover around 1,000 miles and take place by private jet. Starbucks is headquartered in Seattle, and Niccol lives in Newport Beach, California, where he is previous employerChipotle, has headquarters.
Since the coffee giant requires corporate employees to be in the office for a hybrid schedule at least three days a week, Niccol makes the trip every week. He also made it clear that the company would not tell employees on which specific days they must come to the office.
But that doesn't mean workers can skip the three-day-a-week mandate.
Bloomberg News reports that starting in January, Starbucks will do just that begin to be implemented its hybrid labor policy, although the policy itself is not changing. An internal Starbucks email seen by the media noted that the consequences for employees who do not meet hybrid expectations are “up to and including termination.”
“We are continuing to support our leaders as they hold their teams accountable to our existing hybrid work policy,” the company said in a statement Monday, per Bloomberg.
Starbucks headquarters in Seattle. Photo by David Ryder | Getty Images
Starbucks' three-day-a-week mandate is lenient compared to other large companies that are implementing a mandatory return to the office. In September, the CEO of Amazon Andy Jassy told employees that they will have to return to the office five days a week until January 2. Corporate workers, meanwhile, were not happy with the surprise news.
Walmart AND vein they have also begun to implement strict mandates of returning to the office. One notable critic is Spotify, which announced that he is holding it its “work from anywhere” policy.