Starbucks Pledges to Hire More U.S. Military Veterans

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Starbucks Pledges to Hire More U.S. Military Veterans
Julie Jargon

Starbucks Corp. plans to hire more U.S. military veterans and their spouses after facing backlash over its promise to hire refugees.

Presiding over his last annual shareholders meeting as chief executive on Wednesday, Howard Schultz said Starbucks will hire 15,000 veterans and their spouses by 2025, on top of more than 10,000 hired since a pledge he made four years ago.

The new drive comes after some customers threatened to boycott Starbucks for its January pledge to hire 10,000 refugees globally over the next five years. The coffee giant made the commitment following President Donald Trump’s first executive order, banning refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries.

I'm all for hiring Vets but I'm even more for corporations staying out of social/cultural issues. Just sell burnt coffee and be done with it. The nation is divided on many issues so businesses don't do themselves any favors by staking out positions.

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[Billy Jingo]

[Lady Marva]

New Starbucks, now in Target.

[Lanie]

I'm all for hiring Vets but I'm even more for corporations staying out of social/cultural issues. Just sell burnt coffee and be done with it. The nation is divided on many issues so businesses don't do themselves any favors by staking out positions.

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When refugees or other foreigners are being blocked from a place who has already hired them, companies have to speak up. This all came out while people who had visas and green cards were being blocked from the US.

And I realize this will make me look bad, but I get really sick of people (usually conservatives, but there are exceptions) playing the Veteran card. Anytime they see something they don't like it's like "What about our veterans?" It's meant to make it look like those who care about refugees don't care about veterans and they're trying to force us to choose. It makes me sick.

I'm all for helping reform VA, getting vets off the streets, employed, and professional help if they have PTSD. What I'm not for is pitting veterans against another group of people.

On edit: Otherwise, I do agree that companies should stay out of politics as much as possible. It's really not in some of their nature though.

[Newman]

When refugees or other foreigners are being blocked from a place who has already hired them, companies have to speak up. This all came out while people who had visas and green cards were being blocked from the US.

And I realize this will make me look bad, but I get really sick of people (usually conservatives, but there are exceptions) playing the Veteran card. Anytime they see something they don't like it's like "What about our veterans?" It's meant to make it look like those who care about refugees don't care about veterans and they're trying to force us to choose. It makes me sick.

I'm all for helping reform VA, getting vets off the streets, employed, and professional help if they have PTSD. What I'm not for is pitting veterans against another group of people.

On edit: Otherwise, I do agree that companies should stay out of politics as much as possible. It's really not in some of their nature though.

Starbucks really stepped in it without thinking it through.

I asked a friend who runs a pub why he doesn't play the news during the election campaign. He said you may please four guys sitting at the bar, but the fifth thinks they're all idiots and never comes back.

More people who depend on customers should consider that wisdom.

[Frostbit]

This all came out while people who had visas and green cards were being blocked from the US.

Define "blocked"

[RobJohnson]

Starbucks' earnings dropped when they announced they were going to hire refuges. They are just trying to get the price of their stock back up. Starbucks of course denies that their hiring campaign had anything to do to the stock price lag.

http://www.westernjournalism.com/starbucks-ceo-denies-company-facing-impacts-plan-hire-refugees/

[RobJohnson]

Define "blocked"

Maybe she is talking about the 2011 travel ban under President Obama that lasted six months? No one seems to talk about that.

[Norm dePlume]

Define "blocked"

Projection.

The end result would be a questioning of the definition of one word in your link.

[Norm dePlume]

Maybe she is talking about the 2011 travel ban under President Obama that lasted six months? No one seems to talk about that.

I see people talk about it, even though it isn't true.

[Billy Jingo]

I see people talk about it, even though it isn't true.

But it's true enough.

[Newman]

Starbucks' earnings dropped when they announced they were going to hire refuges. They are just trying to get the price of their stock back up. Starbucks of course denies that their hiring campaign had anything to do to the stock price lag.

http://www.westernjournalism.com/sta...hire-refugees/

I don't think this sop to veterans helps Starbucks at all.

I certainly can't speak about any individual vet, but in my personal experience veterans would scarcely be looking for fulfilling employment as a "barrista" at Starbucks. Those jobs are starting jobs for young people not yet launched on a career path. I remember reading a few years ago that in Israel (as I recall) military vets, especially those with some command experience, were the most highly recruited executives in the private economy.

For Starbucks to pledge to hire "15,000 veterans and their spouses" just sounds condescending to me, not unlike the caricature posted here:

“I think I saw a troops recruiting at my children’s high school once, but of course I would never consider letting my son join,” said Jennings. “We go to college in this family.”

Halp us, Howad Shoots -

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I don't think this sop to veterans helps Starbucks at all.

I certainly can't speak about any individual vet, but in my personal experience veterans would scarcely be looking for fulfilling employment as a "barrista" at Starbucks. Those jobs are starting jobs for young people not yet launched on a career path. I remember reading a few years ago that in Israel (as I recall) military vets, especially those with some command experience, were the most highly recruited executives in the private economy.

For Starbucks to pledge to hire "15,000 veterans and their spouses" just sounds condescending to me, not unlike the caricature posted here:

Halp us, Howad Shoots -

I think that's correct. We hired Vets preferentially. Not because of 'Thank you for service'. They simply had the electronic/hardware skills we needed. People learn so much on subs and carriers. It's astonishing.

We obviously paid them WAY more than Starbucks.

[Novaheart]

DO YOU WANT AN EXTRA SHOT IN YOUR LATTE?

SIR! YES SIR!

[RobJohnson]

I don't think this sop to veterans helps Starbucks at all.

I certainly can't speak about any individual vet, but in my personal experience veterans would scarcely be looking for fulfilling employment as a "barrista" at Starbucks. Those jobs are starting jobs for young people not yet launched on a career path. I remember reading a few years ago that in Israel (as I recall) military vets, especially those with some command experience, were the most highly recruited executives in the private economy.

For Starbucks to pledge to hire "15,000 veterans and their spouses" just sounds condescending to me, not unlike the caricature posted here:

Halp us, Howad Shoots -

Some vets are still in their early twenties and it might be a starting point.