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REPORTED · WARN NOTICEPublished Dec 23, 2025

Starbucks Corporation Layoff — May 2025

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
612
EFFECTIVE DATE
May 2, 2025

What we know

Location: Seattle, WA (Permanent County).

A WARN notice was filed on February 26, 2025.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the WA state workforce agency.

Summary

Starbucks Corporation disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice filed with the WA state workforce agency on February 26, 2025. The notice covers 612 employees in Seattle, WA (Permanent County), with the layoff effective May 2, 2025.

LayoffTalk has tracked 43 layoff events at Starbucks Corporation since June 2023, affecting a combined 14,005 employees.

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Anonymous by default. Be kind — people reading this may be going through it right now.

LTLayoffTalk StaffStaff21 hours ago

Starbucks Corporation cut 612 jobs in Seattle, WA on May 2, 2025. Were you affected, or do you know people who were? How was it handled — severance, notice, which teams? You can post anonymously below.

SOURCE
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Consumer Cyclical
43
EVENTS TRACKED
26K
AFFECTED SINCE 2023
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