Starbucks to cut 224 corporate and remote roles at Seattle HQ and remote staff
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What we know
Location: Seattle, Washington (and remote).
Department affected: corporate and remote staff.
Based on news reporting.
Summary
Starbucks announced a planned layoff of 224 employees affecting corporate staff at its Seattle headquarters and remote workers, according to a WARN notice. The company said the first separations are expected to begin on October 19, 2026, with all separations completed by November 1, 2026; 120 affected employees work at the Seattle headquarters (employees who declined to relocate to Nashville) and 104 are remote. The cuts are described as a small portion of Starbucks' global workforce of 381,000 (fiscal 2025) and follow earlier rounds of reductions, including nearly 1,000 layoffs in December 2025 and prior cuts totaling more than 2,000 employees over the past two years. Starbucks framed the moves as part of cost-cutting and restructuring under new CEO Brian Niccol, who has previously reduced non-retail headcount.
Starbucks Corporation cut 224 jobs affecting its corporate and remote staff team as of October 19, 2026.
That is roughly 0.1% of the 383,000 people Starbucks Corporation employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 42 layoff events at Starbucks Corporation since June 2023, including 2,538 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 32 additional events known from news reporting.
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