Starbucks to cut 224 Seattle Support Center roles as part of 2026 reductions
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What we know
Location: Seattle, Washington.
Department affected: Starbucks Support Center (SSC Headquarters).
Based on news reporting.
Summary
Starbucks Corporation filed a WARN notice announcing plans to permanently separate 224 employees at its Seattle Support Center (SSC Headquarters) at 2401 Utah Ave., with the first separations expected Oct. 19 and all completed by Nov. 1. About 120 of those employees declined relocation offers to the company's Nashville office; approximately 104 roles are due to organizational changes from a May 2026 restructuring. The filing follows earlier 2026 reductions at the Seattle headquarters — 61 technology positions and 252 support-center roles — bringing documented corporate job cuts in 2026 to 537 when combined. Starbucks says the moves are part of CEO Brian Niccol's efforts to streamline operations and achieve $2 billion in cost savings by fiscal 2028 and to expand a Nashville support office.
Starbucks Corporation cut 224 jobs in WA affecting its Starbucks Support Center (SSC Headquarters) team as of November 1, 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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