Starbucks Lays Off 120 Seattle Corporate Employees Who Refused Nashville Relocation

Starbucks Corporation reported laying off 120 Washington-based corporate employees who opted not to relocate to a new corporate office in downtown Nashville as part of its planned expansion. Company officials said the reductions are part of a broader restructuring announced in May and were completed by Feb. 1 per a workforce report to Washington state officials; Starbucks said contract workers were eliminated but the roles remain available to apply for. The move accompanies Starbucks' planned $100 million investment in a Nashville office expected to create thousands of jobs and follows incentives from Tennessee leaders. Starbucks framed the layoffs as affecting partners who had been given months to decide and tied to relocation opt-outs rather than elimination of the underlying roles.

Starbucks Corporation cut 120 jobs affecting its corporate employees (Seattle headquarters / Washington-based corporate staff) team.

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.