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Starbucks will cut 1,100 office jobs as new chief executive Brian Niccol attempts to revive the world’s biggest coffee shop chain.
The company said on Monday that staff in corporate roles would be required to work remotely this week as it informs employees who will be laid off.
The job cuts are the first for Starbucks corporate workers since 2018, and about 350 were made redundant. Starbucks is not cutting any jobs inside its cafés.
Employees who are being laid off will receive a message on Tuesday, the company said.
Niccol was hired in September with a goal to turn round Starbucks as foot traffic and sales were spiralling lower.
He said that Starbucks will eliminate 1,100 jobs that are currently filled as well as “several hundred” more open and unfilled positions.
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