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They should charge enough to be able to afford to treat their employees like human beings - and human being sometimes get sick. How is hard for you to understan

by mjhay 4y ago

They should charge enough to be able to afford to treat their employees like human beings - and human being sometimes get sick. How is hard for you to understand? Do you really have that little empathy towards service workers?

MuffinFlavored 4y ago
> They should charge enough to be able to afford to treat their employees like human beings - and human being sometimes get sick. How is hard for you to understand? so you would agree that (at their current $6-8 drink average), they are NOT charging enough to support their employees like human beings (being able to factor in that any barista should be allowed the right to call in sick 5 days with no notice a quarter) Is that a fair summary? How many days are they currently factoring in? 0, right? Because all baristas need to fear getting fired over take 1 sick day a quarter (call out unpaid with no notice) or need somebody to cover it right So, how much do drink and food prices need to go up at starbucks to support 5 sick days per quarter per barista instead of the current 0? Their current margins are 75%. Do they need margins to go to... 85%? 95%? 105%? 115%? What's the cost of a barista taking a sick day once a quarter? What's the cost to a store's bottom line per day of 5 baristas taking a sick day 5 times a quarter? What if they do it all at once? Close the store for the day, miss the revenue/sales?
- mjhay 4y ago
  As an aside, I don't want anyone sick preparing my food or drink. There's a public health reason for actual sick leave right there. Aside from that, if they can't afford to treat their employees with dignity, they shouldn't be in business. They can, though.
- danaris 4y ago
  Starbucks is, like many large corporations right now, making record profits. Their margins are already plenty high. They just need to stop prioritizing executives' and shareholders' pocketbooks (shock! heresy!), and start prioritizing the human beings that depend on their jobs there to put food on the table.
  - MuffinFlavored 4y ago
    Their net margin is 10% as per https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/SBUX/starbucks/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/SBUX/starbucks/pro... How much of that would you like to see them give up in order to appease the employees to your standards? Would you like to see their net margin at 0%? 1%? Do they deserve to make any profit in your mind? You're saying they make too much profit. That's fair. You'd like to see them to treat their employees better at the expense of making less profit. I just don't know how realistic that is...

by mjhay 4y ago

MuffinFlavored 4y ago

> They should charge enough to be able to afford to treat their employees like human beings - and human being sometimes get sick. How is hard for you to understand? so you would agree that (at their current $6-8 drink average), they are NOT charging enough to support their employees like human beings (being able to factor in that any barista should be allowed the right to call in sick 5 days with no notice a quarter) Is that a fair summary? How many days are they currently factoring in? 0, right? Because all baristas need to fear getting fired over take 1 sick day a quarter (call out unpaid with no notice) or need somebody to cover it right So, how much do drink and food prices need to go up at starbucks to support 5 sick days per quarter per barista instead of the current 0? Their current margins are 75%. Do they need margins to go to... 85%? 95%? 105%? 115%? What's the cost of a barista taking a sick day once a quarter? What's the cost to a store's bottom line per day of 5 baristas taking a sick day 5 times a quarter? What if they do it all at once? Close the store for the day, miss the revenue/sales?

mjhay 4y ago
As an aside, I don't want anyone sick preparing my food or drink. There's a public health reason for actual sick leave right there. Aside from that, if they can't afford to treat their employees with dignity, they shouldn't be in business. They can, though.
danaris 4y ago
Starbucks is, like many large corporations right now, making record profits. Their margins are already plenty high. They just need to stop prioritizing executives' and shareholders' pocketbooks (shock! heresy!), and start prioritizing the human beings that depend on their jobs there to put food on the table.
- MuffinFlavored 4y ago
  Their net margin is 10% as per https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/SBUX/starbucks/profit-margins https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/SBUX/starbucks/pro... How much of that would you like to see them give up in order to appease the employees to your standards? Would you like to see their net margin at 0%? 1%? Do they deserve to make any profit in your mind? You're saying they make too much profit. That's fair. You'd like to see them to treat their employees better at the expense of making less profit. I just don't know how realistic that is...