Starbucks Lays Off 61 Seattle Tech Employees - Nashville Business ...
The cuts are part of a technology reorganization as CEO Brian Niccol advances his Back to Starbucks plan.
- On Thursday, May 7, Starbucks filed a WARN notice announcing the layoff of 61 tech employees at its Seattle Support Center in SoDo.
- CEO Brian Niccol is leading a turnaround strategy that includes streamlining operations and prioritizing tech initiatives like AI, following the January hiring of Anand Varadarajan, Chief Technology Officer.
- Between June 20 and August 28, Starbucks will separate 61 employees in cybersecurity, engineering, and product roles, with affected workers not unionized and lacking bumping rights to displace others.
- Starbucks confirmed the cuts will not involve relocating or contracting out these positions, while concurrently planning to hire or move 2,000 workers to Nashville over the next five years.
- Amid sector-wide tech cuts impacting firms like Amazon and Meta, Starbucks reported strong Q2 growth and raised its sales outlook to at least 5% for the year.
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Starbucks Layoffs: Coffee Giant Eliminates 61 Corporate Positions in Seattle’s SoDo | 🍔 LatestLY
Starbucks is laying off 61 employees from its Seattle technology department starting June 20, citing corporate reorganisation. While the company is expanding with a new office in Nashville, Seattle remains its global headquarters. These permanent cuts follow a year of store closures and labour strikes that concluded in February 2026. 🍔 Starbucks Layoffs: Coffee Giant Eliminates 61 Corporate Positions in Seattle’s SoDo.
Starbucks lays off 61 more corporate workers in Seattle
Starbucks has laid off 61 more corporate workers at its Seattle headquarters. The layoffs were in the company’s technology department and included positions such as cybersecurity analysts, application developers, and systems administrators, according to a worker adjustment and retraining notification (WARN) filing. The first separations will be on June 20, with all expected to be completed by August 28, the filing stated. The layoffs come as the…
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