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Starbucks CEO has five-minute commute amid RTO push
Starbucks has now completed a satellite office just five minutes from its CEO Brian Niccol’s home, after issuing a strict four-day-a-week RTO mandate to most staff. The new office in Newport Beach, California is a 1,000 mile flight from the company’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
Starbucks' strict RTO mandate highlights the coffee giant's culture shift under its new CEO, employees told Business Insider.
The coffee chain told corporate managers they must now work in-office four days a week, sparking employee pushback that would ...
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The Starbucks Corporate Office Headquarters HQ on October 26, 2023, in Seattle, Washington. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images) (Kirby Lee via Getty Images) Brooke DiPalma is a senior reporter for Yahoo ...
In order to give its employees “time to adjust,” Niccol said Starbucks’ will begin enforcing its new RTO policy with the new fiscal year, which begins on Oct. 1.
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