Comment on Starbucks continues to be terrible

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, same guy who fired nearly everyone at the Chipotle corporate office in Denver so he didn’t have to commute.

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  • DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m just amazed no one goes Luigi when shit like that happens…

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  • DerArzt@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s…man I hope you’re wrong as that’s awful.

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    • vfsh@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In 2018 Niccole laid off 400 at the Denver and New York locations so that HQ could be relocated to Newport Beach, where he lived at the time.

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      • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That was just the 400 FTEs. There were also lost of contractors that were affected as well! Most people don’t count them since they could have been let go for any reason.

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    • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Of course that wasn’t the official reason he gave. He hired a management consultant group to do a study of where all the top restaurant talent was in the country. Surprise, surprise, all the criteria they were given led them to narrow down the ideal location for the corporate headquarters to be right next to his house in Newport Beach.

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      • tischbier@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How the fuck isn’t this stuff against business laws. How does this not break the fiduciary duty by self-dealing?

        If what you’re saying is accurate then he’s a pro at creating parallel evidence.

        Who am I kidding? Anyone who could bring a suit against the CEO probably doesn’t care.

        wasteful hubristic meatballs

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• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  OC to Seattle, but yes. The guy didn’t want to relocate from Newport Beach, so they bought him a jet to make his weekly “commute.”

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  • P1nkman@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wasn’t it daily commute?

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    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Iirc he flies up Monday, stays in the corporate penthouse during the week, then flies back Thursday or Friday. I’ll be honest I haven’t kept up on it as I really don’t care lol, I just remember the article from a few months or whatever back.

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      • P1nkman@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Makes more sense.

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