Pros

The heritage, corporate responsibility and the partners. Starbucks built its brand on quality, consistency and convenience. We have tried to grow big while remain small, and I think senior leadership's continued vision is a good one, but so far, they have failed to correct the district and regional leadership's wayward path from that vision

Cons

The district and regional leadership are COMPLETELY out of touch. The phoenix market has diluted itself with external hires that don't really know how to manage the business or even what made Starbucks successful in the past. Store managers are not able to perform the tasks that are being asked of them and are GROSSLY under-compensated for the amount of time that is required to do the job well.

Advice to Senior Management

PLEASE- you have to take a closer look at the district and regional directors and what they're asking their managers to do with their time