Starbucks – “Great place to plug in.”

Pros

If you are looking for a steady paycheck and a job where it is relatively difficult to be "let go" this is the place.The people you hire are the people you work with so it becomes very easy to cultivate a work environment that is fun and happy.

Cons

You are very indoctrinated from day one you are expected to "buy in" to the culture regardless of any previous knowledge you may have about the product.The store Manager role can be pretty challenging there is a lot of talk about work life balance but the amount of work versus store need and daily demands on your time make it pretty rare that you don't work"off the clock" my average work week was pretty standard. I put in between 55 and 60 hours which at the end of the day makes you a little envious of your assistant because although they CAN NOT work off the clock and have very little company enforced responsability they only make a little biit less then you.

Advice to Senior Management

I think if you truely assesed your management staff you would find that alot of them have talents that would fill your support positions if given the opportunity