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Starbucks Is Now Very Pro Black Lives Matter, But It Won't Let Employees Wear Anything Supporting The Movement [Up: Policy Changed]
- Thread starter TheTyrantShow
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That's very hypocritical to me, if a Starbucks employee can't wear anything showing their support for Black Lives Matter, how the fuck can Starbucks claim to be "very pro Black Lives Matter"?
To be honest it's probably a good policy for all businesses to prevent any kind of social or political messaging on attire of their employees for or against *anything* it's honestly probably just for the best if employees only wear branding related to the company they are currently on duty working for.
Man, fuck Starbucks. Too bad (in a way) I never spend any money there, so me despising them for this won't hurt them in the least.
Even under "no political imagery" type stuff, Black Lives Matter should be fine. It's not a political statement, it's a statement of right/intent to exist.
Can you wear a pride flag or rainbow pin or something, or a cancer support ribbon? If you can wear that, how could you not have BLM if you felt so inclined?
Meh, whatever.
Can you wear a pride flag or rainbow pin or something, or a cancer support ribbon? If you can wear that, how could you not have BLM if you felt so inclined?
Meh, whatever.
Looks like they need a Vp of inclusion and diversity because that statement is straight up trash.
This right here. Fuck Starbucks. I already don't support them, but this makes it easier.
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You can't wear anything highlighting BLM, but you can wear pride pins that have existed for years.
Hypocrite fucks.
Hypocrite fucks.
Don't give a fuck about no stupid ass pins from Starbucks. They have shown their ass before. Plus they coffee sucks.
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In fairness, wouldn't this make it likely many employees and managers are going to be confronted by racists instead of the corporate people?
Not saying they should ban the words but I'd imagine there's a good chance it would cause turmoil for employees in the stores.
And frankly, I don't think Starbucks actually is behind the movement.
Edit: see below
Not saying they should ban the words but I'd imagine there's a good chance it would cause turmoil for employees in the stores.
And frankly, I don't think Starbucks actually is behind the movement.
Edit: see below
Actually this makes this seem hypocritical. One potentially divisive social movement should not be banned if others aren't.
that's what is said in my post. not sure what you're trying to add to it.
I wasn't commenting on your words sorry, I thought that tweet you posted was good to highlight. I had posted something just above the one where I quoted you thinking about maybe they don't want employees arguing this and that Starbucks probably doesn't support the cause anyway. But then I saw your post and thought it rendered my previous one moot, and that "actually, I was guessing wrong" is what I meant by the "actually."
Oh gotcha! Yeah Starbucks are being wack about this. And knowing how the culture inside Starbucks allows for colorful hair, pride, etc, I just don't understand how they could hide behind that line of thinking.
Apologies if my response came off aggressive as well, didn't intend for that, and appreciate the clarification! :D
They also just asked all hourly employees to either stay employed at severely reduced hours OR go on a 3-month unpaid leave of absence OR quit and take a pretty measly severance package (60 hours of pay plus a lump sum to cover the costs of COBRA insurance). No reduced bonuses or pay for the company executives, of course.
"Black lives matter. We are committed to being a part of change."
It's already part of their public message, if there was damage to be done it would have been done. I don't see how this makes any sense.
Excuse me, don't you mean hourly PARTNERS?
Yes, Starbucks refers to their baristas as partners and it's some weird capitalist doublespeak BS
This. It would be stupid for Starbucks to allow employees to wear clothing endorsing any given political movement, especially since its existing dress code already forbids any typography or graphics on clothing.
Yeah, its shit.
I work for them currently and while their response to Coronavirus was to give every partner a 3$ raise, that ended at the start of June.
And now this.
I'm not a fan, but theres nothing I can do. Even my store manager doesnt feel the same way, but we cant go against corporate
I work for them currently and while their response to Coronavirus was to give every partner a 3$ raise, that ended at the start of June.
And now this.
I'm not a fan, but theres nothing I can do. Even my store manager doesnt feel the same way, but we cant go against corporate
Wasn't there a McDonalds employee killed a few weeks ago for telling a person to wear a mask?
From the dress code, only official Starbucks issue pins can be worn on aprons. So if they put out a BLM pin, that would be allowed, but otherwise not.
The issue, so they claim, seems to be that the BLM related apparel that doesn't meet the dress code is caused by the issue that it wasn't provided by corporate. The Pride pin posted above is clearly from corporate and contains the company branding. If they really want to show support for BLM while maintaining consistency in their dress code I guess the answer is to provide official BLM pins for employees?
Presumably employees would be aware of that possibility as they opt in on wearing clothing in support of BLM. It wouldn't be mandatory
edit: wouldn't their starbucks approved! LGBTQ pins invite the same risk anyway? Yet those are ok.
Their VP of Inclusion and Diversity is black. She went to a historically black college and got her first job at Essence Magazine. She bills herself as a "real life Olivia Pope."
Their VP of Inclusion and Diversity is black. She went to a historically black college and got her first job at Essence Magazine.
Ah, I was thrown off by the nickname.
This is worse.
Yes but have they announced a BLM pin? I'm happy to hear if they have
It's probably more about not wanting to give employees free license to wear homemade stuff that might have a more forceful or abrasive message on them.
From a pure food-safety perspective, there's also the danger that people will wear cheap, poorly made pins that don't fasten right and could fall off, ending up in people's drinks.
I will be surprised if they don't have some kind of officially sanctioned pins in the near future though.
From a pure food-safety perspective, there's also the danger that people will wear cheap, poorly made pins that don't fasten right and could fall off, ending up in people's drinks.
I will be surprised if they don't have some kind of officially sanctioned pins in the near future though.
Fuck Starbucks. Their shit coffee is a blithe on society.
However, fuck them even more for telling their employees not to support a just cause publicly.
However, fuck them even more for telling their employees not to support a just cause publicly.
Yeah, dial back on dumb takes like this, perhaps.
From the looks of it, Starbucks isn't modifying its existing policy to accommodate BLM promoting dress, not specifically banning BLM messaging in particular. If they do start to allow BLM messaging, it'll probably be through corporate-designed, manufactured, and distributed pins, like they do with Pride.
Why would I have to get a sponsored pin if I want my pride flag to be more inclusive than theirs? Why would it matter at MacDonalds or any other job?
PS: Don't value judge posts.
