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Starbucks to cut 61 technology jobs in Seattle

May 13, 2026
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  • Published On May 13, 2026 at 06:25 AM IST

< />Starbucks will lay off 61 corporate workers in its technology division at its Seattle headquarters, the company disclosed in a <a id=” captionrendered=”1″ data-src=”https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/photo/131052220.cms” height=”442″ href=”http://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/warn+filing” keywordseo=”WARN-filing” loading=”eager” source=”keywords” src=”https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/images/default.jpg” type=”General” weightage=”20″ width=”590″></img>WARN filing on Monday.</p> <p> The coffee giant, under CEO Brian Niccol, has been executing a ‌turnaround ⁠strategy, focused ⁠on improving metrics like wait times and reported customer satisfaction, helping sales, while profit margin recovery remains in question.</p> <p>The cuts were not included in Starbucks’ announcement last month that some technology jobs would move from Seattle to ⁠an upcoming office ‌in Nashville, Tennessee, focused on the company’s supply chain.</p> <p>The Worker Adjustment ⁠and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) filing, dated May 7, said the layoffs are not the result of a relocation.</p> <p>The layoffs, scheduled to begin in June, were previously reported by the Seattle Times based on an internal memo.</p> <p>Starbucks’ Chief Technology Officer ‌Anand Varadarajan was hired from Amazon in December, after the previous CTO, Deb Hall Lefevre, left the company ⁠in September.</p> <p>As part of its turnaround, Starbucks has closed hundreds of stores it said were underperforming and last year laid off around 1,100 corporate workers.</p> <p>Starbucks had raised its annual forecasts after a quarterly results beat in late April. (Reporting by Waylon Cunningham and Neil J Kanatt; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)</p> <div> <div> <ul> <li><a href=Reuters

  • Published On May 13, 2026 at 06:25 AM IST

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