Community Chat

[Kachina624]

On 6/17/2014 CouponQueen said:

Hckynut I agree!

I am in the midst of looking for some SKILLED trades to do a lot of jobs around the house that my disabled husband can no longer do.

I cannot FIND anybody who is really willing to do the job ..it is either too small..they don't call back...etc.

The price for a plumber was shocking as well as tree removal etc. All prices we were willing to pay for decent competent work...

I say HVAC, electrical, plumbing, automotive..should all be included too!

Have you tried Angie's List? That's where I get all of my repair people.

[Lila Belle]

On 6/17/2014 tansy said:

On 6/17/2014 SydneyH said:

They will end up cutting everyone's hours. I don't really like their coffee, so I don't shop there.

Follow the story then as it progresses. Cutting the hours does not seem to be the company style at all.

Nope, not their style at all. They even provide health care for all employees who work at least 20 hours.

[SydneyH]

Companies like this have to make up the loss somewhere. Again, I don't really care how they run their business because I don't care for their products.

[Lila Belle]

Starbucks does very well and the big guys are well compensated.

it's refreshing to see a company look after their employees as well as it does for management and shareholders.

BTW, their net income was about $14+billion for 2013

[~moxie~]

On 6/17/2014 Lila Belle said:

Starbucks does very well and the big guys are well compensated.

it's refreshing to see a company look after their employees as well as it does for management and shareholders.

BTW, their net income was about $14+billion for 2013

I agree. They take care of their employees unlike Walmart and similar companies.

[bikerbabe]

Since when is providing employees a benefit a bad thing? Starbucks can afford it.

[SydneyH]

On 6/17/2014 bikerbabe said: Since when is providing employees a benefit a bad thing? Starbucks can afford it.

It isn't. I only pointed out that the funding for this new policy will come from somewhere.

[Lila Belle]

With their profits, $50 million to ASU is a drop in the bucket.

[Marienkaefer2]

On 6/17/2014 SydneyH said:

Companies like this have to make up the loss somewhere. Again, I don't really care how they run their business because I don't care for their products.

Are we sure it's an actual loss, or simply allocating some profits in a different direction?

I would think people would be cheering private enterprise stepping up. These will be students not saddled with financial aid debt.

[pitdakota]

I applaud Starbucks for this move! Starbucks isn't the first company to do this and I hope they are not the last.

UPS has been doing this for years. They have several major cites throughout the country in which they will pay up to $15,000 toward an education for employees working part time.

The major hub is here in this state and they made an arrangement with the state of Kentucky years ago called Metropolitan College. Part time employees can select from a couple of different colleges. In the Metro College program UPS pays for half and the state of Kentucky pays half. It is a win/win situation all the way around.

And I believe they have a program at the Chicago site in which UPS pays for all of the education expenses for part time employees.