Barista

At Starbucks, it’s all about connection. People are at the heart of who we are, especially the people that are a part of our store team. We connect with each other, our customers and our communities to make a positive impact every day. We believe in working together to make a difference and in celebrating our shared success, which is why we call ourselves Starbucks “partners.” Starbucks is a place of warmth and belonging, where everyone is welcome, and we value the unique experiences that each partner brings to our team

As a Starbucks barista, you’ll create the Starbucks Experience for our customers through excellent service and expertly-crafted products. You’ll be in an energetic store environment where you’ll have the ability to master your food & beverage craft, work alongside friends and meet new people every day. A cup of coffee and smile can go a long way, and we believe our baristas have the power to be the best moment in each customer’s day. True to Our Mission & Values, working together we can inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.

You’d make a great barista if you:

● Consider yourself a “people person,” and enjoy meeting others.

● Love working as a team and appreciate the chance to collaborate.

● Understand how to create a great customer service experience.

● Have a focus on quality and take pride in your work.

● Are open to learning new things (especially the latest beverage recipe)

● Are comfortable with responsibilities like cash-handling and store safety.

● Can keep cool and calm in a fast-paced, energetic work environment.

● Can maintain a clean and organized workspace.

● Have excellent communications skills.

Summary of Experience

● Good news No previous experience is required.

Basic Qualifications

● Maintain regular and consistent attendance and punctuality, with or without reasonable

accommodation

● Available to work flexible hours that may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, nights

and/or holidays

● Meet store operating policies and standards, including providing quality beverages and food

products, cash handling and store safety and security, with or without reasonable accommodation

● Engage with and understand our customers, including discovering and responding to

customer needs through clear and pleasant communication

● Prepare food and beverages to standard recipes or customized for customers, including

recipe changes such as temperature, quantity of ingredients or substituted ingredients

● Available to perform many different tasks within the store during each shift

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

● Ability to learn quickly

● Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and request clarification when needed

● Strong interpersonal skills

● Ability to work as part of a team

● Ability to build relationships

Our story begins in 1971 along the cobblestone streets of Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. It was here where Starbucks opened its first store, offering fresh-roasted coffee beans, tea and spices from around the world for our customers to take home. Our name was inspired by the classic tale, “Moby-Dick,” evoking the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders.
Ten years later, a young New Yorker named Howard Schultz would walk through these doors and become captivated with Starbucks coffee from his first sip. After joining the company in 1982, a different cobblestone road would lead him to another discovery. It was on a trip to Milan in 1983 that Howard first experienced Italy’s coffeehouses, and he returned to Seattle inspired to bring the warmth and artistry of its coffee culture to Starbucks. By 1987, we swapped our brown aprons for green ones and embarked on our next chapter as a coffeehouse.
Starbucks would soon expand to Chicago and Vancouver, Canada and then on to California, Washington, D.C. and New York. By 1996, we would cross the Pacific to open our first store in Japan, followed by Europe in 1998 and China in 1999. Over the next two decades, we would grow to welcome millions of customers each week and become a part of the fabric of tens of thousands of neighborhoods all around the world. In everything we do, we are always dedicated to Our Mission: to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time.