Starbucks Will Enforce Return-to-Office Mandate in 2025

Add Starbucks to the roster of major corporate occupiers mandating in-person attendance at headquarters. The Seattle-based coffee giant told employees in a memo that it will start enforcing its in-person work policy of three days per week starting Jan. 1, 2025, reported the Seattle Times. 

The company has had a hybrid work policy since January 2023, made by then-interim CEO Howard Schultz. It represented a change from the pandemic, when corporate employees worked remotely.

Under the current policy, corporate employees, most of whom are based at the Sodo headquarters, are expected to come in Tuesday and Wednesday each week with individual teams deciding on a third day. Failure to do so could be grounds for dismissal. 

Team leaders will be in charge of holding employees accountable on attendance, the Times reported. The company had about 3,750 employees based at its headquarters as of 2023. 

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