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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Local is better. We like Zeke's fwiw.[/quote]

Not OP but I reject the idea that local is better. The employment practices people are talking about with regards to Starbucks are also common at small, locally owned coffee shops. For instance, the Wydown was a local coffee shop chain (I think just a couple locations) and they shuttered entirely when their employees tried to unionize. Zeke's has the exact same issues with scheduling as Starbucks does -- it's very hard to guarantee people full time schedules with shift work because business fluctuates and profit margins are narrow -- carrying an extra employee on a shift so they can hit 35 hours and qualify for benefits sounds kind, but it can make it impossible for the business to turn a profit, and then everyone loses their jobs. Sometimes businesses like this do better offering mostly part-time roles and then having a few full-time people in management/supervisor positions. Which is what Starbucks does.

Anyway I've also worked for small, locally owned businesses that treated me WAY worse than the few big corporate companies I've worked for. Sometimes big companies offer more worker protections because they actually have HR and legal staff that will make sure they are at least following the law regarding worker treatment, whereas a lot of smaller employers will try to get away with stuff or just not know. The one employer I had who regularly violated basic laws about paying hourly workers was a "small, local business." So much wage theft. They used to schedule me for multiple 2 hour shifts in a 24 hour period, believe this would help them get around having to offer me breaks. Just absolutely awful.

Don't assume local is better, or small is better. [/quote]

You realize PP may have been talking about the quality of the coffee? Starbucks is not good. [/quote]

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