Starbucks layoffs impact 252 jobs at Seattle support center, including VPs and other senior roles

Starbucks headquarters in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo) Layoffs at a Starbucks support center in Seattle will impact 252 corporate jobs, including a number of vice presidents, directors and senior managers, according to a new state filing on Monday. A Washington Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification said that the cuts “will result in the relocation or contracting out of certain of the employer’s operations or the partners’ positions.” Layoffs of 300 corporate employees at the coffee gia