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Starbucks laying off 145 brewer, grinder technicians nationwide
Posted by Melissa Allison
Starbucks is laying off the technicians who service its brewing and grinding machines -- fewer than 10 people in the Puget Sound area, according to a former Starbucks technician who is in touch with people there.
Starbucks spokesman Alan Hilowitz said 145 technicians nationally were told in August that their jobs would be phased out. They are receiving severance packages and the first opportunity to apply for open positions in their regions with First Service Networks, the company Starbucks hired to do the technician work.
Over the past couple years, Starbucks has cut more than 18,000 jobs, most recently 130 call-center workers in Seattle whose work was outsourced to Nashville-based Sitel. It also laid off in-house technical trainers and sent that work to Bunn.
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