The Best Company to Work for:
Starbucks
John Kuchachik, Daniel Mayotte, Quinton Morrison, Hammond Thadithil
University of New Haven
Abstract
Starbucks Corporation is a multinational coffeehouse chain that was founded in Seattle,
Washington in 1971. Since its acquisition by current CEO Howard Shultz, Starbucks has become
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one of the largest coffee company in the entire world. Despite large corporations’ tendency
towards poor human resource management, Starbucks has emerged as one of the best companies
to work for thanks to its unique employee empowerment system. It compensates its employees
extremely well because it sees the expense as an investment in their own firm that benefits
