Starbucks CEO faces major backlash after details of his work routine are revealed: 'Ill-conceived decision'
Starbucks CEO faces major backlash after details of his work routine are revealed: 'Ill-conceived decision'
The ego of Starbucks' CEO Brian Niccol is certainly big enough to match the size of his enormous carbon footprint.
Niccol travels regularly from his home in Newport Beach, California, to Starbucks' headquarters in Seattle, Washington, via private jet. Each 2,000-mile round-trip commute releases nearly nine tons of carbon dioxide.
The National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project's director Stefan Padfield pointed out the discrepancy of policy and practice during his presentation of Proposal 8 requesting an annual report on emissions congruency. He noted that each round trip made by Niccol "is roughly the annual energy-consumption footprint of the typical American household."
It’s not even just super rich. I used to work for a company that did about 200m in sales and the boss was taking a private jet at lease once a week. Then he laid off 20% of his company in 2024 instead of flying first class.
Name and shame!
They’ll risk increased chance of crashing and lose hundreds of productive employees than rub elbows with hoi polloi.
Makes you think.
And yet, it's the Average Joe's and Jane's fault for not buying EVs.
Haven't bought stuff from sbux in the last few months because of their union busting and DEI rollbacks. Seems like it was the right choice.
I don't buy from them because their coffee is bad.
"You don't buy from Starbucks because of social issues.
I don't buy from Starbucks because their coffee is bad.
We are not the same."
It tastes like you're sucking on a match. All these years and they still don't know how to roast correctly or control brewing temperature.
Also their management are evil. So there are two good reasons to avoid them.
His commute was pointed out before his first day on the job. They don't care.
Mario might 😬
Yep. I remember the news article calling him out for not wanting to move and taking a private jet to work instead.
No repercussions at all. People are shocked when he actually did the things he said??
I have a plan at $job that will reduce our CO2 emissions a year by ~330 tonnes.
Almost makes you wonder why bother sometimes
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Boycott and talk to others around you as to why you are boycotting.
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Create fake amazing resumes, apply for high-level jobs at Starbucks, Amazon, etc.
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Waste their time with interviews, then bail out. Tell them you changed your mind because they have a toxic reputation.
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If you already work for one of these corporations, sabotage their operations. There's manuals out there on how to conduct sabotage, but it can be as simple as relaying the wrong day or time for meetings to waste everyone's time, or finding things that are not exactly according to policy and making a big deal about the importance of following policy to the letter, etc.
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I like my coffee but I don't find it hard to avoid Starbucks. Plus they're not even nice places to go. They've been enshitified big time.
This is old news, no idea how this asshole still has a job.
The National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project's director Stefan Padfield pointed out the discrepancy of policy and practice during his presentation of Proposal 8 requesting an annual report on emissions congruency. Padfield suggested, "Perhaps the problem is not the related business practices, but rather the ill-conceived decision to wrap the company in unrealistic climate goals."
The National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), founded in 1982, is a self-described conservative think tank in the United States. -Wikipedia
Group calls out discrepancy between a businesses actions and their stated goals. Then goes on to say that maybe the goals were too unrealistic. Hmm, I manage to make it to my job everyday without using a private jet.
If I get offered a job in an office I’m gonna demand a private jet, too.
“What do you mean ICs don’t get private jets?!”
Those who do the actual work, should get the actual plane!
If only they'd adopt work from home instead of fighting against it 🙃