Jurors in a federal court have awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the high-profile arrests of two Black men at a Philadelphia location in 2018.
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In April 2018, a Philadelphia store manager called police on two Black men who were sitting in the coffee shop without ordering anything. Phillips, then regional manager of operations in Philadelphia, southern New Jersey, and elsewhere, was not involved with arrests. However, she said she was ordered to put a white manager who also wasn't involved on administrative leave for reasons she knew were false, according to her lawsuit.
That's indeed super weird. You can argue about fostering some culture or another, but in the end, as a manager, how would you actively prevent someone under you doing something like this in the...
That's indeed super weird. You can argue about fostering some culture or another, but in the end, as a manager, how would you actively prevent someone under you doing something like this in the moment, and hence how should you be held accountable if it happens?
This was just a complete mishandle by Starbucks to try to make things go away lol. If I'm reading the article correctly, it wasn't even the lady's district and they tried to have her suspend the...
This was just a complete mishandle by Starbucks to try to make things go away lol. If I'm reading the article correctly, it wasn't even the lady's district and they tried to have her suspend the store manager of a different location than the one that was actually involved.
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That's indeed super weird. You can argue about fostering some culture or another, but in the end, as a manager, how would you actively prevent someone under you doing something like this in the moment, and hence how should you be held accountable if it happens?
This was just a complete mishandle by Starbucks to try to make things go away lol. If I'm reading the article correctly, it wasn't even the lady's district and they tried to have her suspend the store manager of a different location than the one that was actually involved.