At least 12 Starbucks locations were closed around B.C. over the weekend, leaving staff and customers shocked by some of the closures.

Global News has confirmed at least 12 locations , from Victoria to Revelstoke, have shuttered since Saturday.

Starbucks confirmed last Thursday that the company will be laying off around 900 non-retail employees in the U.S. and Canada.

“Quite often, what happens is employers make the decision, well, you know what we would rather terminate and provide money than provide working notice,” Dan Balkaran, an employment lawyer with Samfiru Tumarkin LLP.

Starbucks offers its partners a weekly mark-out or a free pound of coffee, plus a 30 per cent discount on food, drinks, and merchandise.

Those perks continue for life if you retire from the company at a mi

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