SEATTLE - The Starbucks workforce will be cut by nearly 400 as a series of closures across Washington are slated for this December. The move comes as new CEO Niccol continues to shake up the company to reverse a post-pandemic slump .

A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) was submitted to state officials on Oct. 3. Companies here are required to give this notice 60 days before these kinds of planned layoffs.

There will be 369 employees (Starbucks refers to their employees as "partners") that will be laid off permanently by or on Dec. 5, 2025. The WARN states layoffs will impact multiple locations around the state, but does not specify on a city-by-city basis.

Local perspective:

Stores in the coffee giant's hometown have already seen a slew of closures in recent mo

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