'We didn't ask for a meditation app, we want to be able to pay our rent': Starbucks is offering new mental health benefits, but employees are demanding different kinds of support

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Some workers are demanding more support from Starbucks, including concerns regarding understaffed locations.

is rolling out new mental health benefits for employees, including free subscriptions for the mindfulness app Headspace.

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for Starbucks to address its „lack of labor“ in recent weeks, with multiple Starbucks employees telling Business Insider their locations have cut back on staffing since late November. A number of partners – as the coffee giant calls its workers – celebrated the new benefit on social media.for all partners. Already used it this morning for meditation. I’m so happy we’re focusing on mental health.I'm so happy starbucks is offering a subscription to headspace. Mental health is so important. Not every can afford or is ready for therapy and this quite frankly could save someone's life.

„There’s a multitude of reasons as to why partners are battling issues with mental health, it’s not all work related,“ the employee said. „But Starbucks is a high stress job and from personal experience, it does affect your mental well being.“ „Many Starbucks workers are housing and food insecure and there have been recent petitions to get Starbucks to raise wages nationwide that have been ignored by the company,“ the employee said. „We didn’t ask for a meditation app, we want to be able to pay our rent.“

 

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The best thing about Starbucks is its bathroom policy in my opinion.

Sometimes a lil communication goes a long way. . . Give the people what they want. . . Free Pizza Coupons

Umm..... But when companies don't do this, this is exactly what people start asking for. Or 'mental health days off'

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