Coffee giant Starbucks is laying off hundreds of people at their headquarters in Seattle as they prepare to ship many more jobs to Nashville, Tennessee.
This is bad news for people in Seattle, but they should have thought of this before electing their new socialist mayor, Katie Wilson. From day one, she has seemed to be intent on killing the golden goose that is Starbucks.
Companies that are demonized by their city tend to move to places where they will be appreciated and encouraged to be successful.
FOX 13 in Seattle reports:
Starbucks announces details on layoffs of 200-plus Seattle headquarters employees
Joseph Phillips, Professor of Economics at Seattle University, says the first group includes around 120 information technology workers who chose not to relocate to Starbucks’ new corporate office in Nashville.
He says the second group is made up of employees who worked on Starbucks’ store design.
While Starbucks had previously announced broader plans for corporate layoffs earlier this year, details regarding the timing and specific roles affected are now being announced.
“We knew that Starbucks was going to move their IT to Nashville and those employees would be offered the opportunity to go… so we are finding out that 120 employees don’t want to go to Nashville,” said Joseph Phillips, a professor of economics at Seattle University.
The corporate cuts come amid a broader wave of tech job losses nationwide, which have hit tech-centric hubs like Seattle especially hard.
“We’ve seen quite a few Starbucks jobs leaving Seattle and these are typically high-paying, high-quality jobs,” said Nick Huntington-Klein, Associate Professor of Economics at Seattle University.
Here’s a video of Mayor Katie Wilson shortly after taking office, bashing Starbucks in public. Who can blame them for leaving?
A reminder one of first things @MayorofSeattle did after taking office.
Today another 200+ jobs are leaving.
“I’m proud to say loud and clear that I am not buying Starbucks and you should not either!”@Starbucks: Bye! ✌️ pic.twitter.com/jh54kBljoj
— PNW Conservative (@PNWConservative) August 20, 2026
Starbucks will not be the last company to leave Seattle for greener pastures. This is probably just the beginning.
It’s the same thing that has been happening to California with various companies.
These leftist leaders don’t understand that they are supposed to attract businesses and new jobs, not repel them.
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