Best employer: Starbucks takes another 12-month unpaid vacation and will launch coffee star vacation

Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO of Starbucks Coffee

On January 12, Howard Schultz, chairman and CEO of Starbucks Coffee, reiterated the importance of the Chinese market to Starbucks' future development at a meeting of Starbucks' Chinese partners and families. and announced a series of industry innovation and leading investment initiatives to further enhance the Starbucks experience for employees and customers.

Schultz said to his partners and family: "I am extremely proud of the achievements made by my Chinese partners." I assure you that Starbucks will continue to develop in the right way. I am full of confidence in the future of China, because I feel the humanistic spirit and kind and generous heart shown by the Chinese people. We will do everything we can to continue to make Starbucks a great company that you and your families can be proud of. "

Starting from this month, Starbucks will launch a housing subsidy program, which will benefit all full-time star baristas and duty directors in Starbucks' proprietary market in China. Through this benefit, the company hopes to ease the financial pressure on these partners who are new to the workplace, as many partners are just beginning to live and work independently. The benefit is expected to cover 50% of the average rent in the partner city.

In addition, Starbucks will also launch "Coffee Star Holiday" in China. From this month, all Starbucks China proprietary market partners who have served continuously for more than 10 years can apply for 12 months of unpaid leave to realize their pursuits and dreams outside of work. At the end of the holiday, you can return to your original post or other similar position. During the "star vacation" period, the company will retain social security and other company benefits for its partners.

"this series of innovative partnership investment programs demonstrates our long-term commitment to continuously invest in and support our partners' development to help them realize their personal and professional dreams." Wang Jingying, president of Starbucks China, said, "Family plays a vital role in the life and career choices of our Chinese partners. Therefore, we keep communicating with our partner's family to let them know what kind of company we are and take our family into consideration in our partner investment plan. "

In addition to providing comprehensive health insurance, Starbucks also provides Starbucks "coffee bean stocks" to all partners in China's proprietary market, reflecting the company's commitment to caring for partners and their families. In addition, we are constantly committed to helping to realize the professional ideals of our partners. In addition to Starbucks China University continuing to provide training opportunities for partners, last year the company also launched a "partner know the world" talent exchange program specially designed for store partners. As of 2015, 16 partners have started a year of work and life in Singapore through the "Partners know the World" project.

Starbucks was awarded "China's Best employer" for two consecutive years by Aon Hewitt in 2013 and 2015, and was awarded "China's Best employer of the year" and "China's Best Human Resources Model Enterprise" by Zhaopin and 51 job, respectively.

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Beijing Morning Post