After Starbucks said last month that it planned to lay off hundreds of nonretail workers as part of a $1 billion restructuring plan, a new state filing shows what these job cuts mean for employees in Washington.
The Seattle-based coffee giant is laying off 974 workers in Seattle and Kent, according to the filing with Washington state’s Employment Security Department on Thursday.
These layoffs are “primarily corporate,” a Starbucks spokesperson said Friday, though they affect both retail and nonretail workers…