SEATTLE — Starbucks has notified about 350 corporate employees in Seattle that they no longer have a job. News outlets report that the layoffs Tuesday were expected in connection with a reorganization announced earlier this fall. CEO Kevin Johnson announced the layoffs to employees via email, saying the decision to terminate positions came “as a result of work that has been eliminated, de-prioritized or shifting ways of working within the company.”
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