- Mar 31, 2009
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Don’t see many veterans lining up at StarbucksTheir hearts are in the right place, anyhow.
But the real problem is what skills does a machine gun operator or a tank driver really know about making a frappachino, or even knows what "vente" means. How much do baristas make anyhow?
It would be a lot better to encourage people like Erik Prince at Academi to hire veterans for jobs that utilize the skills they learned in the military. Further, Academi pays a lot better.
Starbucks commits to hiring 5,000 vets a year
Starbucks really needs to make their Drive-thrus more Humvee-friendly for the military crowd.
They need to stop serving oil sludge and quit pretending they know real coffee