Comments on: Starbucks in China: First Rate Service http://www.thechinaexpat.com/starbucks-in-china-first-rate-service/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Jeremy http://www.thechinaexpat.com/starbucks-in-china-first-rate-service/comment-page-1/#comment-2297 Jeremy Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:58:57 +0000 http://www.thechinaexpat.com/starbucks-in-china-first-rate-service/#comment-2297 <p>Sinosceptic -</p> <p>Nah, I agree. Good points. It seems they pay Starbucks employees something in the order of 2500 RMB/Month. Definitely higher than your next coffee shop job but it still seems like a teeny tiny amount of money to get by on. Especially when many of their customers make bank.</p> Sinosceptic -

Nah, I agree. Good points. It seems they pay Starbucks employees something in the order of 2500 RMB/Month. Definitely higher than your next coffee shop job but it still seems like a teeny tiny amount of money to get by on. Especially when many of their customers make bank.

]]> By: Sinosceptic http://www.thechinaexpat.com/starbucks-in-china-first-rate-service/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Sinosceptic Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:21:58 +0000 http://www.thechinaexpat.com/starbucks-in-china-first-rate-service/#comment-2296 I agree with you. I've been to many Starbucks in Beijing, all over Shanghai, the 4 in Nanjing and even the one at Shenzhen airport and all of them offer some of the best service in China. The staff are well trained and attentive and always willing to talk. There's also neer that many of them so they really don't have time to stand and gossip - I'll say one thing, the staff in Starbucks are expected to work, which they do happily. I've heard that Starbucks keep the staff headcount low but pay a lot higher than average wages. I was in a Starbucks in Sydney, Australia earlier this year and the service sucked like a chest wound - or maybe it's because I was expecting more, or at least the same as China. The only bad thing about Starbucks in Nanjing now is that my favourite - and closest - one is smack down town and it's starting to attract the yuppy crowd with big lound mouths, which in turn brings in the older, 'got money, used to be a farmer (土包子)' types who hack their lungs up, let the whole world know they're on their new mobile phone and still try to smoke - and then look as if they've lost face when told to put their cigarettes' out. That's why we prefer early morning at the weekends and.... oops, this rant has gone on too long, maybe I should head over to TTC :-) I agree with you. I’ve been to many Starbucks in Beijing, all over Shanghai, the 4 in Nanjing and even the one at Shenzhen airport and all of them offer some of the best service in China. The staff are well trained and attentive and always willing to talk. There’s also neer that many of them so they really don’t have time to stand and gossip – I’ll say one thing, the staff in Starbucks are expected to work, which they do happily. I’ve heard that Starbucks keep the staff headcount low but pay a lot higher than average wages.

I was in a Starbucks in Sydney, Australia earlier this year and the service sucked like a chest wound – or maybe it’s because I was expecting more, or at least the same as China.

The only bad thing about Starbucks in Nanjing now is that my favourite – and closest – one is smack down town and it’s starting to attract the yuppy crowd with big lound mouths, which in turn brings in the older, ‘got money, used to be a farmer (土包子)’ types who hack their lungs up, let the whole world know they’re on their new mobile phone and still try to smoke – and then look as if they’ve lost face when told to put their cigarettes’ out. That’s why we prefer early morning at the weekends and…. oops, this rant has gone on too long, maybe I should head over to TTC :-)

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