After Starbucks
- 23%Joined a big company5
- 77%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Starbucks most often go to a long tail of companies. Median stay 11m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Starbucks's headcount: 24 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 411 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 240.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 14% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2396% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 11mmiddle half 3m to 1y 6m
Put Starbucks side by side with another company, every number against every number.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Starbucks yet.
How long people stay
58%<1y
21%1-2y
17%2-4y
0%4-7y
4%7y+
24 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
0012
0013
2014
1015
1216
5117
5518
2619
1220
0021
3222
1223
1124
1125
0026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 23 joined, 22 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (24).
Titles held here
- Barista12
- Shift Supervisor3
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 38% of people here.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley12.5%
- University of Washington12.5%
The 2 most listed schools among the 24 people here with a school on file.
Of the 24 people here with a school on file, 3 list UC Berkeley and 3 list University of Washington. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer than that here.
Where they are now
46% of the people who have worked at Starbucks and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
Starbucks
Everyone on the map
- 46%SF Bay Area11 · map 47%
- 25%Seattle6 · map 3%
- 29%Somewhere else7
All 24 people who worked at Starbucks list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at Starbucks: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Starbucks, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 24 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Starbucks: 1 are there now and 23 have moved on.
- The median tenure at Starbucks is 11m (middle half 3m to 1y 6m).
- Of those who moved on from Starbucks, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, fewer than 3 joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 23% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at Starbucks is Barista, then Shift Supervisor.
- Of the 24 people here with a school on file, 3 list UC Berkeley (12.5%), then University of Washington (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 46% of the 24 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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