First, one of the issues regarding Human Resources for Starbucks would be the joining alliance with Canada as well as other countries. When companies make an alliance with other countries there are new rules, guidelines, and behaviors you would have to adjust to. This is a lot of information for the HR employees to learn at a rapid pace that the owner wants to move.
Second, questions that could be asked to see the country was going to be profitable would be what are the current prices versus what will we have to charge to be profitable. Will the people accept change? Can we get products similar to the new countries to entice people to want to try our products? Will people want to work in this type of business? Will the new countries economy hold up to paying more for coffee than they currently do? If the business picks up will the people work for the wage Starbucks offers? Also, it stated Starbucks offers insurance to part-time and full-time employees, but can they supply people in other countries with the same benefits? All these questions need to be researched before any big decision is made.
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They currently have the option of enrolling in three different levels of coverage offered by a single insurer”. (Mangan, 2016). There are some pros and cons to these benefits it has been said. “While some options will have higher monthly employee premiums than the current option, they also could have lower out-of-pocket health charges for workers. Conversely, some options would have lower premiums, while having higher out-of-pocket charges, including deductibles, copayments and coinsurance”. (Mangan,