In a news blog on the company's official website posted on July 14, CEO Brian Niccol unveiled the latest phase of his "Back to Starbucks" plan: requiring more people to come back to work in person.

Corporate employees are required to be at the office four days a week, while some remote staff have been instructed to relocate.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol’s words will hold a lot more weight if he can show Starbucks employees he’s willing to do what he’s asking them to do. In an open letter to Starbucks employees, CEO Brian Niccol announced Monday that more workers will be required to relocate to the company’s offices in Seattle or Toronto.

Starbucks is making a big push to bring its office workers back together, and the message from the top is clear: more face time is the new normal. In a recent update, CEO Brian Niccol outlined a shift in company policy that will see support partners and people managers spending at least four days a week in the office, up from the previous three.

Starbucks has updated its remote work policy, requiring all corporate \"people leaders\" to be based in Seattle or Toronto within 12 months and increasi

Starbucks is asking its corporate staff to follow a new corporate policy or accept a cash payment to leave the company. It's all part of a massive plan to ‘turn the business around.’