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Niccol implemented a new dress code earlier this year, requiring in-store staff to wear a solid-color black shirt and either black, blue denim, or khaki pants. Some employees protested the change by staging walkouts in May. The CEO also implemented a strict return-to-office mandate for corporate workers that requires most staff to work from offices in Seattle or Toronto four …

Starbucks has built out a 4,624-square-foot office — replete with “luxury” finishes — that CEO Brian Niccol can use while home in Newport Beach, California. Business Insider has learned that construction of the 13th-floor space — dubbed “Project Sunshine” in internal documents — was completed on July 2. Photos reviewed by BI show the office features polished chrome finishes, floor-to-ceiling …