Working at Starbucks
To Be A Partner Being a Starbucks partner means having the opportunity to be something more than an employee (#tobeapartner). Gigantic possibilities lie ahead—to grow as a person, in your career and in your community. To live the Starbucks mission and to be a leader. It’s the opportunity to become your personal best. Connect To Something Bigger Connecting with each other, with our customers and the communities we are a part of fosters a deep sense of purpose at Starbucks. Benefits At Starbucks, our Total Pay package is called “Your Special Blend.” Benefits-eligible partners (those working 20 or more hours a week) can get a wide range of perks, benefits and assistance. Starbucks U will help reduce out-of-pocket expenses for your education regardless of where you are in your career or academic journey. Partners also appreciate our recognition programs, career sabbaticals and other time-off programs. Diversity and Inclusion Do you want Interview and Resume Tips? Find out Why We Love Seattle.
Getty Images
Getty Images, Inc. is an American stock photo agency, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is a supplier of stock images for business and consumers with an archive of 80 million still images and illustrations and more than 50,000 hours of stock film footage. It targets three markets—creative professionals (advertising and graphic design), the media (print and online publishing), and corporate (in-house design, marketing and communication departments). Getty has distribution offices around the world and capitalizes on the Internet and CD-ROM collections for distribution. History[edit] In September 1997, Getty Communications, as it was called at the time, merged with PhotoDisc, Inc. to form Getty Images. In April 2003, Getty Images entered into a partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP) to market each other's images.[1] In 2008, the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman (H&F) acquired Getty Images. Acquisitions[edit] PhotoDisc's online image sales website (2000) References[edit]
List of companies based in Seattle
This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in the Seattle metropolitan area. As of August 2013[update], Seattle, Washington was home to four Fortune 500 companies: Internet retailer Amazon.com (#49), coffee chain Starbucks (#208), clothing merchant Nordstrom (#227), and Expeditors International (#428).[1] Biotechnology[edit] Broadcasting[edit] Fisher Communications — radio and television stations Computer hardware[edit] Conglomerates[edit] Vulcan Inc. — investment vehicle for Paul Allen Consulting[edit] Design[edit] Financial[edit] Food and beverage[edit] Video games[edit] Arenanet — Guild Wars FranchiseBig Fish Games — Casual GamesPopCap — Casual GamesSucker Punch Productions — Sly Cooper and Infamous Franchise Healthcare[edit] Emeritus Senior Living Insurance[edit] PEMCO — auto, home, boat, and life insuranceTrupanion — pet insuranceGroup Health Cooperative — Healthcare organizationSafeco — property insurance Intellectual property[edit] Internet[edit]
Fantagraphics Books
History[edit] Foundation[edit] The Fantagraphics booth at the Stumptown Comics Fest 2006. Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Mike Catron in College Park, Maryland. The first act of the new company was the takeover of an adzine named The Nostalgia Journal, which was quickly renamed The Comics Journal.[1] As comics journalist (and former Fantagraphics employee) Michael Dean writes, "the publisher has alternated between flourishing and nearly perishing over the years The company moved from Maryland to Stamford, Connecticut, and then Los Angeles.[4] Beginning in 1981, and lasting until 1992, Fantagraphics published Amazing Heroes, a magazine which examined comics from a hobbyist's point of view. Comics publisher[edit] Catron acted as Fantagraphics' co-publisher until 1985 (also handling advertising and circulation for The Comics Journal from 1982–1985), when he left the company.[5] The Kirby Award and the Harvey Award[edit] Relocation to Seattle[edit] Financial ups and downs[edit]
