The company said it's laying off about 350 corporate employees, most of whom work in its Seattle headquarters. Starbucks had said in September that an unspecified number of job cuts were coming. The coffee chain is restructuring to speed innovation and pump slowing sales. "Today will be a difficult day for all of us," Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson said in an internal email to employees viewed by Bloomberg News. "As we continue evolving our core areas of marketing, creative, product, technology and store development, we are making some significant changes to these areas, as well as other functions across our global business."