{"id":1159,"date":"2017-09-11T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T17:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:56:54","slug":"why-women-seeking-ivf-treatment-are-turning-to-starbucks-for-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/why-women-seeking-ivf-treatment-are-turning-to-starbucks-for-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Why women seeking IVF treatment are turning to Starbucks for employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks is offering \u00a0infertility benefits that make working there the opportunity of a lifetime for those struggling to conceive. In vitro fertilization (IVF) can run $15,000 to $20,000 per cycle, putting the treatment out of reach for many Americans, especially considering that it may take several cycles to achieve a pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Reports estimate that nearly 7.5 million women living in the United States have been diagnosed with infertility.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s rare that companies offer employees fertility benefits. So, when employers do offer it, people take notice.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Lagulli was one of those people. She discovered that Starbucks provided IVF coverage and treatment medication to its employees, including part-time staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think barista, you think an 18-year-old working to go to school, not a 27-year-old woman trying to have a baby,\u201d Lagulli told Anna Werner at <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2017\/09\/05\/some-women-opting-to-work-at-starbucks-to-pay-for-expensive-fertility-treatments\/\">CBS2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Lagulli and her husband are parents to newborn twins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [children] will know how they came about,\u201d Lagulli said. \u201cThat if it wasn\u2019t for mommy going to make coffee that they wouldn\u2019t be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Starbucks Chief Partner Officer Lucy Helm, the company is proud of its decision to offer these benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just been part of who we are, that if you work here and you put in the time, you\u2019re going to get the benefits that make you a full partner,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Professor Craig Garthwaite of Northwestern University\u2019s Kellogg School of Management has his own theory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, Starbucks is a for-profit, publicly traded company,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re not doing this out of the goodness of their heart. This is part of a cohesive strategy they have for how to attract and retain talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Professor Garthwaite may be right, those struggling to conceive don\u2019t care about a company\u2019s ulterior motives. They want to have a baby, and if employers like Starbucks are offering to help pay for fertility treatments, they\u2019re going to work there.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks is offering \u00a0in<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9,10],"tags":[291,126,290],"class_list":["post-1159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-reproduction","category-fertility-2","category-infertility-2","category-ivf","tag-ivf-benefits","tag-ivf-coverage","tag-starbucks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}