Help wanted: Saxbys seeks 100 Philly baristas

Saxbys Coffee, the Philadelphia-based chain which in its current incarnation operates breakfast-lunch 30 cafes in the Philadelphia and Washington DC areas, says it needs "to hire 100 new team members across the Greater Philadelphia region" following its headquarters move to Center City and the opening of its new stores -- at Drexel, 11th and Locust, and (soon) Ambler and Penn.

Saxbys says it wants workers who are "O.D.D. -- Outgoing, Detail-oriented and Disciplined."  Founder Nick Bayer had that phrase trademarked. Says he's hiring for that attitude, not for prior latte skills: "No experience in coffee is necessary." The training program, which has also moved to Philly from the firm's former operations in Conshohocken, urges workers to "Make Life Better," and includes exposure to a Drexel entrepreneurship program.

Bayer has guided Saxbys through a string of investors and a late 2000s national expansion attempt. The company no longer operates its former Conshy bean roastery, and now sources through a Seattle outfit.