Have any of you left and gone to Wegmans, Trader Joes, or other food services? How is the pay, benefits, and general atmosphere of the work environment? Management? Better same or worse?

Dual Store Payroll Benefits Specialist Req ID 232463 - Posted 08/18/2016 - Store - South AL, Birmingham - Mountain Brook (10209) - Team/Department (2) - Full-Time

They will have 9 months to decide if they want to become a Front End Supervisor or find another position elsewhere in the store. After that time is up the position will be completely eliminated and any RPS still in the roll will be let go without... — read more 

Good news for those that work at the busier stores around the country: Global has announced that combining teams in stores that are in the over $650k/week group (average sales over $650,000 per week) has been postponed indefinitely. Of course, they... — read more 

Why are all the posts about Quarry being deleted from this site? People are asking for help, this is the only place they can voice their concerns. My issues are clearly the STL, and the ASTL. I am not naming names, only positions. We need HELP at... — read more 

Can we please get someone else with a proven track record. Our current store leader has no idea how to improv a store with declining sales/customer count. Our new ASTL is great and is a coach/mentor. That's exactly what the store needs. The other two... — read more 

Is there any talk about getting rid of FE TL position? I just doesn't make sense to merge admin with front end when they are not going to help out at all on the sales floor. I'm in the south region. They are also making every store get a second ATL... — read more 

What do you think will happen?

Giving appreciations is apart of our Culture so often it a subjective or bias. Let's take this time to appreciate the people that continue to embody what WFM is really about. Everyone knows this person the one that gives he/she's all everyday.

They lasted like what a week?

Yesterday at a launch party Anthony ( regional vp) was randomly picked as a winner for a new bike.. Instead of offering it to another person or letting them pick another name the a--hole kept the bike!!! D--k move. Another reason I am leaving .. Like... — read more 

I went to the last Inspire! event and had an absolute blast. It was essentially a 3 day long celebration with everyone in leadership partying every night. Who knows how many tens of thousands it cost the company in hotel stays/travel/venue etc... — read more 

I would like to hear your take on things?

I know someone made one of these threads months back, but I left recently, along with a few other artists I knew, so it's worth bringing back. What are you ex-SGAs up to?

The team leader is great except he doesn't run anything the ATL Johnny Trotter does and just like in the shining he's psychotic!! He likes to pick on team members especially women!! If you are not his pet he treats you like a whipping dog! He is... — read more 

For the last year most of us have been feeling the clamp down. Leadership is starting to feel it here in the south region. They are starting to fight amongst themselves!!! I love it! It's like Thunder Dome. I can't wait to say adiós to at least one... — read more 

Both value have completely dropped!!!!! A dollar bill probably has more value than WF right now

I'm curious to know how the morale is in different stores around the country. I work in the south region, Atlanta, (JC) to be exact. The morale in my store has gone down tremendously along with sales. One tm is doing the work of 3 tms, no support... — read more 

I love how they spin this "vote on what you will lose or pay more for benefit" as a positive thing.we always have the vote format handed or force fed to us with no input.its always about some bottom line which only helps profitability.how come we can... — read more 

That way they can eliminate your position down the line too.

It's buy one get two free - This is really cutting team leaders big time. "The Non-Perishables Team Leader is accountable for all department operations including those of the sub-teams: Frozen Foods, Bulk, Grocery, Dairy, Wine, Cheese, Coffee... — read more 

http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/55449-13-of-the-biggest-retailers-in-america-are-closing-down-stores Barack Obama recently stated that anyone who is claiming that America's economy is in decline is "peddling fiction." Well, if the economy is in... — read more 

Is anyone in these new grocery/specialty/whole body positions? How is that experience running between 3 teams? Do you feel like you can answer customer questions in departs that have so many specific product details?

Anyone know where is the crisis team? This is the time they are needed. Hello, are they still around?

How are all you team leaders feeling about taking on the PBS role of orientating new team members?

It's time for Whole Foods to recalculate. The grocery chain on Wednesday evening reported a fourth straight quarter of declining sales at established locations, and its shares fell as much as 10 percent Thursday morning. Whole Foods missed Wall... — read more 

I don't know why we need them in the stores anymore, what do they do?

Check this article out. Even hard core WF TM'S have to agree a bit http://realmoney.thestreet.com/articles/07/28/2016/whole-foods-cant-deliver-organic-growth?cm_ven_int=homepage-latest-headlines

Way to go tech team on the debacle today was. Dispose of the tech team they do a horrible job they are the reason why we are so many years behind every other retailor. Every deployment is a failure our home grown programs are a joke. Per the usual... — read more 

It keeps on giving. lol. This is not 1980s.

Apparently, Whole Foods is trying to make up for the fact that there is a ton of competition in the grocery industry by jumping into another industry with tons of competition. Rumor is that the geniuses in Austin are trying to start a meal delivery... — read more 

After 6 long yrs at position..I was just given 2's on my JD. Was told I didn't know how to do my job. I have never received below a 3...usually 4 and 5's. Good thing I scored my self fairly or I wouldn't have gotten any raise. So yeah...new way to... — read more 

Here is a synopsis from Forbes: 54 percent of WFM stores have one or more Kroger within 5 miles - 75 percent of WFM stores have one or more TraderJoes within 5 miles - 84 percent of WFM stores have a Costco within 10 miles. Folks we are on a downward... — read more