Coming to a 365 store near you. Eat it up!
The Northeast Region Is A Joke
All the NE cares about is money, money, money! STL's are allowed to interpret the rules to benefit them and their friends and bullying in the stores is real. I've seen beyond incompetent TL's badger good TM's just for speaking their minds and then... — read more
Any positive stories of people who have left WFM and found another job?
I'd be curious to hear anyones experience leaving wfm. I've been with the company a decade, starting as a TM in the NYC stores, moving to a regional position. it's not all peaches and roses at regional, contrary to how I used to think while I was... — read more
Whole Foods Team Members have a very special relationship with their customers, unlike any other store.
Focus on making your Team Members Happy and not OVER WORKING them and you will bring back your customers. Give them Incentive to up sales, like true gainsharing and not lowering their labor budget every 2 months. Team Members don't care any more and... — read more
Point of reflection!
Was it REALLY necessary to have those LAYOFFS? You planned to sweeten the deal with Wall Street darlings and now Q4 financial Call came and gone. Was it really necessary to fire those people and look at them as the ones failing the company instead of... — read more
John Mackey announces promotions are the way to keep and attract customers and turn company around - OUT OF TOUCH
http://fortune.com/2015/11/05/whole-foods-price/ They have already tried this approach with it's "One day deals" . It did NOT work. What happened was these special sales or promotions offered a product with a substantial price cut. This product had a... — read more
Earnings Call
I'm a customer of 20 years almost, and here's what I gathered from the call: -WF toadally, really, has the best products being sold -People just don't know how good WF's products are!, so advertising is going to be ramped up -The fancy customer... — read more
E-Town Hall
Today's my day off and I am very curious as to what went down during the E-Town Hall. Anybody get the opportunity to watch it? Any details?
Insane regional spending habits.
What is the most over the top spending you have seen in your time at whole foods? Think team builds, parties. I know the department heads went on a team build to Hawaii in MW.
This company is too top heavy and only cutting jobs at the bottom
Going into Thanksgiving my store has half as many shifts as last year. Fresh product is sitting in the back and shelves are empty because of labor cuts. We are getting rid of hard working people at the bottom making $12 an hour only to lose 10x that... — read more
Executive Town Hall
Without any communication, they just so happened to NOT have the morale survey this year due to "saving money". When asked about it at the company wide Town Hall, Glenda the CFO said "Well that saves 1 team member's job". Blasphomy. What a horrible... — read more
venessa.wong@buzzfeed.com
Report your stories of deplorable working conditions!
Buzzfeed article. Flood the comments with how awful they are treating employees
http://www.buzzfeed.com/venessawong/wtf-wfm?utm_term=.yjex3ORxnD
Whole Foods Layoffs 2016
What is the likelihood of Whole Foods layoffs in Austin in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.
New GIG rules
New Regional Policy SCHEDULING AND SHIFT CHANGES Because the needs of a grocery store require flexibility, all Team Members must be available to work a variety of shifts including opening to closing for all days which the store is open. As with any... — read more
A tilapia wearing yoga pants
One more hour before a tilapia go shopping for yoga diapers.
Walmart now sells more of Hampton Creek’s vegan mayo than Whole Foods
Even the small vendors are now double dipping with the devil.
Forbes: "Made Right Here" Isn't.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/clarkwolf/2015/11/03/whole-foods-trick-or-treat-made-right-here-isnt-stock-slumps/
"Can anything save Whole Foods?" -- CNN Money
http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/03/investing/whole-foods-earnings-sales/index.html
Where we at with that mass walkout?
Disgusted by the layoffs and having my concerns over the last two years of employment confirmed, I'm getting out despite not getting offered severance. I'm pretty deep into the onboarding process at anther company, and if other people are planning on... — read more
many cuts projected
It seems odd that a few regions are having so many cuts projected and others are saying that no more lay offs are expected in this 2016 fiscal year. Any thoughts?
365
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/content/365 -- -- -- We believe less is more, except when it comes to our values and standards, and we’re building a place that puts big ideas in a smaller footprint.
severance question
So, I mailed my multi-page signature document back to them, a couple of weeks ago and I've yet to get the money BUT my paperwork actually says that they have up to 21 days from RECEIPT of the document to deposit the money. Anyway, I of course did not... — read more
Mid Atlantic Combo Teams
When will meat and seafood be combining ? Trying to hold out for a severance but not sure how much longer I can last
whole foods - all team members part time
what's the likelihood?
Admin Team observation.
Floriduh Region here, so on the store level we lost our MKT Team and one ASTL. Labor surplus is close to nine grand for the week. That just seems insanely high. Talk amongst yourselves.
Feeling stressed and nervous
I'm feeling stressed and nervous about the big call this week. Anyone else?
HOPE
For all the laid off folks that voted for Obama, aren't you proud now?
Whole Foods stock cheaper than 6 bottles of asparagus water
http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/11/investing/whole-foods-lawsuit-john-oliver-asparagus-water/index.html
Same-store sales are in free fall. Many more layoffs in 2016.
Wait for the next quarterly financial report, it's going to be brutal. I am not trolling, just pay attention to our same store numbers...
Stocks will likely take another hit next week. Like we didn't see that coming.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/13345127/1/whole-foods-could-be-in-a-whole-lot-of-trouble.html
Question for floral buyers
Are you supposed to order once a week for the entire week or is it daily ordering?
Stop getting my hopes up
Unless you can prove it .. With facts, don't post it.
Be more specific
When you guys write a comment ,please ,be more specific of region ,store, and department .We all appreciate it