Thread regarding Whole Foods Market Inc. layoffs

I have had nothing but happiness since I STEPPED UP and got out of that maggot infested pathetic hellhole. I wonder if all of this defensiveness and arrogance is actually due to ACCOUNTING IRREGULARITIES? Perhaps there should be an SEC investigation to make a determination.

HHcYDjj-3ajj, this is HHcYDjj-1amb talking: I have stepped up, which means I left.

To ID: @HHcYDjj-3ajj, in addition to being delusional, you display the arrogant "let them eat cake" attitude typical of upper management at Whole Foods Market.

Wholefoods is great ! A lot of bitter people on here , we are far from being dismantled . Stock is good and we are still a multi billion $ company, yes we have to do more now but step up or leave

-1dak,

Over the years I watched as those of us who DID innovate, who DID take initiative, to change things or to make them more efficient, were ridiculed and sometimes WRITTEN UP by leadership. Our concerns were not taken seriously, instead, they were mocked. THAT's the reason we're in this situation, not because there was a lack of trying from within the stores.

An example. Our signs sent from regional. An expense, every cycle. We let regional know that we only use half of what was sent to us. After talking to other stores it seemed like they only use half of what was sent. This was communicated to regional I don't-know-how-many-times. Wanna know what happened? Not a thing. We continue to get a ton of extra signage that goes straight to the compactor, and we continue to pay for it. HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. There couldn't be a way for a bulk contract they may have to be any cheaper or less wasteful than sending all these stores all these signs that REGIONAL KNOWS IS BEING THROWN AWAY.

Another example. At a regional department meeting, the topic of Unknown Shrink came up. At the time my team was struggling with this concept and was doing everything to minimize shrink. We would get this one product that we sold TWO of (I bought one for me & one for my mom for christmas). The rest of them had to be shrunk. I asked why do we have to sell this product, and was told it was an allocation, and it was my job as TL to motivate my team to sell this. The next year I was still TL, and the product still sold poorly (we demoed it, sampled it, made announcements to come to the dept for a taste, it was really just that bad). I again asked why we have to sell this product, because it was pretty much all going into shrink and now I could PREDICT it. Again, instead of getting support from these regional clowns, I was scolded and was told that maybe I couldn't really make it as a TL if this was such a concern on my team.

Not to ramble, but c'mon!! It's obvious to most people and including ATLs and TLs who care, that this company is a mess and it's MOSTLY BECAUSE OF REGIONAL CLOWNERY.

Post ID: @HHcYDjj-1dak- Must be a muckity muck trolling. Actually many people tried over and over again for years to have leadership understand what was going on. Frankly the once bottom up company is completely served by the whims of upper mgmt. No one listened and no one could be bothered because in the kingdom of the almighty their thoughts and opinions no longer mattered. I remember the director position was changed to coordinator because it was to autocratic- well that should be changed now back to director and everyone above should be dictators since that is now how it works. Really sad that things went down that road- and 365 is the savior....................................

sooooooo many of their standard operating procedures at the store level were antiquated and inefficient. As they improve on the way things are done, it will free up people to get back to customer service. I see all these posts about all that great talent leaving for greener pastures, all that great talent was sucking off the teat of the mother that is know as whole foods. If they are all so great, how come the didn't see this coming? How come they didn't innovate and create efficiencies over the past two year as competition gained traction? If they were so great, the company wouldn't be in the mess they are in.

I remember going into the Wild Oats stores when they were just acquired...not much stock on the shelves- skeleton crew...Wake UP! it was a dressed up Pig to make the books look good... it's coming to a store near you! It's been said before WFM=Block Buster videos...

Does anyone know the scoop as to why Mark Ehrnstein (HR Chief) left?

Let's face it, Whole Foods Market is already dead. They're just trying to squeeze out any possible revenue because it would be too expensive to get out of all those store leases and because it doesn't look good to close stores. Make no mistake, the company as all have known it (and perhaps once loved it) is being gradually and systematically dismantled. The hope is that the 365 stores will make up for the lack of profitability at the old dinosaur WFM stores. Delusional!

There have been many STL/TLs leaving for New Seasons here, and this effect will keep trickling down to all levels in the stores.

So are they going to be laying off employees again?

Scott Crawford was excommunicated from Whole Foods for alcohol abuse while on company business. Paul MacLean was sent packing when he called out the hypocrisy of the regional president having dated the regional vice president.