I have been with WFM for over 12 yrs and I saw it's demise when Walter Robb was CEO and Mackey became silent. Unfortunately no one stepped in to stop what he was doing and here we are. So many missed opportunities to get ahead of the competition. Now Amazon owns us and we will move in a different direction. I have no problem with that, what ever it takes to keep us going but these crazy ideas regional comes up with to save their jobs really needs to stop. Amazon needs to step in there first and put their people in. Get rid of sisters, cousins and friends and put competent people in those jobs. OTS is not a bad thing but like everything else WFM does, they take it over the top. Why do jobs have to be threatened over this? We in the trenches are left to explain to the guest why they discontinued a great product for no good reason when it may simply have been a vender made someone mad. Regional must go.
Excellent point by @S58qfIt-3cgz.