Just wondering how safe my dad is at Whole Foods with all the turmoil that's been happening lately? He seems to think that he doesn't have to worry since he's been with the company for more than two decades.
I'm not so sure about it, judging from what I've been hearing and reading here. I just don't want him to be completely taken by surprise if something happens. Should he be worried?
Yes there is definitely age discrimination at whole foods. I know two 45+ age people with years of experience in management and they would not hire them in as anything except a lowly TM (team member) which is usually the starting point for teens getting their first jobs. Then when they tried to move up after working as TMs for a while they kept getting passed over for kids with no management experience. These young kids then use their higher positions to dole out all the workload to the older people while their friends (other kids near their ages) just hang around and talk or be on their phones. It's really sad and just waiting for a class action lawsuit. I hope the older people can get together and sue the pants off whole foods.
Age is a liability whole foos just plays it off ad not a worthy candidate or chose another applicant.
We are told directly by bstore leadership not to hire 40+ Since they come with restrictions down the road and you will never know why you were really declined.Age descrimination is a reality at whole foods.
If you decide to go career you must be willing to cover up regional problems you will move up only until everything comes to light and usually no one makes it to retirement at whole foods unless you are store leadership ,regional or global.
WFM overworked me while other ATL had little responsibilities and was 20 years younger and making less money. After years of outstanding job performance ratings suddenly I was "slipping" so I was written up and terminated. WFM is a fraud!
If age (youth is the main hiring criteria) then I now see why Whole Foods has a lot if weird, socially challenged, often rude emplyees. Older workers have a lot to offer.
Half of our store is 40+ including some just hired this year
Whole Foods would not even give me an interview and my only conclusion is they figured out my age or they Googled me.
I will never shop there and I will tell everyone I know that Whole Foods will not hire anyone over 40 years old!!!!
Whole Foods fired me at age 63. Lots of my coworkers over 50 also fired, demoted, or overtasked to force them to quit during the past 18 months. I was replaced by an inexperienced employee who accepted half my wage. I lost my benefits and job security. I am competing in the job market against kids in their 20s without families who will work for a lower wage. When I still worked there, Whole Foods wouldn't let me hire anybody full time. And they wonder why employees constantly "call out" and the turnover rate is so high? The part-time employees "call out" in order to look for full-time jobs... and they are sitting next to me, waiting to be interviewed for the same job elsewhere. Your dad should be very worried. My life has been destroyed, three years before I was going to retire.
I agree. Age discrimination is alive and well especially if you have been employed several years and are making 20+dollars per hour. STL can also make it so miserable you feel forced out. WFM is a rat hole. Not Amazon's fault. WFM STL's are given free range for bestowing misery.
He's at risk. Long service hours means higher rate of pay, which will put him on a list of potential ways to lower labour costs and increase efficiency. It's the new model that WFM has been working towards over the last couple years. Too bad the decision makers can't/won't see the long term damage they are causing to customers, vendors, communities and TMs. The WFM that we knew, built and loved is no more.
Isn't age a liability at Amazon?
All signmakers regardless of age were affected. All marketing, ssi, pbs, etc... in past regardless of age and tenure. If anything more experienced people 2 years ago were in better positions to get those consolidated positions. The pay isn’t high enough to really matter at that level. Especially normal team member where the cap is like $17-19/hr depending on region.
If your position is getting cut company wide being 25 or 55 doesn’t matter
Agree
Dont matter
Its what their position is
Oldies usually get canned first because of their pay and benefits. He will be replaced by a robot.
I disagree, layoffs are always seen as a way to weed out older employees. If you don't think that there is age discrimination out there then you need to open your eyes. Age discrimination is the #1 form of discrimination and it easy to get away with.
No one cares about age or tenure. Just the position. They’re not getting rid of grocery stockers or cashiers. Consolidating unnecessary TMs with more premium rates like how they’ve done with marketing signmsking ssi, pbs, etc.
If he’s an obscure buyer like beer (but not wine also) or he does demo/forager then yes probably should be concerned. 20 year capped out regular tm? Higher ups don’t care