CHEFTEC reigns supreme. slow as sh–. If you log out improperly, you have to call global helpdesk to get you back in. recipes outdated, incorrect, and like the one person said, makes no sense. oh and I love how only one team can be logged in at a... — read more
Whole Foods Layoffs 2020
Will there be any Whole Foods Layoffs 2020? Any news or rumors?
New Amazon supermarket coming to Woodland Hills
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hiring-for-new-grocery-store-2019-11 "Amazon has officially started hiring for its new grocery store. On Monday, the retailer posted four new positions for a store in Woodlands Hills, California, which is... — read more
What’s next for WF
I am wondering who is gonna buy WF next? I heard Amazon fired the person who spearheaded this regrettable acquisition and have now grown tired of the pseudo intellectualism of a socially driven entirety that cant turn enough profit to pay of all its... — read more
TL Salary Cap
What is the salary cap for Team Leaders?
DVO login from anywhere
Why is DVO available to log into from home? Do people submit orders from outside the network? https://dvo.wholefoods.com/
How likely would you be to refer someone to work here at Whole Foods?
Thoughts? Opinions?
Is Earth Fare owned by Whole Foods?
Do you know if Earth Fare is owned by Whole Foods? If yes: when is the acquisition date how many stores were added how many employees work there Thank you!
JM responds to your feedback
https://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-ceo-john-mackey-memo-on-employee-survey-2019-10 "This year, a recurring theme was how the amount and frequency of changes in our stores were impacting our day-to-day work," Mackey wrote, according to a... — read more
Devil’s advocate?
We schedule to needs of the buisness correct? So since we move team members to a later start time to match kronos have your sales spiked in a positive or negative way? Comps will call it. If negative it will call for a year or two turn around... — read more
Did your store get a 360 scan?
Someone showed up at our store just before closing time and scanned the entire backroom and salesfloor with a 360 camera. When I asked what they were doing they said it was a project called "matterport." https://matterport.com/ Could this before... — read more
Locking dumpsters and trash compacters
Is this the green new deal? How the hell is this going to work? All the shiftys are already joking how this is b.s. and they will just make an announcement for everyone to throw out their trash before they lock and "inspect" everything. This is one... — read more
Finally something that will fix the bad coffee situation
"Coffee robot is coming for Whole Foods baristas’ jobs" https://thetakeout.com/whole-foods-coffee-barista-robot-jobs-1839062422
Oxfam cites wholefoods as worst worker conditions..
They released a study and found whole foods to have the worst working condtions of any grocery store and its suppliers...all those organic yam farms got singled out...amazon warehouse and our warehouses too...and dont fergit the b.s. we deal with at... — read more
retaliation
All team members in Norcal be aware do not report issues to your Stl or any member of store leadership! Tip line Ethics committe The layoff All are against you above tl positions! They will retaliate by adding task to your daily routine,fail... — read more
Your choice.
Deep down you know exactly what you’re capable of. There’s even moments where you get a glimpse of all the potential you have. You can get there. You just have to be willing to sacrifice the habits, things, and situations that are standing in the way... — read more
Whole Foods is gone
I spent a couple of hours in the Whole Foods coffee bar this morning after shopping and everyone from the customers to the employees looked either exhausted or angry. The Whole Foods that was once a happy and interesting place is now just another... — read more
New insurance company??! STL & ASTL bonuses
Its funny how the rumor is spreading like butter on a hot bagel but no one is saying anything... now it all make sense why taking the PT20 benefits away.. just hoping the FT Team Members doesn't get screw over but the way WFM has been doing things in... — read more
Hiring day
Who is ready for the cluster f*ck that is national hiring day? Can’t wait to have hundreds of people standing around in the middle of my small store because this company is too cheap to rent out a hall or hotel to do this!
Corporate Stockholm Syndrome
You're working for a corporation where your boss is your champion and support. After a few years, you feel it is time for a change and I started signaling that you're ready for your next internal move. Your boss does not take kindly to this and a... — read more
What Amazon will change because WF is too scared to do.
I'll try to keep it simple - Time Theft - The standing around talking to other TMs, stopping in the middle of work to get a drink or a snack that somehow doesn't count as your break, phones, web surfing, smoking, the " untouchable " bathroom... — read more
Loss prevention jobs?
I am interested in loss prevention jobs but I've never seen one posted in workday. Does LP exist in whole foods?
Leadership on all levels
Why is it they expect tms to be perfect 180% of the time when their not even 45% of the time?
MA Region?
Heard the MA region is a sh–show these days? What’s going on?
Resets
In our store we are doing automatic resets in grocery, dairy and frozen every other week. Tons of expensive food gets donated to the food bank. I don't know why they do not discount it for employees or even for customers.
Hearing PT20 change
At my store the news of the pt20 benefit change came from Google! That is how we found out what was going to happen. Good job Amazon/Wholefoods
Stop playing offense WFM
Why can't anyone at regional level come up with a plan to increase sales for once. Maybe think outside of the box for a change?? Or even at regional level. Instead of playing offense all the time. Be leaders for a change. I can not believe that... — read more
PT20 TM's lose hours starting Jan 1st
Effective January 1, 2020 All PT20 Team Members who are currently grandfathered in will have their hours reduced to part time hours (max of 20 hours per week).
Wild Oats Stores
All wild oats stores are about to be extinct. So if your store is wild oats sharpen your resume. Massive closures coming up. John Mackey said they are not afraid to pull the plug of a store that is not performing. Well guess which stores... — read more
Employment needs to be decoupled from healthcare coverage.
Medicare for all
Whole Foods to cut health-care benefits for 1,900 part-time employees starting next year
Whole Foods will be cutting medical benefits for up to 1,900 workers starting Jan. 1, 2020. In the past, workers needed to work at least 20 hours a week to qualify for the health-care plan. Now employees will need to work at least 30... — read more
NAO Regional
Who’s leaving the NA office?
Houston
What is up with everyone leaving?
Forget IRMA upgrade, biometric hand scanners are coming
https://nypost.com/2019/09/03/amazon-testing-payment-system-that-uses-hands-as-id/ "The e-tailing giant’s engineers are quietly testing scanners that can identify an individual human hand as a way to ring up a store purchase, with the goal of... — read more
TM happiness and excellence
The value of team member happiness and excellence went out the door long ago. Team members are literally told to not question how things were done by store leadership, which was a change from when I started there. Years ago, we were encouraged to... — read more
Fingerprint timeclock?
Never heard of this in any store. https://www.newsweek.com/whole-foods-privacy-lawsuit-1456833 A class action suit filed this month claims Whole Foods violates its employees privacy rights by requiring them to use a biometric time-clock and... — read more
Whole Foods planning new kind of store? Mysterious, new concept could open in Virginia
What is this about? https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2019/08/29/whole-foods-testing-new-kind-of-store-mysterious.html "Bruno said the developer has been otherwise tight-lipped about the details of the new store, but the shopping center's... — read more
Wow!!! No more Whole Foods
My last day was yesterday. I’m feeling excited for the future of not only myself but the company as well. Whole Foods has been a wonderful experience and I wish the company the best in all of its new changes and challenges to come. Here’s to... — read more