I think there was a typo.

So I love what you did with the 'whole' work harder for less approach. Oops I meant to say 'efficiency'. The specialists who have been here for years and actually cared enough to work harder and harder to become a specialist would LOVE to have their... — read more 

It was crushing my soul.

If I have to sit through another one of those calls with Annamarie Friede I'm going to lose it. What a freaking waste of time and money.

What we really need is more $40 olive oil, that will reel the customers back in. What a freaking joke, whoever came up with that program should be immediately fired.

Wal-Mart announced ahead of cutting 500 corporate positions and as their realistic CEO said "there are no cash registers at corporate offices". Wholefoods that prides itself in all things "compassion", "humane", "tenderness", etc (even for animals)... — read more 

Team members are customers too. They spend a lot of money. Whole Foods has just lost a lot of customers.

Mid atlantic team "leader" Unbelievably corrupt and vindictive. The worse boss I have ever had.

http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2015/10/11/WorkZone-Crowdsourcing-layoff-rumors-can-upend-sensitive-process/stories/201510110002

My story seems similar to others on here. I started at an amazing store where leadership was so supportive. I was promoted and moved to a store where their behavior was such a stark contrast to the leadership in my old store. When I questioned... — read more 

The sad part is and I'm not pro union. But whole foods is basically allowed to do whatever they want with no ramifications. I worked at a store where the leadership team was allowed to run wild and treat you however they wanted to. There was no safe... — read more 

Again, has anyone received their "packet" yet?? Was told rest of severence is contingent upon signing and returning it...and its 7 days from that point to get $ Its been 2 weeks since I left. No packet. No calls. No paperwork. And its Sunday. So if... — read more 

They're already getting a lot of negativity in the media, so they can't do too much to deal with unions if they're already laying off a bunch of people.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33150-whole-foods-co-opts-revolutionary-rhetoric-but-mistreats-employees

There is a region in the Southern tip of North America where they hire and keep anything that comes in a skirt and/or dress.

i cant wait for that to be rolled out..remember you either get to sacrifice on extremity to save your ears or you can lose ears to save your tm discount....and the uppercrust will remind you and the public that " the team members voted on... — read more 

They SHOULD get rid of that insincere and incompetent Steph Steele. None of her buddies got axed and now I have to sit her busting my ass while she laughs and jokes with her friends and that asks if there's anything she can do? Yeah, there is. LEAVE... — read more 

"Profit takes precedence over Life and art and Love; freedoms of property take precedence over individual liberties" -Lewis Lapham

I think if we all just take a moment tomorrow at 9:03 am and pray to the grocery gods we can get through this together. I think many of you are angry cause you are eating too much meat. Please calm down. I only took $1 last year. Never mind that... — read more 

After calling nor cal regional numerous times my old pbs got ahold of me to inform me that someone at the regional level fed up and did not submit proper pay roll information on time. Therefore those who opted for the severance last week and were... — read more 

Whole food spends thousands of $ on TM teaching them everything WF culture and on the paper it is really beautiful and probably one of the best company to work for.Several years ago they start hiring outsiders from other chains like Wallmart... — read more 

I left my position over a week ago (took the severance option) I was told I would be receiving my final check (pto) as of Thursday via direct deposit yet I have received nothing as of Friday morning. Spoke to store leadership and they said there was... — read more 

So they have time to do new hire paperwork but can't/won't follow up with regional to get agreement sent so I can sign and get my money!! So tired of waiting for WF SO to get their crap together

we are prisoners here

Same poster from last night, team member in the Mid Atlantic region. By no later than Monday I'll be making another post and providing a contact email that I will create and only log onto from a secure location for fellow team members to communicate... — read more 

We used to be skyrocketing to the top, all other big box markets were trying to copy us. We enjoyed our spotlight too much for too long. Our conventional competitors took time adjusting their mindsets, programs, and stores to compete with us within... — read more 

Heyguyd, Just a heads up. I will be touring the stores, taking pictures, and reporting back to Flash in the near future. See ya'll soon!

that store sucks! Big time!!!