we all got so caught up in the fact that we can wear jeans and don't get drug tested that we didn't look at the abuse. i have a new STL who is cool, but before him we had a terrible woman. she actually made our old marketing team lead count overnight... — read more 

Does anyone know if there is a class action lawsuit being filed that we can join?

saw this. hope it gets more posts https://www.thelayoff.com/whole-foods-market/post/5544839712079872

All TMs at WFM should have the right to rip down most of those so called core values!!! Especially the crap about " We support Team Member Happiness and Excellence!" Those values stop meaning something at least about 5 yrs ago, this company has... — read more 

Looks like the store had about 4 TMs. Yup, that sounds about right. It must of been a holiday because going forward that will be considered heavy staffing.

Does a TM have up to 8 weeks or do they have to decide right away?

This site is awesome! It really helps to hear about everybody's experiences during these hard times. Aside from the TROLLS who think that marketing/signs/chalk were worthless positions, I'd have to say that it's been a blast learning about my... — read more 

How so many of the company's hard working Tm's have been offered shitty packages and given little option to the things they can do in the company. It's gut renching seeing these Tm's being layed off and seeing the ASTL'S who earn way much more than... — read more 

How is business at your store? My store is complete ghost town. I want to find a new job just because things have died down so much and nothing to keep me busy anymore. Sad...

been with the company 15+ years and have worked at all levels in stores and even some regional. this last week has been devastating personally and professionally, as well as to many people I work(ed) with and care about. Trust me, if you are a... — read more 

This forum is cooling off!! People taking severance and running off. Just people moving on with their lives..

So I have been thinking about this for awhile now and wondering how could WFM be so out of touch with their own culture? Couldn't they see this hunger games style job cutting would lead to most people taking the severance and running? Then it hit me... — read more 

Shoutt out to Scott Wilcox. You have been a rock and your team appreciates you, it hurts my heart to see how broken up you have been these past few days.

I'm moving to Europe . And all of you ?

Don't believe Berryman's lies. He loves the role of henchman. His own son won't even have anything to do with him.

It's a publicly traded company. Its corporate America at the micro level. If you didn't know this was always possible, you have been lying to yourself. Every industry faces layoffs. Fortunate the swell lasted as long as it did.

So I'm taking the severance tomorrow, and I was informed I have 24 hours to use my funds before its only for reimbursement purposes (I'm not doing that). I have about $1200, since I never get sick. I want to spend that money because f*** them it's... — read more 

The City Wire recently reported that Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores and its Sam’s Club division are in the process of cutting up to 1,000 corporate headquarter jobs by Nov. 1. Several sources familiar with the situation said the cuts would happen... — read more 

They are not going to tell us to our face they can't stare 250 350 or 400 team members in the face and let him know what's going to happen.They have to keep it a secret all the way until the last minute why?that way there's no choice. We have nothing... — read more 

The thing that pisses me off the most about this is that they held mandatory meetings at 4-5 am for upcoming events/information to keep us in the loop about what's going on, stuff that could of been emailed to us or just past to our Team leader to... — read more 

Every time we posted good gains, we had our labor cut. Promised training never happened. A Witchhunt began with employees begin let go for fictional reasons. The are selling beer that is waaaaay past code dates because the Beer Specialist got tired... — read more 

Same style as the SP board below. Share your stories of corruption, incompetence or unethical behavior. I'll start off. Julia Obici: incompetent. Allows the waste of company money with expensive store openings that aren't even good. FOODIE FIND... — read more 

Boy o boy, I've got some stories. I bet you do to. I've seen some claims made in other posts. Please bookmark this one. Please send it to your friends. Please post. Post. Post. Post. Try and stay away from names and use titles and locations instead... — read more 

WFM used to list nationwide at least 1,200 jobs. I just saw on the website mediocre 4 jobs ...It is a sign of the times...

I grew up in these stores. In all of the anger and hate going around, and swelling in me, I try not to lose sight of how fortunate I felt to work so long for a company that was so good to us. But it is hard. There was a time gainsharing meant... — read more 

How about a town hall meeting where the ATL.STL, are sitting and all the Team Members are standing and lecturing and inquiring about everything that is going on. Because if you don't stand up for yourselves, you won't stand up for your loved ones... — read more 

you can find out a lot about wfm outside of the normal b.s. pipeline that your tl-astl-stl-regional feed you from outside sources..read up..be curious about the place you toil for..ultimately they are a corporation and "corporations are greedy people... — read more 

Can someone do a face page, tweeet, chat snapp - tnder? social media blitz - suggesting a day to close down stores. Mostly just because. If you can- call out if you have to work - go to the bathroom a lot - if you were fired make a sign $$ & stand... — read more 

They are focusing on their corporate office. " There are no cash registers in the office" says their CEO, focusing on stores as the earnings driver for the company. Wal-Mart Planning To Slash Hundreds Of Jobs - http://huff.to/1JEDtvH

They have been moving labor around for the last 2 yrs. struggling to maintain profit. I asked then if they were selling company. They should...I know sw region is ran by 2 morons...Flash, Mark Dixon and Nona Greisman. Nona only puts ass kissers in... — read more 

Sometimes humor is a good way to cope. Anyone hear anything that has made them laugh during the experience?

this store is full of s*** they are cutting job to employees who have been loyal to them for years, they say you can reapply for the same position at a lower pay, what kind of company does that. i could understand if they were lousy employees to... — read more