you should just do the bare minimum until conditions improve. No point in working any harder than you need to for a company who doesn’t actually care about you or your wellbeing. Maybe at some point they understand that treating people will better result in more productive team members.
This is a very realistic advice, @7nqz+18Y8vFw1. There is no point in giving something more from yourself.
To @wbz+199VrEbr:
There's only so far you can go with your line of argument. You took it far enough and I hope you feel better for having done so. What you have done is to show us your proverbial arse. Good job. You did it buddy. There may be so-called whining as you say on the parts of some WFM employees, but only some. They are not the mainstay of the WFM worker base, they are not the representative voice of all of us WFM employees, thank you very much. If you work at WFM, you know it is a job that can be all encompassing, for it is a job that cuts at every part of you, be it emotional, physical, and dare I say it- spiritual. The spiritual I am referring to is the the quality of the human spirit, the human spirit that goes beyond just choosing to adopt a positive attitude or s—ing it up. WFM employees that have been there a long time, such as I, know the the days of yore are over, never to come back. But we also know that corporate entities can do better for us, more than they currently offer. I say all of these things, yet I am thankful for my job. I do choose to see the bigger picture and I understand all to well the tenuous nature of an employee to employer relationship. I choose to not complain needlessly and do oftentimes feel appreciative of my employer. I know that nothing is perfect. I also know that like you say "there are so many people struggling" who have it far worse than I do. You also have to remember that we work in a top-down capitalistic society, which it can be simply argued that it is what it is by its very nature, and the worker can feel the heavy weight of cost-cutting measures that may negatively impact them and also be thankful to coexist with others in such an every-changing environment.
They pretend to pay me a realistic wage...I pretend to work...all good
Alright I'll do it if you'll do it...who's in? Sit on my a$$ and bare minimum.
@@wbz+199VrEbr
So, we should just let them take advantage of us because things could be worse? Employment is a 2 way street. You want my best, make it worth it.
No Corporate exec's on site that I know of . What I am talking about are young people that " call off" because their hair "doesn't fix right" and they don't want to come in, or they want to go home early because they just don't want to deal with guests anymore that shift. When you're short staffed and there are only two people working in the dept that day, letting some undisciplined tm go home early 'cuz they just can't deal with THEIR JOB isn't fair to the one person left. The people that work hard and do so much more than their share aren't the ones whinging. It's the people always wanting to get out of work. To them I say, quit whining your life is pretty good. If they'd quit always thinking about what they want and become team players there wouldn't be so much work for one or two people. Why do STL always try to make things better for the whiners and coddle the ones that do nothing?
I swear, Amazon execs must be making some of these comments. This company has gone from mediocre to awful. The bare minimum is too much. Sit on your a– as much as you can and let them pay you for it. Think about what they've taken from you: your health, your mental wellbeing, your life outside of work. Every time they slash a benefit, do less. It's only fair.
The Country is changing. The way business is done is changing. Expectations are changing. Get on board or get left at the station. Agree ?
Last year, as my team was loosing team members left and right, I worked harder than ever in my ten years with Whole Foods, to get product on the shelf and to let my team know that they were supported and appreciated. I left exhausted every day. I stayed late. I came in early. I came in on my days off. For that effort, and despite record profits and comps, I received the absolute worst raise in my ten years there. I got better raises for less effort during times of negative comps than I did for maximum effort in a year of over twenty percent comps.
If that's how they reward devotion, then no, they don't deserve anything more than the minimum amount of effort. Never again.
From a newcomer's perspective, Whole Foods doesn't live up to the hype. I can't get full time hours, despite my open availability, which in and of itself is unreasonable (24 hour availability???). Open availability, I might add, makes it impossible to get a second job.
So I've opened up my schedule for three days a week at an average pay rate, where I'm expected to perform three times the amount of work that similarly paying jobs demand, and I'm supposed to be grateful? I work my a– off, and all my team leader told me in my weekly reviews is that I don't move fast enough.
Everyone I work with is miserable, overwhelmed, and overworked, All they talk about is how much they hate the job. Store management has no qualms about throwing a ton of work, that one never sees them do, on us at the last minute. I've worked there for three months, and I barely recognize anyone on my team because they quit after two weeks, and with all the write ups being handed down for not completing tasks that no one can possibly complete, I'm not surprised. I started looking for a new job six weeks into this nightmare.
I've had some bad jobs, and once you get past the corny, phony exterior of Whole Foods, it's absolutely no different from the worst of them.
What the last two posts, probably made by management (not leadership) scum, fail to take into account is that Whole Foods was always better than sewers like Amazon, and as such, they are still held to that standard today by those of us who know the potential once possessed by Whole Foods. Just because things have changed doesn't mean that team members will forgive or forget. Our engagement, passion, knowledge, and back breaking labor built this company, so with good reason, we resent every bit of spirit crushing micromanagement that's been foisted upon us for the last five years. We believed in Whole Foods, we built Whole Foods, and we'll be damned if we'll let Whole Foods screw us without fighting back. Respect is a two way street, and I see no reason to give any more than the minimum amount of effort to a company that gives less than that to me.
Do any of you WFM team members ever read articles about working conditions for Amazon employees? You are employed by the same person that employs them. They are always one step away from striking. Amazon workers work their fangellas off because they are expected to do so. What makes you feel like you aren't expected to do the same. The glory days of Whole Food's ended with the purchase of the company. Why should you get longer lunch time or more breaks then the Amazon workers. They work in retail product warehouses and you work in retail grocery warehouses. Your job isn't who you are, it's what you do to live and pay your bills. Who you are is what kind of character you have. Who you are as a person in your community. What I hear from WF employees is whining. Grow up and stop acting like you are so important. There are so many people struggling, too tired or with so much responsibility for family they don't have the time or energy to whine. Look around. You might find out your life is pretty damn good.