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12 RPs - $400,000-$600,000/year About 60+- VPs - $250,000-$400,000/year Hundreds of ECs - $160,000-$250,000/year And that is just base salaries. Ouch, that is a lot of money!

Barclays analyst estimates WFM has lost between 9 and 14 million customers in the last 6 quarters mainly due to Kroger, not good since next earnings report is expected to be 2.5 percent or greater decline in same store sales, so does WFM have more... — read more 

This wasn't about time and attendance, this was retaliation and let me explain why. I requested my file from Wholefoods because I really wanted to know how I was really terminated and I sat up all night and went thru it and found two corrective... — read more 

I had been a wholefoods team member since 2014 and I went on maternity leave Nov 2016 and returned Jan 2017 to a straight hell hole all because teams had combined and Cruella became my new Team Leader. When I returned back to work my son was only two... — read more 

they are already beating them at their own game. whole foods will go under $10 while kroger goes to $45+. Whole foods problem is they aren't small enough to be brought out anymore. small companies can be incorporated into an existing culture a lot... — read more 

200 in Garden Grove, CA - permanent layoffs

Someone in previous thread asked for this.

The NGA has already bought and paid for a number of operatives within the WFM ranks if you haven't already figured that one out yet. The NGA hates WFM by the way for obvious stated reasons and, ipso facto, the motivations of morally and ethically... — read more 

For as long as I can remember, positions were posted for a limited time and applicants would all apply and interview in a panel setting. It seems now (at least in my region) store leadership picks who they want and opens the post long enough for... — read more 

On Glassdoor it reads eh ok...biggest complaint is the retail hours/customers but ya know...it's retail. Then on here it sounds dreadful. So which is it...really(before I click submit application)

http://www.aflcio.org/index.php/Learn-About-Unions/What-Unions-Do

Lower prices, drug testing, no tats, no long hairs, no shorts, no males working the front, no free samples, cute girls on counter, no rudeness to customers, no out of stock and we back it all up by being loyal.

Same stuff/better prices and you don't have to deep throat the "social" activism or be shamed at the register to additionally contribute your hard earned change.

One time I disappeared into my bosses locked office and had this conversation: "I am a little worried about the process we use with regard to GAAP." Boss "Don't waste your time there because it is only "noise"" "Ok. Just hypothetically speaking what... — read more 

Can anyone tell me why as a team member or team leader no matter how hard you work, follow policies and do your job, you are still disrepected and unappreciated by your stl?

Does your team and store rebel against it? It is hard to fundraise with people overworked, loosing they're jobs and happiness. How is it at your store?

Can we even afford them?!

All you Whole Foodies have no idea how great it is out here!! Thankfully, I left WF eight years ago, and man, it's fantastic! I mean, I'm still so disillusioned with WF, that I periodically come back to rant, but I'm so happy now with my career... — read more 

Let's hire someone asshats to run around with clipboards making sure every department has the proper paperwork on the ten thousand clipboards, ensuring that the TL's spend hours weekly updating these clipboards. Seems like a good idea to me.

hi, we appreciate all of your dedication schlepping in here through a snowstorm because we need to be open for 8 hours so we can sell maybe 100 items and shrink tons of pFDS, but make sure none of the team members stay over 4 hours.....thats right... — read more 

I hate it when they pick up bread with their bare hands to get the one underneath, put the one they touched back, then do a karate chop motion as they ask to get their bread sliced.

It is true that there is life after Whole Foods. I left after the better part of a decade, for all the reasons we have beaten to death on this site. I do feel better in a lot of ways, just by removing myself from a dysfunctional, toxic environment... — read more 

Notice how the general market is in a trump bubble haze around 20k but our stock keeps ticking/trending down..we havent had a scandal or outbreak lately.team membera havent had to to log on and yake food safety classes or tare procedurez..what... — read more 

I'm out and you should get out as well. There is life outside whole foods. It feels amazing to be out of the place. No more putting up with crazy customers and management that have no clue how to run a business. GOOD LUCK TO U All.

Think twice about sandwich bar. CLICK ON sandwich. 5. Most employees don't shop there. 6. "Made right here" has a flexible definition.

Whole Foods actually moved up 17 spots from last year. Seems legit... http://beta.fortune.com/best-companies/list

Instead of humanly trapping and releasing birds, our store just gets pellot guns and shoot them. One bird was still alive and an TM wanted to bring it to a vet but our ASTL said "nah just throw it out in the garbage". She clocked out and took it to a... — read more 

https://www.google.com/amp/seekingalpha.com/amp/article/4052608-amazon-buy-whole-foods-40-share They make some compelling arguments. It would certainly end the Austin goons' periodic buyout rumor mills. I'd like to be able to sell my shares-- or hold... — read more 

Both of these mean closing stores and laying off team members, getting out of leases and curtailing new stores openings as well as no over all growth, so TM's whats your stores comp and profit margin?

Summary Lidl is planning to open 100 stores in the U.S. by mid-2018. Lidl plans to eventually open 600 stores in the U.S. Lidl’s low prices and aggressive growth plans are likely to put pressure on Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFM)... — read more