Thread regarding Whole Foods Market Inc. layoffs

Then why doesn't Global comment on the state of our Missions etc. Should we still bother with that stuff, or should we be selling stuff??

The company's purpose at this point going forward, is to be bought out.

If your up this late you gotta be NorCal SOPac or PN. Wesssside!

When another company buys us, they'll likely adopt larger "regions" - North, south, east and west - with fewer presidents, VPs, ECs , coordinators etc. And I'd imagine the "technology" would improve. CENTRALIZE the tech and give the stores individual identity. Clean up our tech, and we don't need a million coordinators. ditto on the flip day comment. I promised I'd by my TL group a round if there wasn't some data hassle on a flip....and that was 3 years ago.

The company itself doesn't know it's own priorities. Are we spending 16 labor hours on mission meetings that are basically a high school level extracurricular? Or should they be in the back producing things to sell? Are we spending money on a marketing campaign in our store, only to trash the whole thing because it goes against Organic compliance? When that happens, and we try again and then still fail, the person responsible gets to just say "Ooops!" When stores are forced to take on $10,000 capital expenditures only to be told the "new idea" doesn't comply with state health regulations, then spend $2,000 to bring them up to code only to turn them off because sales don't justify labor? The same people stay in their position despite a slew of bad decisions, and win All-Star awards. Seriously, just give me an ad change day where the data is accurate. That's all I need, for the basics to work. To be able to rely on information handed down, not reinvent the wheel everyday that someone above already makes bank just to screw it up. If another company buys us, they have a serious sh*t show on their hands. We gave Wild Oats so much crap, but we're not any better.

Here's advice from a TL - if you owned shares in this company, what would you think is important? Make this priority number 1

I wish they would be more clear too. If my departments sales keep it from being combined into another team, and me losing my job, why would I send people to do anything other than what makes sales

It's still one of the best places to be a manager if you don't get frustrated by all the ridiculous last minute URGENT PRIORITIES

I appreciate reading your question, as it is the question which motivated me to decide to leave this summer after more than a decade with WFM, and over half of this in a Leadership position. I believe I held myself to a high standard of expectation when it came to the intention I put into every decision and every plan. What I began realizing in the final year was that I would no longer get ahead by being a conscious (more like conscientious) leader. I felt like the last year there was less and less conversation from my leaders around collaboration, our values (not core values, but our mission statement concepts of community, positive intent, etc.), and TM needs. The pressure began to build to simply force compliance without dialogue. This finally came down on my head, and I chose to bow out rather than comply or fight. I realized that I was in the wrong place now, not that I was a bad leader, but the values that I found so attractive and took to heart were no longer priorities within our corporate structure. So I left, and it was synchronous timing. I've seen fellow leaders' heads on the chopping block, people with a huge investment and experience in our company that I looked at as examples and mentors. Just not the same, and I wish someone in a position of power would just come out and call a spade a spade. Good luck, everyone.