Was anyone else watching the town hall offended by the implication that Team Members not working hard enough and not being excellent contributed to the earnings slowdown? It couldn't possibly have been poor executive decision making or planning, right?
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The irony of management even mentioning the term efficiency has me rolling. Get off your ass and do something, show up to work, stop being abusive, the list goes on and on....
It's ironic that UNFI totally calls the shots..
All of these comments are on point. Been there 10 years, can't wait to get out.
Efficiency is relative here. Thanks to the hiring freeze those of us who remain are going over time. Nobody seems to be keeping track any more. Penny wise and dollar stupid is the norm here, and good luck getting the conductors way, way at the front of the train to consider switching rails.
Funny that you mention 'efficiency' Anonymous. Management should be holding that standard to themselves, to UNFI, to regional presidents who refuse to look at the structure of distribution and how inefficient it is. Here's an example that has gone on for years now, and that is having distribution from here in DC, driving to KY?!? Landover MD kitchen product, driving to Louisville?!? which is a drive six hours longer round-trip than to Chicago. This has been addressed directly to the regional president. It's not like he isn't aware of the waste in fuel, labor, possible spoilage from being on a truck for longer hours... it's a great example of a gross inefficiency that a regional president could have fixed YEARS ago, and never did. But yes, go ahead and lay off thousands of people working in-store, because they're the ones screwing the company so hard. Sheesh. I need to find another job.
Great response! I can't stand the way that management refuses to acknowledge the glaring changes this company is undertaking. Its crazy. My boss just keeps saying 'efficiency.' Apparently efficiency means work harder and do more work in less time. What a joke
Very sorry to hear it. I think the worst quality that is tearing apart this company is a combination of cognitive dissonance & arrogance. Reading that john mackey has recently said that whole foods is 'beyond unions' is very alarming to see. Clearly that's not the case. Our management has the arrogance to claim this?!? Obviously they are the only ones to believe this? My biggest problem isn't that we're supposed to put on a happy face when we don't feel like it. That's just the nature of retail, some days you feel it and some days you don't, but the customer should never know the difference between those days. My problem is that management STILL claims we're somehow different than other companies, we're somehow so conscious of others and have these unique core values. Looking around I'd say anyone can see right through this. Why can't we cut the bullshit? I think it'd be so much easier to put on a happy face when you know you're working for a company that may be just mediocre, but hey at least they're not huffing and puffing and blowing so much smoke up everyone's ass pretending it's not what it is.