what's keeping you going? Other than bills to pay, the usual. Share something good and fresh. I need some help finding an inspiration at wfm right now. i never thought it would be like this.
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I could care less about the higher ups stresses it's their own damn fault. I pity them NOT if they lived the good life instead of investing the great money they have made to bad for them. They will just have a harder fall I look forward to seeing it!! Living poor, am use to it they aren't it will be fun to watch em' suffer. I won't hold my breathe on that though they will be just fine then again some of them are not all that sharp so maybe just maybe? I'm applying for other jobs, keep my head down, and collect my WF paycheck until I find something better. I could care less about working hard anymore. Not gonna happen. I do enough to get by and not hurt my co workers and frankly I think I am doing more than I should. The health insurance sucks, the benefits just aren't worth it, I can't wait to find another job with less stress for all the bullshit kool aid they try to serve us. Their damn crappy ass schedules, no help, do the work that more than one person use to do, working way to hard for the chump money they pay! I will be most happy to be rid of those stupid ass walks and wasting my time smiling at a bunch of assholes that don't give a damn about me or any of the other workers or wearing out my body for a damn grocery store it's just not worth it!! I am worth a lot more than what the hell these f---ers think of me and I don't even give a damn if they all of the sudden figured it out fat chance of that!! I am done!! WF is dead to me and I will suck what little I can out of the hole before I leave it!!
It's not going to get any better, that's for sure.
No motivation for me. I'm just collecting a paycheck, and looking for a way out. I hate this corporation.
I do it for the people I work with that I consider friends. That's it. I will be on my way out soon and want to leave on a good note for myself and my friends. You have to rise above the drama of the misguidance and ultimate failure of whole foods and just be a good person for yourself and the co-workers you have respect for. The regional folks and higher ups just get extremely fake smiles and conversations while visiting. It's kind of sad for them I think. They probably really want to be liked and treated like real people but their whole foods lives are overshadowed by almost all phony interactions. They know it too but they make themselves feel that it's real. I look at them like visitors that keep me from getting my real work done. A lot of them play the roles they have to play to keep paying their bills like we do. The difference is that they probably have bigger bills and bigger stress. They can keep it.
I honestly still really enjoy helping out customers. Knowing that I helped a family enjoy their Thanksgiving dinner with an awesome bottle of beer or helped them out to their car or just actually listened to them during the stressful holidays is the reason I still work here. Management can go f*** themselves, but knowing I treated and assisted a customer that I would like to be helped is pretty awesome.
Here's some motivation: Eating lots of beans and farting often! Especially dropping some nasty ones on customers. The key is to "breeze by" then make a hasty exit
Ha, I wasn't sure I understood the post until I saw some of the other posts! Now I feel I have something to add. It's nice to be able to work with people who despise the company but still own what place they have in it for now. When people help me, it's to help ME, regardless of what else is going on. We still watch out for each other.
You act like you cant get out in your community and do these thing without wfm....
Youre right, they wont always be there. For you its a crutch. Youre only educating a minute percent. The people who need that education dont bother to shop there bc of the perception and pricing.
Stop making excuses about it being hard to meet ppl like at wfm, ger the hell back into your community ans make a REAL difference
This pukey wfm lovefest in here reeks of asparagus water
We interact with people a lot, you cannot find many jobs where people interact so much - I find our society to be somewhat alienated and being around people and helping people fulfills me personally. I could care less about profit and loss statements, margins, supply chain, politics, etc. I think that me focusing on food, understanding food, learning about it, teaching about it, that's what makes me going. WFM is a brand and it may not be around tomorrow, but the need to things that I mentioned above will never go away. There are some really cool folks that work with me, that's a huge bonus as well, cannot find that easily today....
Thank you guys. Team members like you are what make me stay.
We had a bagger once, in his 40's, very well educated--he considered his job at Whole Foods to be his service. He made so many people happy--they waited extra in line so he would bag for them. (he left finally to go teach English in China). I learned from him that no matter the circumstances, we can almost always choose to make someone else's life a little better--and make ours better at the same time. I believe in what I sell, and I care about my coworkers and customers.
Still has some of the best tasting food, awareness and education of where our food comes from and how it was made, still some of the nicest tms and tls I have ever met anywhere, great benefits (mental health coverage, soon) and where else can I learn and make mistakes without some yahoo getting twisted over it? All companies have positives and negatives, it is everyone's choice to decide. Reality is everywhere; happiness comes from inside.