Thread regarding Whole Foods Market Inc. layoffs

I see unions in our future.

What's left of our productivity will absolutely plummet, you can guarantee that.

Two weeks in advance, LOL. Our team leader consistently posts our schedule one to two days in advance, and apparently writing the schedule is a full time job because that's all he does.

Working a 4 hr shift is a waste of my time....

Youll be lucky to get a piss break

Next year the big push is going to be scheduling part timers with open availability 5 days a week at 4 hour shifts at any time of day. Insane to think you can keep anyone with any talent at such a demanding yet low paying job.

If you care to post about work on your own time (who would want to?) and you want to comply with the FTC you can mention your affiliation without using a searchable hashtag. Companies try to enforce bogus guidelines all the time even when it is illegal, like telling you you can't talk about your wage with other TMs.

I like how they're making a big deal out of the social media stuff but not even mentioning the open availability policy and lord knows what other changes.

I'm a team member.

#wholefoodsteammember

That hashtag thing has to be bogus. Who would be that stupid to actually use it. All my stuff never listed my name, employers, location etc. And nothing was public. And gee whiz, nothing ever happened.

The social media policy isn't really new. It's been in the GIG ever since Mackey got himself in hot water.

Can we ask the regional employees to work similar shit schedules??? Why do they get set schedules??

@192868 It sounds ambiguous but I'm going to try clarifying it with my PBS. I used to be a full-time supervisor but stepped down to a PT team member for various reasons so it would be unfair if I was required to have open availability because I am currently back in school and won't be able to do all shifts.

"...all Team Members must be available to work a variety of shifts including opening to closing for all days which the store is open."

Does this only apply to open availability TMs or are they completely trashing everyone's official availability?

Wholefoods is typical "Animal Farm" behavior, some animals are more equal than others. You have folks who literally do nothing but keep surviving these layoffs. What more with social media.

In regards to social media, anytime you list your employer or post pics using their logo, you represent the company. It's NEVER a good idea to advertise where you work. People are fired over social media all of the time, this is true for any company.

Did anyone see the new rule of having to state that you are Whole Foods Team Member on social media, blogs, etc. when discussing the company by using "#WholeFoodsTeamMember" when posting things? What are your thoughts?

I feel that employees should only be associated with their employers when:

On the clock, on company property, on company activities (on and off site), and when on company social media pages. I personally have never witness or experienced this, but I have heard stories about our Regional Big Wigs flashing their "wealth" on the Company's dime by posting pictures on their personal social media accounts. Whether it be at restaurants, vacations, team builds, etc. Do these new GIG rules apply to team members only or across the board? Once again, these rules seem very broad and a desperation to maintain order within the stores because they feel that current team members are fed up with the lack of leadership from the top. Afterall, if the stories are true about our Big Wigs, how can we respect and follow that type of authority? Anyways, I'm done for now. Thanks for listening.