Thread regarding Whole Foods Market Inc. layoffs

Regarding post below, there is a typo ----It should read "Unfortunately for them, the executives AREN'T even good with numbers and basic business math", not are!

Whole Foods, as defined by all the good things we once thought it represented, is dead. It exists in name only. It has been replaced by a company called 365, which is an appropriate name given that numbers are all they care about. Unfortunately for them, the executives are even good with numbers and basic business math. 365's days of survival are indeed "numbered". In regards to comments disparaging TMs who don't move up, such criticism is not deserved. TMs have a tough, demanding and crucial role to play in the company and WFM should be thrilled if they have dedicated TMs and TLs who are happy in those roles. There are numerous valid reasons someone may choose not to move up, as well as practical realities such as there aren't enough open positions or maybe they've tried and just not been promoted. The fact that the trolls are carping on them just illustrates the disdain they've always had for their team members. Time to find a company that isn't rife with nepotism, favoritism, cronyism, and that truly values it's hardworking employees.

Vyw...please...please go to costco then. If after 20yrs in and all you've achieved is TL then by your standards you are dead weight also. Not everyone needs to move up. I'm sure you'll be fine though when you reapply for your position against a coworker.

@vyu- it's interestingly to see the different ideas of dead weight around here... just because someone hasn't shifted positions on the rope doesn't mean s/he isn't pulling.

Everyone has a different story and some choose not to advance for various reasons. Besides, I've seen personally others who have used their position or other influence to foist their own work on others, or ( as what happened to me recently) shift the blame to an actual worker when things go south due to bad leadership. The offending party's actions are typically overlooked, or even rewarded. After all, how can you possibly make important friends if you're saddled with actual work?

What this company seems concerned with anymore is reducing the number of ropes, not weeding out the non-workers. Which of course is a stop gap.If our company had a strong foundation it wouldn't be floundering for well over a year now.

BVW - If you've worked for WF for 10+ years and are content making $16-$18 an hour then you are dead weight. TLs are the hardest working in the store. I've been with the company for over 2 decades and can attest to that. I am also now well past TL in the "hierarchy" so I what I speak is spoken with wisdom. The fact that some are only paid in the low $20s an hour is the joke. The good ones will not stick around for long for that pay. Costco is now starting positions equal to our TLs at well over $30. Why? Because they are proactive and know that's how you get and keep talent. It's a shame. We need to wake up and start competing by monetarily appreciating our strongest leaders before they are all gone.

Oh...we have dead weight too. Some of them are shaping up though as they see the work piling up.

Sink or :: :: ::swim.

My current team leader is a complete idiot.. And the front runner for the combined team.. he spends his entire shift checking emails and trying to get any female employee to have sex with him. So despite whole foods attempt to get rid of "dead weight" we kept ours ...and now we are going to promote it to a 3 team leadership position.. Yay!!

I've seen a lot of useless leadership in the past 10+ yrs in the stores. Seems right to consolidate teams. I would guess on average that each store really only possess a handful of competent leaders anyway..So the combining of teams has been working out...so much so that all new stores are combined from the get go.

Look...if WFM will continue to pay me $16 - $18 an hour after ten yrs service with free insurance for my family then I'm staying put for now. You're gonna have to fire me or lay me off. Instead they are getting rid of $30 an hour jobs that probably belong to people who s---.

Ah...it's the season of hard work and determination. Finally...people getting recognized for their ability to work hard.

No..I've seen a lot of dead weight at WFM...does not suprise me one bit that they are cutting expenses.

I just don't understand how combining GRO/SPEC/WB is a good idea. That's almost the entire sales floor, and Holidays are brutal on each of those teams on their own, let alone a TL for all 3. It's utterly impossible, and I'm in a small store. The consultant the Big Guys hired is high on crack. Or maybe he is secretly working towards the failure of WFM. This model should do it.