Will there be any Whole Foods Layoffs 2020? Any news or rumors?

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hiring-for-new-grocery-store-2019-11 "Amazon has officially started hiring for its new grocery store. On Monday, the retailer posted four new positions for a store in Woodlands Hills, California, which is... —  read more 

I am wondering who is gonna buy WF next? I heard Amazon fired the person who spearheaded this regrettable acquisition and have now grown tired of the pseudo intellectualism of a socially driven entirety that cant turn enough profit to pay of all its... —  read more 

What is the salary cap for Team Leaders?

Why is DVO available to log into from home? Do people submit orders from outside the network? https://dvo.wholefoods.com/

Thoughts? Opinions?

Do you know if Earth Fare is owned by Whole Foods? If yes: when is the acquisition date how many stores were added how many employees work there Thank you!

https://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-ceo-john-mackey-memo-on-employee-survey-2019-10 "This year, a recurring theme was how the amount and frequency of changes in our stores were impacting our day-to-day work," Mackey wrote, according to a... —  read more 

We schedule to needs of the buisness correct? So since we move team members to a later start time to match kronos have your sales spiked in a positive or negative way? Comps will call it. If negative it will call for a year or two turn around... —  read more 

Someone showed up at our store just before closing time and scanned the entire backroom and salesfloor with a 360 camera. When I asked what they were doing they said it was a project called "matterport." https://matterport.com/ Could this before... —  read more 

Is this the green new deal? How the hell is this going to work? All the shiftys are already joking how this is b.s. and they will just make an announcement for everyone to throw out their trash before they lock and "inspect" everything. This is one... —  read more 

"Coffee robot is coming for Whole Foods baristas’ jobs" https://thetakeout.com/whole-foods-coffee-barista-robot-jobs-1839062422

They released a study and found whole foods to have the worst working condtions of any grocery store and its suppliers...all those organic yam farms got singled out...amazon warehouse and our warehouses too...and dont fergit the b.s. we deal with at... —  read more 

All team members in Norcal be aware do not report issues to your Stl or any member of store leadership! Tip line Ethics committe The layoff All are against you above tl positions! They will retaliate by adding task to your daily routine,fail... —  read more 

Deep down you know exactly what you’re capable of. There’s even moments where you get a glimpse of all the potential you have. You can get there. You just have to be willing to sacrifice the habits, things, and situations that are standing in the way... —  read more 

I spent a couple of hours in the Whole Foods coffee bar this morning after shopping and everyone from the customers to the employees looked either exhausted or angry. The Whole Foods that was once a happy and interesting place is now just another... —  read more 

Its funny how the rumor is spreading like butter on a hot bagel but no one is saying anything... now it all make sense why taking the PT20 benefits away.. just hoping the FT Team Members doesn't get screw over but the way WFM has been doing things in... —  read more 

Who is ready for the cluster f*ck that is national hiring day? Can’t wait to have hundreds of people standing around in the middle of my small store because this company is too cheap to rent out a hall or hotel to do this!

You're working for a corporation where your boss is your champion and support. After a few years, you feel it is time for a change and I started signaling that you're ready for your next internal move. Your boss does not take kindly to this and a... —  read more 

I'll try to keep it simple - Time Theft - The standing around talking to other TMs, stopping in the middle of work to get a drink or a snack that somehow doesn't count as your break, phones, web surfing, smoking, the " untouchable " bathroom... —  read more 

I am interested in loss prevention jobs but I've never seen one posted in workday. Does LP exist in whole foods?

Why is it they expect tms to be perfect 180% of the time when their not even 45% of the time?

Heard the MA region is a sh–show these days? What’s going on?

In our store we are doing automatic resets in grocery, dairy and frozen every other week. Tons of expensive food gets donated to the food bank. I don't know why they do not discount it for employees or even for customers.

At my store the news of the pt20 benefit change came from Google! That is how we found out what was going to happen. Good job Amazon/Wholefoods

Why can't anyone at regional level come up with a plan to increase sales for once. Maybe think outside of the box for a change?? Or even at regional level. Instead of playing offense all the time. Be leaders for a change. I can not believe that... —  read more 

Effective January 1, 2020 All PT20 Team Members who are currently grandfathered in will have their hours reduced to part time hours (max of 20 hours per week).

All wild oats stores are about to be extinct. So if your store is wild oats sharpen your resume. Massive closures coming up. John Mackey said they are not afraid to pull the plug of a store that is not performing. Well guess which stores... —  read more 

Medicare for all

Whole Foods will be cutting medical benefits for up to 1,900 workers starting Jan. 1, 2020. In the past, workers needed to work at least 20 hours a week to qualify for the health-care plan. Now employees will need to work at least 30... —  read more 

Who’s leaving the NA office?

What is up with everyone leaving?

https://nypost.com/2019/09/03/amazon-testing-payment-system-that-uses-hands-as-id/ "The e-tailing giant’s engineers are quietly testing scanners that can identify an individual human hand as a way to ring up a store purchase, with the goal of... —  read more 

The value of team member happiness and excellence went out the door long ago. Team members are literally told to not question how things were done by store leadership, which was a change from when I started there. Years ago, we were encouraged to... —  read more 

Never heard of this in any store. https://www.newsweek.com/whole-foods-privacy-lawsuit-1456833 A class action suit filed this month claims Whole Foods violates its employees privacy rights by requiring them to use a biometric time-clock and... —  read more 

What is this about? https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2019/08/29/whole-foods-testing-new-kind-of-store-mysterious.html "Bruno said the developer has been otherwise tight-lipped about the details of the new store, but the shopping center's... —  read more 

My last day was yesterday. I’m feeling excited for the future of not only myself but the company as well. Whole Foods has been a wonderful experience and I wish the company the best in all of its new changes and challenges to come. Here’s to... —  read more 

Do people who win a wholefoods regional “all-star” award receive any kind of bonus? Gift card or compensation? Or is it just a fancy dinner with a stupid plaque with your name on it?