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Ya, Whole Foods has really soured that kool-aid they are always shoving down our throats. 1500 team members lost their jobs. 1500 PEOPLE, not 1500 employee ID numbers that clock in and clock out every day, but 1500 actual people. I, fortunately, was not directly affected by this. However, some very critical positions were "eliminated" and we lost some great, hardworking, Whole Foods advocates. About one week after all of these jobs were eliminated, they went on to eliminate our Human Resources department. Ya, now disgruntled team members don't even have a healthy outlet anymore. If you need your hours adjusted, there is no one to do the paperwork anymore. If you have a question about your insurance, there's no one to ask. If a manager is sexually harassing you, good luck finding the phone number to someone that can handle the situation properly.
Ug, I'm disgusted. I thought Whole Foods and I were going to have a long, healthy, firmly rooted relationship, but now I just want out. I have put in my three years which I feel should count for something, but I now know that it doesn't. We had people who spent years (15+ years) working their way up the ladder, following the Whole Foods "Grow with Us" program, people who had been loyal and worked retail every holiday since they can remember. These people had a retirement plan that was promised over and over again. And what did they get? SCREWED. There is no other way to say it because it really is an ugly, dirty, underhanded scheme they pulled out of left field. Shame on them.
I could lose my job for uttering these words (these truthful words) online. Do I care??? About as much as Whole Foods cares about me.
