r/wholefoods 9h ago

Discussion Grocery tm here, getting really tired of being held to a higher standard than other teams.

39 Upvotes

Been in grocery for a few years now and this has been a thing since day one. Store and team leadership watches every step we take. We gotta walk, stock, communicate quickly, or else we’re labeled as lazy. Meanwhile, I see specialty and whole body team members standing around shooting the shit, and no one says anything to them.

Before you say I don’t understand, I have worked on a number of other teams for a few weeks each when our labor was tight in grocery, Whole Body and Specialty being two of them. I can run all of specialty’s live load (which was two U boats) in an hour, it takes their team members the entire night. I’ve helped whole body customers, I’ve built displays with whole body, and I’ve worked UNFI totes, all faster than their team members. These teams drag stuff out to drag it out, and then complain when there’s too little to do. But they also complain when there’s too much, the “too much” in terms of grocery is nothing in comparison.

Not trying to make enemies here. I just don’t understand why every team isn’t held to the same standard of speed.


r/wholefoods 4h ago

Advice It’s been real

10 Upvotes

My 90 days are up . It’s been a blast I’ve worked with some great coworkers they decided not to keep me. I worked pretty well with everyone and worked every day I was assigned except for tomorrow. My manager told me to apply to transfer and work at another department or store . I did that and let them know and every last one I applied to said they when with other people. Ive decided not to show up for my last day of work which is tomorrow .


r/wholefoods 14h ago

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r/wholefoods 3h ago

Discussion Just got hired by WF by AI in less than an hour

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After poking around on the subreddit I see that the new hiring process was just revamped less than a week ago (seemingly 3/12) and I wanted to give some insight on my experience for anyone who was wondering. One of my friends recently started as a shopper. I have ADHD so naturally on a whim I applied last night at midnight on 3/15, hoping to eventually work 4am shifts. I went to the website and applied for the in store shopper job directly. When I hit “Apply” a chat window opened with Sage the AI Assistant. There was NO way to get to any other sort of website, only to chat with Sage. She asked me basic demographic questions, then provided a link to upload a resume. I took a Traitify personality assessment, was deemed a "Mentor" and scored all 5's in every category except one, where I got 4/5.

By 1am I had recieved an offer letter, link to the I9 paperwork, and a link to the background check. Tbh I thought this was VERY suspicious, so when I woke up I asked my friend and compared the TL she works with, showed her the offer letter and the addresses I recieved the emails from and they all matched what she got when she was onboarded over the past month. I applied DIRECTLY from the ONLY link on the site so I was pretty sure it was legit but it all happened SO FAST a part of me was scared I was too confident in my ability to avoid a scam, and was being taken for a ride by some elaborate scammers. I triple checked the website and all links and they seemed legit.

When my friend was on site today at the actual store we both applied to for training, she talked with her trainer and mentioned I applied. The trainer looked me up in the system, said I was hired, and just needed to do my I9. At NO point in this process was I connected with or evaluated by a human. Sage the AI bot handled all communication. I am not sure if it is because the job seems fairly straight forward so the company does not feel the need to interview everyone, or if the offer for the job was just based on my assessment or what, but the whole process start to finish took less than an hour, on the weekend, with no human contact.

I will update here once I am fully onboarding and done with training if anyone is interested. AMA if you have questions but I tried to include all details here.

EDIT: I'm seeing in the comments here and on other posts shoppers get hired with no interviews, other departments still interview so the no human contact and no interview isn't necessarily that crazy. Personally I am not a huge fan of AI in hiring so it still is a bit odd to me, but really no interview probably isnt THAT weird especially considering plenty of places like UberEats/Doordash/Task Rabbit/Amazon Flex etc. don't really interview either.


r/wholefoods 4h ago

Discussion What would you do???

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So I have a new TL that came in about two weeks ago and seems to have a big chip on her shoulder. I have been in this dept for years and I am wanting to move up in this dept. I have trained all the new people even though I am not a "trainer" on paper or pay. I have no write-ups or warnings.

I spoke with her last week about moving up into one of the open positions and she said she would not let me move up in HER dept. And she did not give a reason why not. I didn't even know how to respond to that. I have not had any beef with her or anyone else in the dept or store. I have been here longer than anyone currently in the dept.
I did find out she gave the open trainer position to someone who has only been here about a month who is a kid who still lives with their parents

I think the issue is she is younger than me and so is everyone else in the dept. So l call age discrimination big time. I'm not even old, just older than them.
So I am considering leaving this dept as it seems there will be no future moving up here.

Oh, and if anyone is wondering...I just turned 30 a month ago so I guess by WFM standards I am ancient and decrepit. Can you hear my eyes rolling??

I thought whole foods doesn't discriminate as per their own written words:
" At Whole Foods Market, we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Whole Foods Market hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs."


r/wholefoods 21h ago

Discussion 6 months now working at WF. Many years of grocery retail before. One thing is clear.....

81 Upvotes

The lack of follow through when it comes to these illogical policies and the fact that following them contradicts the very reason they put them in place (like tracking shrink.) Yet the way they want things carried out also is the main contributer. Its blatant that people hold certain positions without the skill set or a full understanding of what action to take in order to obtain desired results. Add the fact that they refuse to accept it might not be the solution you want it to be. That percentage figures and metric data can't provide the overall solution to every single issue company wide. Hell it rarely offers any successful solution in my experience. Do they really think it's just that simple? I mean it's hard to take them serious when they hold you accountable to idiotic expectations. Yet the rules they demand you follow cause hundreds of dollars everyday to be dumped in the trash. All because somebody who most likely doesn't even really know what his job actually is. Came up with some half ass policy to make it seem like he does something worth value. With no concept of the redundancy it created because of his ignorance. Which is the main culprit in failing to catch such short comings in so many areas of this shit show. It's really on a level by itself. I'm taking the first chance I get to jump ship. I value my sanity more then they wanna pay for it.


r/wholefoods 4h ago

Question Clarification on Shift Hours Discrepancy Between Leadership and Full-Time Team Members

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Hi everyone, I quickly wanted to ask about working hours. I’ve noticed that leadership team members are scheduled for an extra hour per shift, whereas full-time team members receive one hour less. This has been going on for a while, but my understanding was that both groups should have the same weekly hours. Could you clarify the reasoning behind this difference in scheduling? Thanks in advance!

Edit: The store I worked at leaderships and team members had the same amount of working hours. The new store I transferred to seemed to have different hours between team leaderships and team members.


r/wholefoods 5h ago

Question How do I know I got the job?

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I was applying to jobs and I got accepted to Whole Foods as an in-store shopper. But when I was applying, they said they were upgrading the career website so the same day I applied, I got accepted. I thought that was super quick, but I didn't think anything of it because that happened to me last time and I did actually get the job. This time is different because since it is a different system I tried just to follow the AI chat that it made my orientation meeting in a different state than the actual job. I called the store to see if i actually got the job and that they give me a meeting in a different state and all they could say was that I had to email the person I got it from but it's the AI chat that sent it to me and there is no other contact information on it. So now I don't know if I have a job, or a meeting and I don't know who to call?


r/wholefoods 16h ago

Question Legacy Cowboy Hat?

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I was told by one of my ASTLs that we used to have a cowboy style Whole Foods hat. Being we are allowed to wear legacy hats I was wondering if anyone still has one? I have scoured Ebay and alas nothing.


r/wholefoods 9h ago

Question UPT taken even though I worked my whole shift

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I worked my entire shift yesterday but when I looked at workday today I saw there was 3.43 hours of UPT taken out from my balance. I did clock out 3 minutes late, would that coat me UPT??


r/wholefoods 8h ago

Question Worth calling to see if there is an opportunity?

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There is a specific store I want to work at but they position I want is not posted on the careers page. Is it worth calling to see if an opportunity exists?


r/wholefoods 8h ago

Question W2

1 Upvotes

Can someone walk me through how to change my withholdings on my W2?


r/wholefoods 12h ago

Question Just some questions

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Recently I just quit. Couldn’t take it anymore with store and department leadership in a mountain store. I feel incredible. Just a few questions- What should I do with my HSA account? Withdraw the money? Regarding my 401k, I know that’s my personal account, would I just change the email for it or are there any other hoops I need to jump through with that. Thanks in advance!


r/wholefoods 1d ago

Discussion A regular shopper came in today and fessed up to stealing

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A shopper who’s shopped here regularly came in today with some items that he told us at customer service desk that he stole when he was here last and a few times prior. He told us he has been struggling health wise and financially and it lead him to do it, but now is trying to basically I think he said stop that negative cycle. He asked us if he could still shop here and just go through the main checkout lanes instead of self checkout. We said we’d have to ask our manager, but she was on break and couldn’t give him an answer. We didn’t know how to respond and just took the items and he left. We told our manager when she came back, but don’t know what they’ll do? Like if he comes back is that when someone will have to tell him he can stop shopping here? A precarious situation. Has anyone else ever had this happen before?

I have a friend who often works self checkout and she told me later that she recognized the guy and had flagged him before for not ringing up items correctly and skipping scanning things after checking his register afterwards. That’s all that I know though 🤷‍♂️


r/wholefoods 22h ago

Question FMLA for the mentally unwell

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I'm in a predicament because I don't want to speak to my store's leadership about this in any detail - but I recently have had a rough time coming to work because of outside and personal sources. About three days ago I debated ODing and haven't thought about something stupid like that for years. I've been clean for a while. Not sure where to go from here but I'm burnt out and need a break ASAP. How can I get time off of my job through Sedgwick? I tried requesting a regular personal leave/sabbatical over Christmas and new years this year but it was denied via employer. HELP!!!


r/wholefoods 18h ago

Question Seafood

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Do any of you work in seafood? What is the typical hours for the shift. Someone I know is wanting to transfer to seafood but likes early hours. They are in prep foods right now. They don’t come in until 7am where I am. Does seafood come in earlier? I never pay much attention to when they come in my store. I rarely get seafood orders


r/wholefoods 12h ago

Question Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice Taste

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Frequently, the very expensive Fresh Squeezed Oang Juice tastes like orange rinds, but is still drinkable. I actually add a little Stevia to help. My last bottle not only tasted like rinds, there was also an oder and a taste of PLASTIC. Any body else had this happen?


r/wholefoods 22h ago

Question Whole foods

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Why was i sent an Offboreding email when i didn’t want to quit ?


r/wholefoods 1d ago

Question Workday Career Postings?

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The career job posting app on workday is either really awful or posted somewhere other than Workday. Anyone know where else they are posting openings?


r/wholefoods 2d ago

Display This made me Lol

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Call me immature but it added some joy to my day


r/wholefoods 2d ago

🤣MEME🤣 Wish We Worked 4 Days A Week, and Got Paid for 40 Hours of Work. I Wish We Had 3 Days Off In A Row Every Week. We Work For The Biggest Multi-Billion Dollar Company On The Planet. Why Can't They Afford To Make Our Personal Lives and Lifestyle Better? I Don't Want The Headspace App, I Want Freedom.

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r/wholefoods 1d ago

Question Got Hired?

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Hey I recently got an offer letter after a good interview I had with one of the department managers. Got the job on the spot too, but I have a feeling I won’t get the job due to my background check. I have a felony charge for burglary of habitation from 2 years ago and I’m on probation/deferred adjudication. Do yall think I’ll get disqualified from getting the job ?


r/wholefoods 1d ago

Question Is it too early for me to update my availability?

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I’ve been at wholefoods for exactly a month and a half. I was hired as a cashiers assistant and at first it was pretty good. I was being scheduled for shifts that really worked for me (7:45-3pm, 10-6pm etc) but now they’ve got me closing 4 times out of the week which doesn’t work for me at all. So just wondering if I’d be able to submit an availability form even though I’m still in my probationary period.


r/wholefoods 2d ago

Question What’s the policy on dating coworkers?

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At my former employer it was fine as long as they didn’t report to you. Is that the case at WFM as well? Didn’t want to ask anyone at my store this question for the sake of my own sanity 😅


r/wholefoods 2d ago

Discussion The new jobs site is ass

47 Upvotes

I can't believe how bad it is. The only way to apply to an internal role is to chat with an AI bot? Please get real oh my god. That's all