r/wholefoods

I’m over here scrolling threw comments in here and I didn’t see the meat department does anybody work in the meat department? If so what is your experience like I currently work in the meat department and it’s so stressful plus my boss is a pure ass hole which make my position more hard

So our TL is leaving and their position is up for grabs. Several TLs from other depts have applied and the rumor mill is they are considering someone that no one likes. Our entire dept is saying if that person gets the position they will all walk (except me bcuz I really need my job and I get along with most people).

Would leadership listen to the TMs if they are set against that person being our TL? Or do we not have any say in the matter?

There is someone else we all feel would be a better TL especially since they used to be the ATL in this dept a few years ago.

Is there anything we can do so the whole dept doesn't quit?

how can a L1 team member obtain access to outlook after the new restrictions? as a team member I use my emails everyday for communication. is there not a ticket the A/STL can push through to revert this or is it over for me?

Someone got fired last week for vaping in sight of cameras, what's the most benign reason you've seen for someone getting "separated?"

pfds girlie here who desperately wants to escape but cant for now….a really special day is coming up and i was thinking of getting gel nails (just polish on natural short nails). ive worked food service jobs before (boh) and they never allowed even just nail polish but i forgot whole foods’ policy? i never touch anything without gloves (always double gloved too). my team leadership has had painted nails before too but my TL has written me up over BS so i wouldnt really count on that lol. before anyone comes at me about hygiene and cleanliness and calls me a bimbo who shouldnt be working with food ill have u know IDGAF abt what u think🤣 theres much MUCH worse shit going on

on 5/15 i got a deep (but small) cut on my thumb while on the clock and was sent to urgent care after filing a report with my leadership. i got stitches and we did all the paperwork. i returned to work (pfds department so pretty physically intensive) for the next few shifts with basically no accommodations. the stitches are now reopening and have been since like 3-4 days ago. i want to go to urgent care but i am scheduled to work tomorrow and cannot make it tonight. do i still need to take time off from my balances? or does workers comp make any diff? my case is still open and i emailed the case manager half an hour ago but im not hopeful. i asked my store leadership and they just said its not a serious injury so i just have to use my balances?? idk

I've heard a lot (and read a lot on here) that making the jump from TL to ASTL is not worth it.

It looks like minimum base pay is ~$80k, which I understand wouldn't be a worthy increase for a TL who is near max, but would they really start a maxed out TL at the minimum salary for their promotion? That's insane if so.

Also, don't they get quarterly bonuses and stocks? What does the true annual compensation look like? Does anyone know?

My WB TL offered to give me the position of OW but J am a little nervous to accept it. I am an SSS and really like the laid back way of the job but I know I need more structure. I am also in school full time so being the SSS I am able to form my schedule exactly how I would need for school. I like the idea of becoming the OW because it will give me more money and I won’t have to work directly under store leadership anymore. I just don’t know if this would be a good move for me or not :/

What do the lead high light on their clipboard in different colors?

Not sure if anyone has had this happen before. I was/am on medical leave. Sedgwick gave me a deadline to turn in the documentation. My doctor just cleared me to return and she refused to fill out the leave paperwork until the test came back. Because she didn't have estimate of when I could return.

Wasn't a huge deal, but a test had to be repeated. Okay, not as much of an issue. I was going to have her fill it out at my appointment two days later. Then the office canceled my appointment. Because she was going out of town... No other doctor in her office would fill out the paperwork for leave...

I just shall her today. She cleared me for work. So I can actually return. Like she instructed me at the previous appointment. I sent her to leave paperwork. But she said very unlikely she will get my paperwork for Sedgwick completed in time... because they require 7 days for paperwork...

Which means my absence will likely not be covered. Negative UPT. Which means goodbye job in this job market.

I'm regardless going to see what is possible for me to do. But might be changing my status to customer.

after 5 years starting as a tm at $16, working and scamming my way into atl and finishing off at $34 an hour. im glad to say im done with this place. my direct leadership treated me well and my store leadership was indispensable.

i had a lot of fun, met a lot of interesting people, and after sleeping my way around the weird social circles of the grocery store, i think it's time for me to move on.

ama 30s male

so long, and thanks for all the fish

Is this normal for a lot of employees? I have been here for almost 2 years and I make under a quarter dollar more than new hires. I also started at a dollar less than what new hires make now. I'm wondering if this is normal pay.

I am a new hire in e-commerce and one of our leads doesn’t like me and this other lady. I have a neurological condition couple of them and I’ve picked before did online shopping, but their process is very clumsy to me here cause I’m doing a lot more than I used to and it’s hard for my brain to process all this at once and she knows about that and she told me in a very stern voice today. Oh well that’s part of the slamming process. You can’t do it here I stick labels on my bags and write what they are so I can keep track cause I’m a visual person. I can’t keep track of it all in my head in front of the store manager and I said well that’s hard for me to do. It’s easier for me to do it this way and she and she said very meanly. Well you’re just gonna have to try to do it this. I never was introduced to the store manager. I know who she is. I hope she doesn’t think I’m a bad person like I was hired to be put in a mentor program. I hope I just didn’t ruin that.

Hi,

I am no longer interested in a position I applied for and I'd like to withdraw my application, however every time I try Sage just tells me that I CAN withdraw but never tells me how. I tell it I want to withdraw and it says I can do that, so I say okay I'd like to and it juat reiterates that, yes, that's a thing I can do. I ask it how to withdraw, and it reiterates that I can withdraw if I want to. I'm talking to a brick wall here.

After 9 years in prepared foods 7 of them in leadership stepping down from ATL a couple months ago to go part time now im ready to put in my 2 weeks notice. Really looking forward to my next shift

Always will be grateful to wholefoods and my TLs I had over the years they're definitely the reason I've stuck with company for so long but the burnout over the years has gotten crazy Amazon really changed the company and not entirely for the best.

I'M OUT! ✌🏻