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Whole Foods Market

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Whole Foods Market reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(22,885 total reviews)
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Jason Buechel

58% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

3.3

Compensation and benefits

Whole Foods Market has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 22,885 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Whole Foods Market employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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Reviews by job title

23K reviews
2.0
Oct 2, 2008

Whole Foods has a lot of work to do

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits, once you work there for 6 months full time, which can include domestic partner benefits. Coworkers are friendly. There is a 20% store discount for employees. Whole Foods also does a lot of community service and actively supports local farmers. Currently building new stores that compost and run on solar energy.

Cons

Poor management, disrespecting of team members by management, low pay for entry-level work, difficult to have a steady schedule or to take time off to see family. Core values are not taken seriously. Bottom line has become the priority, and both customer service and team member satisfaction has dropped off.

4.0
Sep 30, 2008

Whole Foods Market - Best Counter Service Job I Have Had

Prepared foods counter service
Recommend
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Pros

Whole foods has a tight knit staff of colleagues. You are sure to make a lot of friends even outside your department. In my eight years in the counter service industry, Whole Foods provides the best experience accross the board. They have strong values of ethics and respect and managers generally encourage you to excel. Pay is excellent for the entry level positions. Benefits are great if you commit to the company enough.

Cons

Because the staff is so closely knit there tends to be daily gossip fests among certain employees. Also, if you expect to move up a you might have to kiss up a little or fight off a few coworkers. One supervisor secured her position by outgossiping the other candidate and destroying his reputation. Advances in pay can be paltry too. Unless combined with a major promotion expect to get less than a dollar after 6 months.

5.0
Sep 25, 2008

They really know how to treat their employees right. Bagger-STL.

Astl
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Business Outlook

Pros

They let anyone who is a hard worker live a version of the American dream. I started working as a bag person in my teens. I have worked my way up throughout the years and now make A LOT more in salary than friends that I have who have even been to graduate school/law school. I never went to college because WFM gave me an opportunity year after year and they still continue to do so. The benefits are amazing. If you have a live-in companion, they get Health Insurance benefits & discount cards. Of course, there are some things that you have to go through first in order to get these extended benefits but it is so nice to know that just because we live in a world that discriminates against same-sex marriage, WFM does not.

Cons

We are considered the best in the market for a natural grocer so that comes with high expectations among management, middle management and customers in our communities. It does get frusterating sometimes when PETA comes in and decides they hate something we do this week...but, as with every profession, you have to roll with the punches. WFM also upholds a strict policy on time management. Lateness to work does not bode well with them, and honestly, why should it? Being on time is very important to not only the employer, but to the customer and to the employee.

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