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leftieNanner

(16,089 posts)

7. So much for customer service!

Reply to ChicagoTeamster (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 03:08 PM

3 hrs ago

People are willing to pay more for quality, but knowledgeable and helpful staff makes a big difference. Running WF like an Amazon warehouse just doesn't make sense.

I don't shop there any more.

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The Hidden Horrors of Whole Foods Grocery Chain 🫒 [View all] appalachiablue 5 hrs ago OP

How does management find time for an open-door policy? bucolic_frolic 4 hrs ago #1

Yes, with so much pressure on speed and time how are mgrs and workers able to communicate. appalachiablue 4 hrs ago #4

"Metrics," one of the most vile corporate strategies of the past 50 years Orrex 2 hrs ago #10

Sad.. i remember when it started ss mrs Gooches BlueWaveNeverEnd 4 hrs ago #2

Thanks for adding that, it must have been nice then. appalachiablue 4 hrs ago #5

I was IT contractor with Whole Foods after Amazon acquisition longtime WF employees were leaving because of Amazon CIO ChicagoTeamster 4 hrs ago #3

That's sad, employees had their reasons for sure. Thanks for posting. appalachiablue 4 hrs ago #6

So much for customer service! leftieNanner 3 hrs ago #7

Plus one. Bernie has been right for many decades. They called him a radical, liberal .......... twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #8

As far back as I can remember grocery stores hired an excessive amount of part-timers so that twodogsbarking 2 hrs ago #9

Yes..and I hope their union efforts succeed, pleassee. appalachiablue 1 hr ago #11

Hope is good. Hope on. twodogsbarking 57 min ago #12