Whole Foods employees are 'crying' over stressful new workplace rules, report says

[specsaregood]

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/20...port-says.html

Whole Foods employees are 'crying' over stressful new workplace rules, report says
"report", I see no real reference to any "report". Sounds more like "union organizations promote"

Employees at Whole Foods Market say the company’s new policies have thrown their workday into chaos, with one supervisor saying it’s not uncommon to see stressed-out employees crying on the job.

Workers for the Austin-based supermarket chain tell Business Insider that the store’s new “order-to-shelf” inventory system has been taking a toll on the staff since the guidelines were implemented last year

I wake up in the middle of the night from nightmares about maps and inventory,” said one Whole Foods employee who spoke with Business Insider. “The stress has created such a tense working environment. Seeing someone cry at work is becoming normal."

Under the new procedure, store managers and employees are instructed to display the store’s inventory mostly on its shelves, rather than hold a larger inventory in a back room and constantly restock — a practice that leads to stores “constantly running out of products,” according to one employee.

This order-to-shelf system, or OTS, is also the same system that was recently blamed for the empty shelves spotted at Whole Foods locations across the country, but employees have claimed that the “militaristic” inventory system prevented them from doing much to correct the problem.

Making matters worse are the new “scorecards” that managers are expected to grade their employees with. According to Business Insider, these scorecards record how an employee stocked a certain shelf, or managed the storage area for their department. Supervisors are also expected to quiz employees on the best-selling items or sales goals for that particular week, and deduct points for unsatisfactory results, if necessary.

"Every item in our department has a designated spot that is labeled or marked," another employee told the publication. "If that item is even an inch outside of its designated spot … we receive negative marks."

Any employee who scores below an 89.9 is possibly subject to termination, say workers

more at link...

But anyways, If these rules are too tough for these snowflakes then... well I don't even know what to say. I'd wager there are hundreds of people willing to take their jobs and perform up to snuff. seriously, these people have obviously never had to work an actual HARD job.

[Raginfridus]

It's never just work, if they're crying its a combination of stress at home and the fatigue of working a dead-end job, living beyond their means, maybe going to school, family issues. Work, as we know it, doesn't make people cry in itself.

[Schifference]

Sounds like this is a step toward eliminating the shelf stocker and having automation stock the shelves.

[XNavyNuke]

I really hope Whole Foods is committed to efficiency and shifts to Manna 1.0

http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm

XNN

[angelatc]

Employees at Whole Foods Market say the company’s new policies have thrown their workday into chaos, with one supervisor saying it’s not uncommon to see stressed-out employees crying on the job.

DH says that was never uncommon.

He also says their managers are probably freaking. Under the previous Libertarian ownership (which the left sobbed about) employee happiness was always prioritized over profit. Liberal Bezos isn't that guy.

[angelatc]

Sounds like this is a step toward eliminating the shelf stocker and having automation stock the shelves.

Forcing the old well paid staffers out so they can replace them with people making more market-competitive salaries. The starting pay at WF was $18 - $25 an hour with an amazing benefits package. My husband fought and lost the battle to restructure some departments under him down because there was no way an $11k per week department justified 4 employees when the same 11K could be obtained with a single part-timer. No automation required.

Again, liberals there tried to force Mackey out. Now there's a prog running it. Boofuckinghoo.

[kcchiefs6465]

Someone should tell the roofers that they don't have it as hard as it could be.

Automated ordering systems and computerized inventory? Almost sounds like their jobs are getting easier, not harder.

[Anti Federalist]

DH says that was never uncommon.

He also says their managers are probably freaking. Under the previous Libertarian ownership (which the left sobbed about) employee happiness was always prioritized over profit. Liberal Bezos isn't that guy.

Gauged, spiked, tattooed, electric blue haired idiot progs, Bolsheviks and leftists clamor in the streets for Soviet era working conditions, then cry when they get them.

Sounds about right.

[Zippyjuan]

Forcing the old well paid staffers out so they can replace them with people making more market-competitive salaries. The starting pay at WF was $18 - $25 an hour with an amazing benefits package. My husband fought and lost the battle to restructure some departments under him down because there was no way an $11k per week department justified 4 employees when the same 11K could be obtained with a single part-timer. No automation required.

Again, liberals there tried to force Mackey out. Now there's a prog running it. Boofuckinghoo.

Goodbye to more well paying jobs with benefits.

[Swordsmyth]

Amazon Patents Ultrasonic Tracking Wristbands To Control Workers

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-03/amazon-patents-ultrasonic-tracking-wristbands-control-workers

[heavenlyboy34]

"Every item in our department has a designated spot that is labeled or marked," another employee told the publication. "If that item is even an inch outside of its designated spot … we receive negative marks."

If that bothers them, I hope they never get into any kind of fabrication or construction-where inaccuracy of even an inch literally kills people.

[Zippyjuan]

If that bothers them, I hope they never get into any kind of fabrication or construction-where inaccuracy of even an inch literally kills people.

In retail, inches are dollars. Whole Foods is joining the other grocery stores in becoming more corporate- using "slotting fees" where companies pay to have access to the shelf space in the store. Moving something a facing over on a shelf may be taking space another company has paid for. Slotting fees can be a big source of income for a store- sometimes exceeding the profits from selling the merchandise in that section. That is why they are cracking down on things in the right places. The fees can squeeze out small or local suppliers Whole Foods has promoted as having since they are less able to afford to pay them. 80- 90% of new products fail- and this won't help them.

https://newfoodeconomy.org/whole-foo...r-demo-system/

[dannno]

DH says that was never uncommon.

He also says their managers are probably freaking. Under the previous Libertarian ownership (which the left sobbed about) employee happiness was always prioritized over profit. Liberal Bezos isn't that guy.

Amazon Patents Ultrasonic Tracking Wristbands To Control Workers

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...ontrol-workers

Not surprised the libertarian boss was pretty cool, and the new leftist boss is running it like a concentration camp...

[donnay]

Not surprised the libertarian boss was pretty cool, and the new leftist boss is running it like a concentration camp...

Exactly.

Plus Bezos CIA ties.

[Origanalist]

I took a tumble halfway down a stairway about an hour ago on muh stilts. I cried, I wailed, I sobbed. Now I'm literally shaking, I can relate.

[oyarde]

Probably not a stock I would hold .

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

The fees can squeeze out small or local suppliers Whole Foods has promoted as having since they are less able to afford to pay them. 80- 90% of new products fail- and this won't help them.

You've worked in a grocery store for 25 years, so what can you say about this:

According to an email obtained by the Post, grocery vendors that sell more than $300,000 annually to the chain will need to discount their products by three percent to pay for the program.
http://www.retailwire.com/discussion...o-pay-to-play/

Do you have suppliers that small in your store? And what do you think of Whole Foods prices overall? I always thought they were incredibly high. Even their price drops are not impressive. Their bananas dropped from .79lb to .49lb, but I've been paying .50lb at Food Lion for years. Their avocados dropped from 2.49 to 1.49, but I have to wonder about the size. I find 8 oz avocados at Aldi for .95.

http://www.businessinsider.com/whole...-amazon-2017-8

[timosman]

Bezos is an idiot. Whole Foods was always about the fake smiles. Take that away and why would anybody be shopping there?

[angelatc]

Goodbye to more well paying jobs with benefits.

Again, the Libertarians ran your dream store. Food priced three times higher than the competition, but lots of hugs and feel goods. Now the liberals are taking over. Suck it up, buttercup.

[angelatc]

Not surprised the libertarian boss was pretty cool, and the new leftist boss is running it like a concentration camp...

That's true liberalism. It is all about controlling other people in order to force them to work toward your personal definition of the common good.

[angelatc]

In retail, inches are dollars. Whole Foods is joining the other grocery stores in becoming more corporate- using "slotting fees" where companies pay to have access to the shelf space in the store. Moving something a facing over on a shelf may be taking space another company has paid for. Slotting fees can be a big source of income for a store- sometimes exceeding the profits from selling the merchandise in that section. That is why they are cracking down on things in the right places. The fees can squeeze out small or local suppliers Whole Foods has promoted as having since they are less able to afford to pay them. 80- 90% of new products fail- and this won't help them.

https://newfoodeconomy.org/whole-foo...r-demo-system/

That evil empire Walmart doesn't charge slotting fees. You liberals and your hypocrisy annoy the crap out of me.

[heavenlyboy34]

Bezos is an idiot. Whole Foods was always about the fake smiles. Take that away and why would anybody be shopping there?

Hippie food. They also have restaurants in the stores. I don't care for it and think it's way overpriced, but I know people who love it. ~shrugs~ value is subjective.

[timosman]

That evil empire Walmart doesn't charge slotting fees. You liberals and your hypocrisy annoy the crap out of me.

I am not an expert but I play one on TV.

[timosman]

Hippie food. They also have restaurants in the stores. I don't care for it and think it's way overpriced, but I know people who love it. ~shrugs~ value is subjective.

Putting a minimum wage staff will change the character of the store.

[heavenlyboy34]

I took a tumble halfway down a stairway about an hour ago on muh stilts. I cried, I wailed, I sobbed. Now I'm literally shaking, I can relate.

Poor grandpapa orig. ~hugs~

[heavenlyboy34]

Putting a minimum wage staff will change the character of the store.

Touche.

[specsaregood]

That evil empire Walmart doesn't charge slotting fees. You liberals and your hypocrisy annoy the crap out of me.

They started charging them in 2015.

[oyarde]

No threat to Aldi .

[Zippyjuan]

That evil empire Walmart doesn't charge slotting fees. You liberals and your hypocrisy annoy the crap out of me.

Really?

http://www.bslg.com/breaking-news-wa...slotting-fees/

BREAKING NEWS: Walmart Adds Slotting Fees

by Broad Street | Published 06/25/2015

One of the chief barriers to new grocery & food products are the “slotting fees” charged by traditional food retailers like Kroger, Stop & Shop, Albertson’s, etc.

Basically, slotting fees are bribes– oops, fees– food manufacturers must pay to the store chain in order to get their products on shelves. Estimates for slotting fees run as high as $1MM per chain per product. Naturally these fees have kept smaller manufacturers out of the traditional grocery channel. In the past, mass retailers like Walmart and “club stores” like Sam’s Club, Costco and BJ’s did not charge slotting fees. This meant that most new products were introduced through Walmart or the clubs.

All that is now changing, at least with the Bentonville Behemoth.

New fees ranging from 1% on the value of goods held in inventory up to 10% for food suppliers on the value of goods shipped to new stores are being assessed to 10,000 of the chain’s 11,000 vendors. Beer and other adult beverages, as well as produce have so far been excluded. The justification is that Walmart needs to ensure “pricing consistency across stores.” But the real reason seems to be a downturn in sales and a squeeze on its bottom line as other retailers at the lower end of the pricing spectrum eat into the companies profits.

[specsaregood]

Really?
http://www.bslg.com/breaking-news-wa...slotting-fees/

Yes, I pointed out above that they started charging them in 2015. Angela's information was just out of date a bit; but to be fair to her, Walmart did not charge them for the first 45 years of their existence and during their growth to a behemoth, they did not charge slotting fees and it separated them from most other retailers.