Whole Foods Market Employee Reviews
Out of 1246 Whole Foods Market employee reviews, 89% were positive. The remaining 11% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Whole Foods Market improve their work culture. The Finance team, with 100% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Whole Foods Market compared to all other departments at the company. The Legal team offered the most constructive feedback, with NaN% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
They honestly care about our happiness and success. No opportunity is off limits.
Review from HR Dept
I feel like they are willing to listen and are continuously looking for ways to improve our process
Review from HR Dept
Retains culture for the company
Review from HR Dept
They seem human. There's an authenticity in their work ethic and team building.
Review from HR Dept
They seem honest and transparent. There are a lack of egos from the majority of the group.
Review from HR Dept
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Communication clear vision from top to bottom. Communicate and execute plan to improve TM benefits, pay scales, and work life balance.
Review from Retail Dept
Theres almost no point in providing feedback because WFM wont do anything about it. We have an annual employee engagement survey and years pass by and you dont feel, see or hear any change. Emails go out saying "we are changing, we care, we are doing XYZ" but XYZ is ineffective and does nothing
Review from Operations Dept
Our senior leadership are unwilling to accept data that does not align with their view of the company and our team members. They dismiss feedback that doesn't fit their narrative and keep us from meeting team member needs. team members who are quitting know why and we should listen.
Review from HR Dept
Having Single Threaded owners for faster decisions
Review from Engineering Dept
Some in leadership have completely lost sight of the WFM culture and have become overly focused on performance metrics just for the sake of getting bigger bonuses and notoriety for themselves at the expense of the company culture and its people. This is now showing up in attrition rates and lay-offs
Review from Engineering Dept
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Store discount, new 401k match is very exciting!
Review from HR Dept
The 20% discount in stores
Review from HR Dept
Our 20% discount is pretty great.
Review from HR Dept
other insurances - life, std, ltd, etc.
Review from HR Dept
That I can afford to pay bills, feed my family and give to less fortunate...I am blessed
Review from Retail Dept
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
To be honest I see offers and compensation. I have people starting in the same role as me making $8 more an hour.
Review from HR Dept
Better PTO policy, paid or floating holidays for level 3s, and 2 days in the office
Review from HR Dept
More competitive salaries and robust benefit packages.
Review from HR Dept
Being paid at a level other companies offer
Review from HR Dept
A clear intention from the company to improve and impact the lives of TMs. The raise structure is outdated, and starting salaries are lagging behind the rest of the job market.
Review from Retail Dept
What are some of the best things about your team?
Store experience, we take care of each other, cover each other for PTO, etc.
Review from HR Dept
Even though we are remote and spread out we still find ways to connect and be a team
Review from HR Dept
Collaborative, warm, funny, and caring
Review from HR Dept
We value each others' ideas and respect each others' time/ boundaries.
Review from HR Dept
The autonomy and support they bring
Review from HR Dept
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Leadership is way too powerful and completely unhinged. An EL of Operations can tell you to go f*** yourself but if you say it back, or if you even dare try to defend yourself, you get fired. 99% of the times, Operations starts these arguments with STLs, yet STLs get disciplined by HR
Review from Operations Dept
Have more experience - too junior
Review from IT Dept
Fewer meetings. There are way too many meetings.
Review from IT Dept
they need to stop complaining
Review from Marketing Dept
Better communication between coworkers is necessary.
Review from Sales Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Mission-driven company where we feel valued for our contributions.
Review from HR Dept
I love that we celebrate food
Review from HR Dept
The people are the best
Review from HR Dept
Very relaxed and friendly environment, but the culture doesn't really exist beyond "be kind".
Review from HR Dept
There's a peaceful energy here that's novel and very refreshing for such a large company.
Review from HR Dept
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Better benefits, better accountability for leaders
Review from Operations Dept
Better benefits and pay for all roles.
Review from Operations Dept
Stop promoting Type A, unpleasant STLs. There is a big difference in culture between stores.
Review from HR Dept
Relentless focus on Amazon Leadership principles
Review from Engineering Dept
Focus more on employee happiness and benifits
Review from Customer Support Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
The panel interview process is scary for candidates, but the most fair procedure I've experienced. It is truly unique in selecting the best candidate. I enjoy the due diligence process where you are encouraged to converse with panel members before the actual interview
Review from HR Dept
The opportunity to meet with more of the team than just my direct leadership. I was able to see the team dynamic clearly and felt as though I was having a conversation rather than being grilled.
Review from Marketing Dept
Panel format is effective - got a good sense of key players affecting my role.
Review from Product Dept
the panel being able to interact with multiple team members
Review from Marketing Dept
Focus on the person not exclusively the skills. Find the right person, then put that person in the right spot.
Review from IT Dept
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
There should be diversity recruiters. Also, there isnt any followup theiughout the process and very little communication. The recruiters will reach out to you and sometimes before they can even set up an interview, they stop responding. That's unacceptable, YOU reached out to ME.
Review from Operations Dept
its okay and fast decent i guess
Review from Marketing Dept
Ask more behavior based questions
Review from Customer Support Dept
It needed to be more thorough.
Review from Sales Dept
What makes you most happy at work?
Opportunity and flexibility of my role, helping my stores hire good people.
Review from HR Dept
The ability to balance my work and home life
Review from HR Dept
The people I work with, but comp needs more assessments
Review from HR Dept
Seeing the impact we have in so many factors of daily life.
Review from HR Dept
Everything except for the fact that it isn't fully remote. Think if we're going to have a hybrid model, the incentive of compensated meals or emphasis on team-building events should be a minimum
Review from HR Dept
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Leadership should be diverse. Leadership is at least 65% white. The company has no diversity, equity & inclusion department or programs. HR needs to be 1-step above Ops. Not because they deserve authority, but the HR people are too afraid to make change because of the power imbalance.
Review from Operations Dept
My leader is not a great communicator, I am treated as an entry level professional and my particular business group is not respected among the company
Review from Operations Dept
Some days I feel overworked.
Review from Operations Dept
There is no consistent direction in tech, I haven't really understood my role for my 2+ years with the company. The organization is weirdly siloed
Review from IT Dept
Career paths have been muddied by a transformation to a more Amazon-like structure. The time scale is uncertain on when people can really step into new opportunities and that can be demotivating.
Review from IT Dept
What do you like best about your company?
The environment and culture. They definitely take care of us.
Review from Sales Dept
Quality of work