Whole Foods Market Environment Employee Reviews | Comparably
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EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
345
TOTAL
RATINGS
8303

Whole Foods Market Environment Employee Reviews

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

How we all feel about each other and what we are willing to do to help each other.

Review from HR Dept

everyone treats each other like responsible adults, we trust each other to walk the walk on what we say and promise

Review from HR Dept

Hands down.. the people are the best part! You are able to be yourself here. The flexible work environment, being able to bring your pup to work and the foodie culture is also a plus!

Being able to be who I am and others being able to be who they are and loved and accepted

Review from Retail Dept

They encourage you to take care of your health and emphasize work-life balance.

Review from HR Dept

The culture at wfm is unlike any other

Review from HR Dept

The culture is very supportive, helpful, respectful and lighthearted.

Review from HR Dept

the family oriented way of being

Review from Operations Dept

Honesty, friendliness, availability to help

Review from Admin Dept

Not the benefits for PT TMs

Review from Retail Dept

I'm busy and time flies by. My job is always changing and I'm learning something new Monthly. I don't get bored with my job and My team is great and has positive personalities with willingness to continue to evolve with humor. Laughter is the best cure for stress.

Review from Operations Dept

All process improvement ideas are welcome

Review from Operations Dept

Culture is fun, collaborative, and supportive. Team Members care about and look out for each other.

One of our core values is Promoting Team Member Happiness, and it's evident in the day-to-day interactions. Everyone is treated fairly, expectations are reasonable, and people understand when there are things outside of work that need to take the priority sometimes.

Review from HR Dept

I work at WFM, enough said!

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

Employees need to get better benefits and pay, hands down. If not, they need a union.

Review from Customer Support Dept

global and regional need to work in a real store before implementing ideas that do not function in a grocery retail store

Review from Customer Support Dept

culture is pretty alright. maybe acknowledge more outwardly that a lot of the jobs in the store are just summer jobs and stop trying to force the 'everything is great and this is the best place ever' down people's throats

Review from Sales Dept

Bottom line reassessment is needed

Review from Operations Dept

Review Sentiment at Whole Foods Market

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About Whole Foods Market's Environment

A+
79/100

Where This Score Ranks Whole Foods Market's Environment

TOP
5%

In the Top 5% of 1188 similar size companies on Comparably

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Not enough ratings to compare against companies in Austin

1st

1st place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at Whole Foods Market is considered positive by 88% of employees and regarded as having a “comfortably fast” work pace by 182 employees. Whole Foods Market ranks in the Top 5% of 1188 similar sized companies (10,000+ Employees) on Comparably.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Tenure - 5 to 10 Years
    +9%
  • Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino
    +4%
  • Experience - 6 to 10 Years
    +4%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Tenure - Over 10 Years
    -11%
  • Department - Admin
    -10%
  • Tenure - Less than 1 Year
    -7%

How Whole Foods Market's Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 320 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less9%
869%
1019%
121%
More than 122%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
Extremely fast18%
Comfortably fast57%
Moderate20%
A bit slow3%
Bureaucratic2%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive88%
Negative12%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
AnswerPercent
Yes27%
No73%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
AnswerPercent
Yes64%
No36%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less66%
5-10%21%
10-25%9%
25-50%3%
50%+1%
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