Dear Whole Foods Team Members,We are writing to you today as a group of WFM Team Members who have grown concerned about our work environment and job expectations. We are sending this letter to every buyer and specialist alias and as many TMs as possible within all WFM regions and stores.In the last three years, we have experienced layoffs, job consolidations, reduced labor budgets, poor wage growth, and constantly being asked to do more with fewer resources and now with less compensation. Store leadership, regional/global executives and coordinators now receive Amazon stock options. Prior to the merger, full-time TMs received similar stock option benefits from WFM. Jeff Bezos should not have earned 150 billion dollars while the majority of his workers live paycheck to paycheck and do not receive profit sharing. The clandestine nature of Amazon offering stock options to Store Leadership without informing TMs is beyond problematic. It is insulting and unethical.We believe WFM Team Members deserve a private, secure space to share our experiences, ideas and concerns about working for WFM. We aim to provide a welcoming community environment that is anonymous where Team Members can feel comfortable expressing themselves without fear of losing their job. We have titled this community
Whole Worker
and we are hosting it on Slack.To join
Whole Worker
simply download the Slack app from your smartphone app store and enter your wholefoods.com email address on the Slack startup screen. You can also click on this link https://join.slack.com/t/wholeworker/signup and then use your wholefoods.com email address to create an account. Your WFM email address will only be used once for account creation and is not shared withany member of the community including our community mods, and
Whole Worker
is not hosted on anyWFM or Amazon controlled server. You may also email WholeWorkerWFM@gmail.com, and we will
send you a link to create an account.We give so much of ourselves to our jobs every day. We do great work. We should feel valued and be well compensated for our hard work and dedication. This is why we created
Whole Worker
. Let’s cometogether and share ideas about how we can improve our work environment, engage WFM leaders on a global scale and secure living wages and profit sharing for all Whole Foods team members.Sincerely,Whole Worker Community Founders
