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Whole Foods Market reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(22,873 total reviews)
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Jason Buechel

58% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Whole Foods Market has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 22,873 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Whole Foods Market employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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23K reviews
5.0
May 31, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

All of the opportunity for advancement, raises, benefits, etc, are in the hands of the employees. I have never found a place that was so willing to please its employees. They want us to be happy so that we do our jobs well and help turn a profit, and it works tremendously well. I am a very happy employee, perhaps for the first time in a job ever, and I tell all of my friends to get jobs at Whole Foods. I wouldn't do that if I didn't stand behind everything that the company stands for and know that the company stands behind me too.

Cons

Truly and honestly, I can't think of any.

5.0
May 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Whole Foods is a very good company to work for. The benefits are better than any other company in which I have worked for. The employees have a say in every area of the company, they even vote every 3 years on what the benefit package should be and then the majority is the way the set up the benefits for the next 3 years. They are very family oriented, I've worked for 2 different regions and although there are some differences, for the most part it is all one big happy family, with the little quirks that you would expect to find in any family! All in all, the company is a really great company to work for, every company has it's downsides, I can honestly say though that I've never been happier working for any other company!

Cons

I have worked for 2 different regions and have found that each region isn't necessarily operating the same. That is Whole Foods though, every one in the company has a say in how things are run. I guess it's all a matter of your own personal opinions and convictions, the first region was a very family oriented region, where even our President and Vice Presidents of multiple Regional departments were in your stores multiple times a year and really cared about what the TM's had to say without Management being there! I honestly can't think of anything else that I can give input to on this subject!

4.0
May 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Income, benefits, and in my particular situation, the people I work with. My Team Leader(s) have been inestimably helpful in helping me move forward and succeed at Whole Foods while still accomodating my outside-of-work interests and passions. The product quality is fabulous, the core values are admirable, and the health and lifestyle choices encouraged are great, and have helped me in more ways than just pay. I have learned an increadible wealth of information about our products, and am still continuing to learn in my current position. Also, the benefits package is awesome.

Cons

It is very large and very corporate. I often feel the repercussions of Regional meddling within the local store. Also, the Data team tends to be slow and/or difficult to deal with.

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