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Apr 23, 2009
2009-04-23 16:34 PDT
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Whole Foods – “benefits are crap, hours are long, they pay peanuts”
2 of 2 people found this helpfulPros
Great food, terrific values that they stand behind, wonderful people to work with.I don't fault those that rise from the bottom to the top. That is one of the best things about whole foods, that you can start a cashier and make six figures managing a store (with no degree) five years later. But there are only a few store manager positions...
Cons
Benefits start with a $1500 deductible the first year. Absolutely impossible to use the meager vacation time (one week) I was allotted (you build up PTO hours but you also have use them for Christmas, New Years Day, Thanksgiving, (no holidays built in) so I rarely got any time to see my family. Horrible work life balance. Salary for my work and responsibilities was way below market value. They do not pay well unless you make it to store manager.
Advice to Senior Management
Keep making money I guess.
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by Anonymous:
Recently Wholefoods had a benefits vote for the next three years. If you are newly hired under 10,000 hours, full time employee. You have to pay a extra $10 premium fee per a paycheck starting year 2010. If your starting salary is $8.50/hr thats over hour of work just to pay for it. Thats $260 extra a year, plus I have been working almost a year and accumulated just 1500hrs. 10000 hours/1500hrsperyear = 6 2/3 year to recieve free health insurance. You would have paid $1732 in premiums.
The insurance is a high deductible $1700. So for those unaware how decuctible works. That means you have to pay $1700 our of your pocket before the insurance will pay for your healthcare. And the Max out of pocket co insurance is $5000.