The Whole Foods CEO keeps on keeping on being fucktarded. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/20...hn-mackey-on-fascism-and-conscious-capitalism
He can say whatever he wants. But where does the money go? (also their smoked meat is terrible and tasteless. Beware)
Because it's a good supermarket? Because in supermarket chain selections, you have to prioritize a number of things, and all things considered it doesn't seem that he's an asshole to his employees, suppliers, or customers through his choices? I don't usually regard things as irreconcilable between me and the far-off CEO of a business until they wander into discrimination against women or minorities or something like that. I mean, he's relatively outspoken, but if you listen to what enough CEOs believe personally and then don't filter by material harm they do you end up with access to second rate ice cream and that fucking beeswax chapstick and that's it.
I literally paused while putting on my fucking beeswax chapstick to mouth "fuck you" at the computer screen hoping the internet is magic enough to transform it into a punch to your gonads.
Yeah, he treats his employees great. http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/node/4187 http://www.savvysugar.com/Reaction-Whole-Foodss-New-Employee-Health-Benefits-7282495 http://bdgrdemocracy.wordpress.com/...-to-vote-for-increased-benefit-contributions/
Compared to what? I get that shitty insurance is virtually indistinguishable from a pyramid scheme, but we're talking about a bottom of the barrel area in terms of employee treatment. If Costco and Trader Joe's are "good" within their niches, Whole Foods is at worst mediocre relative to its field, and pretty much everybody else is figuring out how many corpses to stack to keep up with Wal-mart.
"Not as bad as Wal-Mart" is obviously a pretty tough bridge to cross. The point is, Whole Foods is an upscale market with huge profits and they cheap out on the way they treat their employees. If the Costco guy was running Whole Foods, they'd have bulletproof health plans and great pay...just like most Costco employees.
I don't get why you're lecturing me, but knock yourself out. I shop at supermarkets that sell things I want and are convenient, and I stop when they actively offend. We wouldn't even be talking about this if Mackey weren't personally offensive for his political opinions and advocacy, so I don't see a reason to have that translate into exaggerating his business practice deficiencies relative to Kroger and Publix and all of the other magical rainbow places to work for and supply in its specific field, and certainly relative to the mass discount field where Costco isn't just an exception but an extraordinarily unusual one.
Man, I wish the ACA gave the government control over production of health care. It would be far less stupid than it currently is, and likely cheaper.
A lot of the reason Costco behaves like that is that hiring dedicated, high-productivity is part of their business model. Their employees per square foot number is unbelievably tiny compared to any other retail outlet.
One of these is going into the new Lansdowne development in the Glebe here in Ottawa. The Glebe is known for its small shops, comfortable cafes and a general left-wing vibe, but there's a lot of concern on what stores like Whole Foods will do to the neighborhood. Gentrification is already rapidly consuming the Market district here, it gets kind of depressing to see it extend inexorably across the city.
It's so true. I'd really love to see Wegmans and Whole Foods go head to head in a market. The quality of Wegmans' food is at least as good, if not better, and their prices are a lot more reasonable. On a lot of staple items--milk, eggs, etc.--they are often the lowest price in town. And yet in spite of this, they still manage to pay their employees well and provide them with great benefits, including health care. Even for part-time workers!
There are three (!!!) Whole Foods within 2 miles of my apartment and when I go in any of them I can't not see the dumb fucking Mackey books they have stacked up next to the register. If someone picks one up and doesn't frown after a second they become the enemy. But I still shop there when I feel like I have a little extra money to throw around because good food and I will never skip a chance to get exacerbated by young seemingly liberal lolbertarians.
Both Wegman's (#5) and Whole Foods (#81) are on the list for the top 100 companies to work for http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2013/list/?iid=bc_sp_full
The wife raves about Wegmans, they started in her home town of Rochester, and now there's one nearby so she's happy.
