Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
Oof. I wonder what this means for Whole Foods culture and employees.<p>If you don't know, John Mackey, the CEO / founder, is a major believer in conscious capitalism and of empowering his employees.<p>Whole Food employees get paid pretty darn well with some crazy good benefits for their industry and line-of-work (UNION FREE most of the time too!).<p>WF banks on them being true believers and motivators of the cause - including dedicating a fair amount of paid time to trainings. I've heard mix stories about how Amazon treats employees. I wonder how that will mesh.<p>So I guess I'm asking:<p>* What is going to happen with employee culture?<p>* What is going to happen with all the "Fair Trade" deals WF has in place that might not be the most economical decision now?<p>* Here comes store automation and hefty lay-offs?<p>Source: Worked at WF for 3 years