Whole Foods is an expensive place to shop. Whole Foods is the top provider of natural and organic foods in the U.S. Whole Foods is frequently held up as a model of corporate and social responsibility and is on "Fortune"s Best Companies To Work For 2014." Yet Whole Foods employees in the stores, handling consumable groceries, are unable to take a sick day without losing pay and receiving negative demerit points towards their attendance. This puts co-workers and customers at risk for illness.

Average Whole Foods employees cannot afford to shop at the stores, even with their discount cards. Most start part-time, at around $10 per hour, which although is above the national minimum wage, is considered poverty level in all regions. Many part-time workers have been begging for full-time status for years. They are unable to easily find second jobs due to the bizarre, inflexible scheduling practices. Whole Foods employees receive weekly schedules 2-3 days before the week starts, with unpredictable hours and many receive "clopening" shifts, (where they close at 11 p.m. & must be back to work at 6 a.m. or earlier) making it impossible to plan life events or make additional needed income.

I have moved on to a much better job with excellent management and positive reinforcement for employees, who are actually treated like adults when it comes to managing their own time. I left behind a lot of great friends with low morale and I would like to see Whole Foods make their lives better or simply lose the carefully crafted false image of being a great employer.

Please see my Huffington Post, which could be published in July 2014: "The 8 Harshest Things I Discovered While Working For Whole Foods." If Huffpo passes, I will have to publish elsewhere. More later....

The Bottom Line: Shouldn't Whole Foods uphold their own "Core Value" of supporting team member happiness?