Yesterday we told you about an unhappy former bulk foods buyer at the Yorkville Whole Foods whose verbose screed of a resignation letter made its way (inevitably) to Gawker, and thus to the rest of the world. Gawker managed to track him down in South Korea, and got his take on the aftermath. Apparently, the letter was not meant for public consumption, although he acknowledges that sending it out to the whole Midwest region was probably not the best way to keep his criticisms internal. He also said that despite having worked at a variety of other retail gigs (from Walmart to Rogers Video), “not a single one even came close to making me feel the way Whole Foods did.” Read the whole thing »
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LINK: the disgruntled Whole Foods buyer speaks to Gawker (from South Korea)
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July 28, 2011 at 6:44 pm | by mattagascar