Do valued employees make business more successful? 

This is real. My uncle had a business where he tried to make employees feel like part of our family. It worked! He had many employees with 20-30 years of service.

It sounds simple and should be simple. But 90 % of companies treat their employees poorly.

If you can't pay your bills, you won't be a happy employee anyway.

Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines put the company priorities as Employees first, customers second and shareholders third. The thought was - if employees are happy, they will insure that the customer is happy. If the customer is happy, they will return, thus making shareholders happy. Too many companies have that reversed. They put shareholders first, customers second, and employees last. I think Herb's way is right.

Man when protest for a CEO to get his job back, he must treat them well. Now thats loyalty.

The irony of covering this is that CBS isn't on the list.

This is exactly one of the reasons why Costco is successful.

Some companies get it... Most don't.

I worked for Walmart back in 2001. They told me I was on a team and I wasn't just an employee...I was an "associate" . We even did the Walmart cheer at the beginning of the shift. Problem was I made 6.50/hr and didn't have health insurance. I couldn't even afford to buy a six pack of beer to forget my problems for one night. My point is you can brainwash stupid people to believe anything, but at the end of the day when you've worked hard and you're still broke, you will never be happy. You go to work to make money. You give up that 40 hours of your week so you can enjoy the rest of the week with the people you love and choose to be with. If you're not making money there is no point to your job. Don't feed into the BS that your employer cares about you. You are easily replaceable, and so are they.

Employees are not lazy, corporations just dont take care of its workers anymore. Why work hard for you when you dont work hard for us?

Companies don't care about employees

Walmart could learn from watching this.

American employers need to give stock to the employees. If you own part of the company you work for, you will work really hard to make the company to grow

I enjoyed working for my employer as a young man. 36 years later I'm valued as much as someone who just walked in off the street. No bonus ever and very rarely actually thanked for what I do. Modern business only cares about profit. Staff are treated as liabilities not assets. I really fear for the working life my kids are joining, zero hour and short contracts together with chronic housing shortages. We really need to go back to where we came from and put a little humanity back into the working environment.

well whole foods dropped off that list after Amazon bought them

Market Basket is a great supermarket chain. Stop and Shop wishes they had the same loyalty.

Where I worked for almost thirty years the owners couldn’t wait to get rid of us employees with tenure After many of us left the business is now on the verge of collapse

I wonder what working at Whole Foods is like now that Amazon owns it.

Ironically, in my visits to Whole Foods, I have found the vast majority of the employees that I interact with to be insufferable and borderline snobby. And now that I find out they get a 30% discount on the overpriced food that I'm forced to pay full price for, I think I'm going to stick to Trader Joe's!

Remembers the Grocery chain of Market Basket in Southern California back in the 1960's.....I seem to recall the employee's and management getting long with customers and with themselves.....guess it was a better time too.

Isn't this the America way give more to the shareholders and not the employees who do the job you don't want to and receive low wages!

I think it's ridiculous that we pay CEOs 1,000 times what the average worker is bringing home. I mean you got to have some really good ideas to make 1,000 times what someone else makes in my opinion

There's no such thing as teamwork, because there's always somebody on the team who won't work!!

This should be obvious

I quit my corporate job 11 years ago and haven't looked back. I'm much more happy and I get to control my days on when i decide to work and not work. Only problem I've run into is, sometimes filling my days with something to do only because most of my friends have to go to their 9-5's. Being self employed, working when I want to work. Having all my monthly expenses covered and having money left over every month for entertainment... has been such a huge relief in my life!!! I could be making 4x what I make doing what I do now, if I were to go back to corporate world, but not having to deal with corporate politics and people who just come to work to be lazy, skirt their responsibilities and put blame on others in order to make themselves look better although at the same time, actually not offer answers or solutions to issues they're pointing out... No amount of money is worth it to me! Having my freedom, my days open to do what I wish to do and most of all, NO BOSS TO REPORT TO OR ANSWER TO!!!... so much better! Everyone should look for a type of career which gives them the freedom that they desire and enjoy!!!

No, not in a world where profits are everything.

Send this video to the Estee Lauder Companies, STAT!!!

A happy worker is a good worker. A worker that has an environment for their secure and they know that their income is coming in steadily is a good worker

So businesses care so much about the bottom line, some has gone so far to make the customers ring up their own items, bag it and take it out. And the customers pays these businesses to be a free worker. Amazing.

Seems when a grocery store pays low and treats employees poorly that would tempt employees to steal just to get by.

I can't believe this question must be asked. The answer is obviously a resounding, "Well, duh!"

I don't mind working for somebody else but I'm working hard to have my own business. Companies can't be trusted to provide a living anymore.

i find the term "team member" to be condecending . on the contrary, when you are refered to as an employee, the preface is that: said employee is there to perform a job and will be rewarded with a paycheck. "team member" is orwellian mumbo jumbo feel good language garbage. its a "soft word" and will result in "soft" buisness growth. tell it like it is.

Europe has been doing this forever....lol We in the USA are always behind.

2:33 sharpen your knife buddy, quit sawing at the meat

kind of ironic that they use Whole Foods as an example, and now that they have been acquired by amazon, "Since being bought by Amazon two years ago, employees at Whole Foods say their working conditions have declined markedly amid pressure to push Amazon Prime deals and memberships, plus widespread understaffing, increased workloads and labor budget cuts."

Most companies only pay lip service to "our employees are our most valuable asset". TOTAL CRAP. IF that were true income inequality wouldn't be as pronounced as it is today. So yes, valued employees make better employees. Trick is that takes time, effort, sincerity, and money. All things not associated with labor relations.

I worked for American Airlines for 23 years and employees liked their jobs but hated the company. It was a constant battle between management and labor. Whenever their was something wrong it was always labors fault but when things were going good management always took credit. When business took a downturn labor took the hit in wages and benefits. When it turned around it was management bonuses and new aircraft,but the losses that labor took never come back completely.

Listen to the third word out of his mouth at 3:01 "TEAM-MEMBERS". He doesn't say "employees", "workers", "staff". He calls the people who work at Whole Foods his fellow "Team-Members". This is the key. Period. Everyone from the CEO to the bagger is a part of a team. In a team, there is no one person who is more important than another. The team functions because each member of the team works not to make the individual succeed and get ahead, but to empower others and make the TEAM succeed. Well done, sir.

Capitalism will crumble because the worker bees will refuse to work because of poor treatment.

You know, its funny one of my toughest jobs as a young guy was painting old houses in Massachusetts but I had a great boss and the days went fast and were believe it or not pretty fun. I also worked at an Exxon convenience store gas station right out of law school while studying for the bar. The owner was a great boss and was open to my ideas. The thing is that neither of these jobs were great per se or particularly fulfilling, but I look back on both fondly. By contrast my first law job was a miserable experience and I couldn't believe that after all I had gone through to get into law school, to graduate, and to pass the bar, that I would be treated worse in my first job as a lawyer than when I worked at McDonald's.

How can you expect them to be honest on camera when reputation is on the line lol

The real employees are the CEOs, INVESTORS, and DEVELOPERS only....if you are the guy below that... Good luck and happy toiling for a minimum pay...they are going to hire an H1-B1 Visa holder from India to train you...

I am a firm believer how the customer gets treated by a business depends on how the front line people are treated by management.

If you treat your employees right they will want to work harder.

plot twist the Uncle actually plotted it with his people

And THEN WFs was bought by Amazon.

USPS ....are you listening ???

Happy employees = happy customers . It is that simple. Treat your employees right and everything will take care of itself. Just look at Costco for example.

this didnt age well the sold to amazon

"Drinking the kook-aid" 😁

You can blame this on "at will employment law". Makes is easy for the mediocre to skate decency. Its more profitable that way.

Trucking Companies are horrible also

This video did not age well

Working for an Automated Clearing House was stressful and when I asked for compensation to align with amount of work. It took my letter of resignation to get an offer but it was to late I was done begging

I love my boss, she's also a great friend. If she ever got fired I'd quit as well. This man was obviously more than just a boss, he was probably also a genuinely great guy and that's why all those employees rallied for him.

I worked 8 years at wf its okay.

I cant describe to you the change where I worked after the bosses changed. Went from a relatively friendly environment with many dedicated long-time employees to being a hive of stress with a constant revolving door of new employees. I saw many of the best employees on our team get fired or quit, and those that remained were so miserable they did the bare minimum so they wouldn't get fired. And even after all that, the new boss cared so little for his own job that he took a better paying one with a rival company after only 3 years.

AMEN! AMEN! starve or dignity, death or dignity, damn the evil greedy.

7:37 That's America. Overly zealous people and then the rest of us. High five guy is part of the "3" and the no high five guy is part of the "out of 10". There is NO balance at companies now days you have the office ALL making good money with NO O.T needed. Then there is the rest of us working +40 cause you need the money. As the woman kinda alluded to with her "full disclosure" they weren't going to talk to those people at the smoke shack/area. Those workers fought to get the manager they thought would help them get as much money for themselves as possible. The same as all Americans, same a picking a president.

If You live in Northern Utah, don't work for Dugway Proving Ground. They treat their employees horribly, especially if you are a woman!

NO NO NO you want good employees yes you hire correctly but someone may have all the qualifications but not be engaged then what do you do. Just because someone has all that does not mean there qualified.. What you should be doing is treating your employees like a human and give them respect learn about them and their hobby's for example rather then act like a big boss manager etc. and push your people away because you don't relate to someone or they are not as smart as you etc. Being a people person and communication will give you better results then anything else.. Treat someone right and teach them the skills they need to succeed and they will be successful and engaged...

There’s no value in employees anymore. Everyone is and will always be replaceable.

Absolutely love the story hope to be on the list within the next decade

You are measured by the people you develop. I will go out of my way to not shop in your store. By the way the 13th amendment to the constitution abolished slavery.

find a company that share your values and the interview is less stressful. research on the company you want to work for and be there at least 5 years not 5 days! we research more time on the car we are thinking of buying than the job we are getting ourselves into...

There are no valued employees anymore, all that matters is the green. Ask Becktin Dickenson (BD)

I wonder if Whole Foods is the same with Jeff Bezos at the helm now.

A restaurant owner/manager missed one that he fired. Hired Jeff back with a raise.

This video and its comments need to be shared with law firms/attorneys for sure.

The cousin who wanted the business to have more money and not employee sucks.

No Ebenezer Scrooge there! Except maybe the cousin!

Is there a connection? 🙄 Which employee likes crappy treatment.

I feel valued at the company i work for therefore I do a good job, even before my company started making changes to HR and making where i work a better place to work i.e. management training to respect the employee and be better overall managers. I want to see the company i work for grow and be successful. There is a family like atmosphere where i work, we all get along most of the time and look after each other to a certain degree.

Nah I prefer more simplistic way to think of my company I work,you pay me to work. It's simple economics you pay a guy or girl enough $ to work they'll do a good job

MONEY COMES FIRST!

My dad used to call Market Basket, "Garbage Basket" 😏

Absolutely not. Look at any media company.

People want to know what they do makes a difference.

Some of the people at the Boulder store, are among the rudest. I've been there and cant get help, like big box hardware store. I saw no one at a counter I went by three times. When I finally see the employee, he acted like he had no time for me. As I went to walk to a go-to table in the area. A girl sets her diapered only baby on the table. She was also waiting for this employee, who had possibly been outside on a break with mommie & toddler.... Ever heard of shagalla and what it does to your intestine? (So not in the mood to eat right then, all of the sudden)... that table was away from the normal seating area, in front of a food booth. No mindful thought for public safety. Her boyfriend, was supposedly, making the food. They are not cleaned, everytime some one leaves it. Discusting and very unsanitary. 👀🤢🤮🤒💩☠👼👈

Employers today treat their employees like customers......they try to find the absolute LEAST they have to provide them in order not to lose them. Never used to be that way. The bottom line has become the ONLY important thing. In person meetings are gone and so is the camaraderie built during those. Real, effective, in-person training is gone. Now it's "watch a video" or see a Powerpoint" or training via conference call. Joke !!!

How is this even a question! Of course taking care of employees matters!

Radio Flyer is not visible in Belgian toy and garden shops. It is missing a market. At least the wagon with child seat, a scooter and the fly-on child glider should be available in local garden centers and with Colruyt Dreamland toy shop. Hire some people and show the products at the Belgian seaside, weather does not matter. Beautiful nostalgic product and lots of fun.

Can we stop fetishizing CEOs in this country please?? Americans needs unions. Period. It's the only way to guarantee workers are treated fairly. Put the terms of employment in writing.

It really works. I got these principles out of reading the Bible.:) I think somewhere along line people have forgotten those:(

Whole Foods became amazon fresh

If employees are happy they work harder and there for they make better product. Treat clients better and customers like great employees. There for company makes more money

This is how it all should be run!

Good inspiration 👏

2014 interview with whole foods, 2019 whole foods owned by amazon. Benevolent leadership will always win.

This lady sounds like she doesnt like the idea and wants a employee to slip up n say something bad. Jus listen to her questions and what she says

Yes they do always. A good employee is you best investment. Because when the best walk in and you let them leave. You get the rest.

The real question: Does a laundromat launder money?

The title of this news segment is a perfect example that dumb questions do indeed exist.

I work pt. I enjoy and like my job but no perks no 401k no insurance

I work in a nursing home ... and get treated like crap ..... go figure

Artie was th man!!!

Trump 2016 / 2020 :)

4:20 You got meat, pepper, meat, pepper, then you've got pepper, meat, pepper meat, and then you've got at 4:24, meat + meat. This man is a Manchurian Candidate whose training was too excessive and faulty. Choose your stooges better, SKY-NET!

Take care of your employees and you will have business