Wait, you just wrote that Whole Foods has a Glassdoor rating of 3.5, which as I understand it is a good rating. Then you wrote that shareholders are why hours are cut and healthcare and salaries are slashed etc.. Whole Foods is a publicly traded company, with shareholders. Those shareholders are likely in for a good day. They've been rewarded by betting on a company that apparently treats their employees well. Not all companies make money the Amazon way, which seems akin to the Walmart way, which is to lower costs AT ALL COSTS to win market share. -Something that doesn't just affect their employees but also the employees of their suppliers etc. These actions have cross-market impacts that are negative and therefore, such companies rarely succeed. These two companies are anomalies, imo. In fact, I would argue that most successful consumer companies do the opposite in todays day and age. edit: My dear god, what is happening to me? Am I turning in to wasoxygen?