Last weekend, an anonymous commenter dropped a tip into our laps at the Global Headquarters of Lee Distad's Professional Opinion about another storm brewing at beleaguered new age grocery chain Whole Foods.
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More bad news for Mr. Mackey. It seems that Whole Foods employees from the states who were sent to the new Kennsington store in London on assignment were instructed to misrepresent their status as visiting workers and instead claim observer status in order to avoid the hefty work permit required by UK immigration. The problem is not all workers claimed the same status, yet all filled the same niche as temporary workers. I don't know who is in charge of the London stores but it can't look good for corporate headquarters in Austin.12:53 PM
Despite being a fan of scandal and turpitude, I called the allegation into question, based on a complete and total lack of corroboration from other sources. I even went so far as to publicly question whose sockpuppet this might be.
Well, in the wee hours (22:10:18 PDT, specifically) last night, the anonymous tipster struck again:
Despite being a fan of scandal and turpitude, I called the allegation into question, based on a complete and total lack of corroboration from other sources. I even went so far as to publicly question whose sockpuppet this might be.
Well, in the wee hours (22:10:18 PDT, specifically) last night, the anonymous tipster struck again:
Your confirmation should hit cyber space before Friday. The North Atlantic Region office of Whole Foods was in damage control mode Wednesday, all staff who had been to the UK were instructed to not speak to the press. There is real fear and trepidation amongst the Whole Foods Staff because Whole Foods is claiming they send staff, but not to do productive work. Staff claim they are going to the UK as tourists but put in a regular 8 hour day. That begs the question of why they are sending so many employees to the UK if they are not doing productive work.
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Wow. Just, wow.
Whoever the whistleblower is, they seem determined to kick over this particular anthill. So, is Lee Distad's Professional Opinion special, or is this story being salted all over the blogosphere? As of yet, I haven't seen corresponded anonymous commentary elsewhere, which makes me feel like I'm being wound up.
Whoever the whistleblower is, they seem determined to kick over this particular anthill. So, is Lee Distad's Professional Opinion special, or is this story being salted all over the blogosphere? As of yet, I haven't seen corresponded anonymous commentary elsewhere, which makes me feel like I'm being wound up.
While we wait to see if their tip plays out in the media, we've got two tasks ahead of us:
1) Speculation on who the anonymous whistleblower is. My guess is that John "Rahodeb" Mackey is trying to atone for past sins of disclosure by demonstrating self-sabotaging behaviour. Pretty far-fetched, but it makes a good story, no?
2) Coming up with a catchy nickname for this anonymous whistleblower. The first ones that have popped into my head were total crap. Feel free to make suggestions in the comment section below.
Let's make it a contest. If we have a clear winner for the whistleblower's nickname, I'll see about some sort of nominal prize, in addition to the fame that will accompany you (or your sockpuppet) if this thing blows up in the media like our new contact seems to think it will.
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