Comments on: Whole Lotta Crazy at Whole Foods

By: Payroll Companies Albany

Payroll Companies Albany — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:22:59 +0000

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By: Running Betty

Running Betty — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:35:06 +0000

Probably not the comment you’re looking for, but that photo of Johnny Depp is HOOOOOTTTT! Thanks for that !

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:40:45 +0000

Ugh, this policy has made me annoyed.
I agree with Whole Food’s idea of incentivizing healthy lifestyles.
However, the way to do this is NOT to tie employee benefits to one’s BMI. Might I suggest discounted/free gym memberships, with incentives going to those who use them a certain number of times a month?

By: Jennie

Jennie — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:00:30 +0000

A dear friend of mine is obsessed with her “BMI” she is 5’8″ tall. She weighs 189 lbs. She wears a size 0 pant. She runs and works out at least 30 minutes every day. However she has naturally huge breasts. Based on BMI, she is obese. Will this tool pay for her breast reduction so she fits in his ideal of a “physically fit” employee? Me? I am 5’5″ and 189 and all of mine is belly fat. I exercise by repeated arm movement. (It takes effort to keep me properly supplied with alcohol.) So she is considered in the same catagory I am? Plueeze!!!

By: Rachel of Cyberia

Rachel of Cyberia — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:47:14 +0000

This is going to drive their shrinkage through the roof. The employees who don’t get that big of a discount will think it’s justified to swipe a few apples or make a free sandwich on lunch break.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:02:28 +0000

Or, if we’re interested in getting people active, here’s another one: In your benefit package, employees are given the option of receiving a) free parking or b) free gym membership.

I’ll buy the whole “I’m fat and therefore I’m costing all the thin people extra health care money” and change my wicked, wicked, wicked ways when all those thin people in LA stop driving and screwing up my respiratory health.

By: Astra

Astra — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:52:10 +0000

“Keep in mind that the CEO also spoke out against Health Care Reform…”

No, he spoke out against the specific congressional plan on the table and offered alternative solutions. It was surprising to see how quickly that turned to boycotts, as though there was only one way to fix health care.

The BMI idea is terrible, though.

By: marvel

marvel — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:46:31 +0000

@Lisa: I agree with you–if you’re going to provide incentives for healthy behaviors, provide incentives for healthy behaviors (30% off the carrots. No discount for the cream puffs.) (Yummmmm cream pufffs.)

By: The gold digger

The gold digger — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:09:11 +0000

Jezebella. I am married to a lefty who will not tell his lefty friends (and his socialist parents) that he smokes because they are vocal anti smokers who think that only a moron would smoke. I think he should out himself and maybe change their view of smokers (I think Obama should grow a spine on the issue), but it’s his choice. I think it is funny that the party of tolerance includes these intolerant anti smokers. I just on the sidelines with my popcorn and laugh.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:55:51 +0000

Ok, Chelsea, I get that this policy is meant to incentive lower BMI, but…honestly it’s a stupid policy. I say this as a professor of public policy. :) Here’s why:

1. They have to monitor it. Unnecessary.
2. It doesn’t incentivize what you want: health food choice.
3. It does not create incentives for people like me to change behavior at all: my “ideal” BMI is not really attainable so I would ignore this policy and move on.

Contrast this with a more sensible policy: everybody gets a 10 percent discount on anything from the produce section of the store. The end. No monitoring. No discrimination. Encourages both thin and fat employees to make better food choices.

Of course, this assumes your goal is actual health instead of promoting a pretty public image, which is what Whole Foods actually wants.

As Plumcake says, “tool.”