This is the Whole Foods new employee orientation. It is the third and final stage in the hiring process, though completing it successfully—we are reminded frequently—does not guarantee us a “place on the team.” There have already been two phone interviews, an in-person group interview replete with role-playing, a background check, and now this, a two-day twelve-hour orientation into the mission and philosophy of Whole Foods itself. But to actually become real live team members—I’d be working the fish counter—we still have to make it through a three-month probationary period, after which our
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