Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel wants employees to feel incentivized rather than bludgeoned into coming to the office every day.
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00:00Whole Foods employees aren't happy with their parent company Amazon's new return-to-office mandate either.
00:05Andy Jassy's new five-day in-office mandate replaces the previous three-day hybrid policy.
00:11But Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel wants workers to see the positive when it comes to these new rules.
00:16In a leaked recording of an all-hands meeting obtained by Fortune,
00:19Buechel said he and his leadership team fielded 1,200 questions from employees.
00:24He wants employees hyped up about bringing back the culture
00:27and in-office interactions that happened prior to remote working.
00:31He's also launching an office experience task force of employees
00:34who will brainstorm ideas to make the transition back to the office less painful.
00:39But the responsibility of figuring out how this balancing act will work will fall to individual managers, Buechel said.