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How does Wegmans apply Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in the workplace?
IntroductionToBusiness OP 8D04gAa / 9.3. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs*
"In order to give you a better understanding of how Maslow’s hierarchy applies in the real business world, let’s look at a detailed example about Wegmans supermarkets. When you think of your first-choice job, you probably aren’t thinking about working in a supermarket. With grueling hours, low pay, and annual turnover often approaching 100 percent, supermarkets are generally not considered the best places to work—unless you work at Wegmans, which has been on Fortune’s “Best Company to Work For” every year since the list started, earning Wegmans a spot on Fortune’s “Great Place to Work Legends” list. Part of what makes Wegmans successful is the company’s attention to its employees’ needs at all levels of Maslow’s hierarchy. The company pays above-market wages (the sous chef at a Pittsburgh store used to work for Thomas Keller’s French Laundry in Napa Valley, and talent like that doesn’t come cheap), and until 2003,"
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