I was injured at work almost 2 months ago. I immediately went to a member of management and told them EXACTLY what happened. The manager denied the incident because he did not fill out a report as he is required to do. Now, almost 2 months later, they tried to get me to change my story by bullying me in an office with 4 managers and myself alone. I stuck to my story.
Then, the said they had an associate that gave them a written statement saying he or she saw me running in the park with my children. (Completely false by the way) They wanted me to see their doctor but I didn't. Under Pennsylvania law, if your employer does not have their doctors information posted in the employee areas, you are free to see your own doctor. Later, I called the store manager to ask if I can come into work and he said, "No, you cannot come to work until you see our doctors. You refused terms of employment....which gives grounds for termination." Yes, he fired me.
I got a worker's comp lawyer to help me with this situation. We called the store back and AGAIN they denied that this was told to me. The way that I was treated was very unprofessional and I was showed nothing but disrespect. I will never let this go nor change my story because this is completely 100% true and I will not be bullied into saying something different. I hope someone in the main office sees this and contacts me.
Clarissa Troncoso-Heller of Okanogan, WA April 13, 2009
I have worked at walmart for a year this coming may 2009. I was let go April 8, 2009 due to absences I didn't have. I asked the co-manager to look at the schedule board to see i was re lined(meaning another manager switched my hours to another time) He refused to look at them. Then when I called him out, he fired me. Waited two months before he fired me for that accusation. The next day I tried to talk to ass. manager Rick to get my job back and he changed the story saying I got fired for cell phone use while on a register. I tried to tell him milatary time on the registers confuse me so I pull my phone out only to look at the time. He continued to do other things, while in tears I try to get his full attention and try to get my job back. Nothing but a sword in the heart.
It not only effected me, with 3 small kids under 6 years, with high bills, but also my regular customers who loved me being their cashier. I was good at my job, and I loved it. I miss it so much. I'm just trying to figure out how to get my job back.
Richard of Gifford, PA April 11, 2009
I would like to know why the music has been taken away. I work cleaning floors all night in bradford pa. I have noticed employees attitudes going south sence it stoped. People seam to be nasty to each other more often. I for 0ne enjoyed listing to the request show at night. Know its so boring i don't even want to go to work any more. Its bad enough you put the smokers outside with out any way of keeping warm (It gets to -20 degrees most all winter long) Now you take our music too. I would like an honest reason to make me feel better about it Thanks WHATS NEXT
Josh of Madison, IN April 1, 2009
I would like to adress the issue from a Walmart associates point of view. I know that I cannot speak for every Walmart, but I would like to point out my daily and weekly procedure in the pet department of the Walmart in Madison Indiana. On a daily basis, I clean the glass of each of the twenty-five tanks that I take care of. After that, I check for dead fish and try to figure out the reason of death before disposing of them. If the cause is something harmful to the other fish, such as ick, I let my department manager know about the problem. I also make sure that all of the temperatures are in the correct area to maintain healthy conditions.
Every Saturday, I clean each tank thoroughly with a sponge and suck out the necessary amount of water with a tank vac and refill them immediately. After all the tanks are clean, I replace the prefilter AND carbon filter EVERY WEEK as well as cleaning out the filtration area. This is a job that I choose to spend at least three hours on. In addition, I go online to learn about our fish so I can give the costumer as much information for care as I can. I make sure to tell the customer to let their bag float in their tank at home for at least twenty minutes, but it is not a good idea to let the fish stay in the bag for over an hour. It is also best to scoop the fish from the bag into the tank. You do NOT want to pour water from the bag into your tank due to a mild sedative that is added to each bag of fish that leaves the store to prevent the fish from going into shock.
We also offer a forty-eight hour guarantee. You should ask your Walmart about that. If your walmart associate that helped you did not inform you of any of this, all of that information is printed on the bag that your fish comes in. So, for great costumer service in the fish department, come to the Walmart in Madison Indana. I would love to help!
Walmart Employee Store5076 of Brewer, ME February 14, 2009
Our CMN Coordinator quit february 12th due to passing out Veteran flyers at the CMN Meeting on the 11th. His name is Don E. He has been with walmart for 20 plus years and has done alot for CMN and the Brewer community. The Market manager Alan yelled at him and told him that he was not allowed to do anything involving fund raising without his consent. We have never dealt with this kind of issue in the past.
Don is very compassionate about what he does and is very respected among the community and the associates at Brewer Super Walmart. He asked me to get involved in raising money for CMN and getting others to get involved. He is the one that got the store involved. The Market Manager has taken away all ways to raise money for CMN. We had umbrellas that hung from the ceiling that brought ina revenue of about 200.00- 500.00 a month depending on the season, time of month, and holidays.
He has also taken out the buckets that the people greeters have at the door and we lost money there too. We can no longer have anyone in the community out in front of the store to promote safety,which is the fire department, No girl scouts or boy scouts or any other community relations that help us to raise money. We cannot have yard sales,craft fairs or any other thing to raise money for cmn. The only program he is allowing is the roundup program.
What you do is when the customer buys merchandise and it totals 23.78 we ask the customer to round up their change to the nearest dollar. I don't have a problem with this what so ever. What I have a problem with is that every little bit of money we raise not only helps children but maybe someone we may know and brings revenue into the store. We can no longer have bbq's to help raise money for an associate who is in need.
He is having management basically threatening cash register operators with their jobs. Management is on edge and the community is upset and you will probably receive many emails about this. We cannot lose Don Emmons because this Market Manager has an attitude. Everyone is afraid of him. Don deserves an apology from Alan and Wendy his assistant.
With Don quitting moral has gone down, the associates are so angry and confused. All the associates are saying what happened to walmart being a family oriented business. It is not all about money. It is the associates that make walmart as well as the customers. By denying the community to stand out in front of our store we lose the reputation of family, community involvement, revenue, moral and a store that just don't care all due a Market Manager who has a big chip on his shoulders.
Nancy of Cornelius, NC January 31, 2009
I am a pass employee (actually manager) of Wal*Mart Supercenters. Being a employee can be just as bad and at times, worse. My main point to cosumers is- is this not how and why you pay less for their products. (Much more less for products at Wal-marts) Sam used to have pride in saying- made in america very, very little is made in the US now (or atleast sold at Wal*marts) and that is what you get with global trading and that is why Wal*mart is the leading retailer. I will not comment on how they love to pass the buck to everyone else and are also experts in this area. You all make them who they currenly are now.
Buyer beware. We do have a choice in where we shop. The saying does go, you get what you pay for. Being a past manager for them, I feel I need to apologize for them, to you. Sam, I believe was an amazing man and honorable. (To my knowledge of him) Money is, the root of all evils, depending on who's hands it is in. Bless America.
Bobby of Fremont, MI January 6, 2009
I got wrote up for a bugger on the wall in the bath room after I cleaned it.. then I got wrote up again because water in the drain was on top ...one of the guys I work with says it has never worked.. plus another one said that it is always like that...Also this mgr. told other workers that he would never hire any workers over 40 and I am 50 you know I do the best I can do...
the next step is a day off and possible I can get fired... If I get fired my wife and will loose our house...Ive been at wal*mart for 2 years my reviews have all been great...it will be hard for someone my age to get another job...
Angel of Dingmans, PA December 22, 2008
i worked at walmart for almost 3 years 2003 to 2005 i was suppose to get a bonus check and they never gave it to me i call them everyday about this and know one will help me
i lost my job the day before the checks came out because i got hurt and when i got hurt they never paid any of my bills or gave me workmans comp
Wilson of Worcester, MA December 21, 2008
I was hired to worked at the Toy Department and on a Monday at 5:50pm, another employee that I don't even know, came over my department and told You are going to pushed carts until midnight she didn't even call me by my name, was very rude by not introducing herself and I was not trained to use the electric push card to make the job easier and she didn't care that I had to push carts myself without the training with the low pay that employees received. I punched out and I left and they never pay me a week for work,probably for punishment for leaving. The Walmart Store at Leicester is one of the most racist and prejudice place I have ever been, employees there look at hispanics and blacks like we are weird creatures. the minority is very minimum. Many people in Worcester does not like to go to the Walmart Supercenter in Leicester because they notice the environment full of racism in the air. Someone has to do something.
I was treated without respect and very unprofessional, called me by YOU not even polite.
Chelsea of Severn, MD October 29, 2008
On September 18,2008 I checked my online paystub and noticed that I was missing 10 hours. That night when I went to work I told a assistant manager that i was short the hours. He told me he would take care of it and it would be on my next check. October 2,2008 was the next check and it still was not on there so I notified the corporate office. They told me to speak to someone in the personell department. When I spoke to them they told me to go back to the manager that said they would fix it. That manager told me to talk to the store manager, the store manager told me to talk to personel. It was one big circle. On October 16,2008 I again checked my online paystub and was missing another 7 hours. I went through the whole process over again. Now it is October 29,2008 and this matter has yet to be resolved. I am on my last limb with this. No one wants to help me with this matter.
Because they would not fix my hours or come up with a solution I had no choice but to quit my job. They then said that i was fired due to lack of work. I do not understand how they can do this because I spoke to a member of management and told them I quit because nothing was being done
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