Someone really needs to do something about this company!
I was employed by Home Depot and had to commute 87 miles one way to get to work 5 days a week. I was considered one of their most dedicated and devoted employees. I always came to work on time, repeatedly received great reviews, and was promoted to racetrack manager.
As a racetrack manager, I was able to make schedules for some of the associates and decide which days of the week I wanted to be my days off. That decision was easy, because for over 3 years I had always had Mondays and Tuesdays off.
Following an accident on the job that injured my wrist, I was called into the office by a higher manager who insisted I give up my current position for a lower one. I was told that they needed me in another department. I refused to accept the other position, because I had worked so hard to get the racetrack manager position.
For several weeks I saw Home Depot's company doctor, and I was finally dismissed. He concluded that I would have a lifetime medical, as long as I stayed in California.
I decided I needed to hire an attorney, just in case my wrist never gets well, and just as a precaution. To my surprise, after seeing my attorney for the first time and going to work, I was fired the same day!
I was completely devastated! I was called into the office by the manager I had previously seen and the human resources manager. They lied and said I was not supposed to be off on Monday and Tuesday. They said there was a posted schedule for me to follow and I didn't follow it. Finally, they insisted that I missed 2 days with no call and no show, and that was grounds for termination.
I feel that this action was taken because of my injury on the job, and it is difficult for me to fathom how such exemplary performance could be overlooked in the blink of an eye!
Home Depot is not at all the company most people believe it to be!
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