I have worked for Family Dollar for over two years as a manager. I have also worked for Dollar General for over 12 years as a manager (CTM). I wanted a change, and plus moving down to FL.
I had been switched to total four stores since I came onto Family Dollar, cleaning them up, getting ready for inventories, helping Inventory at thye level it should be, I have done all and more what required of me to do in this company. Anytime my DM needed help getting a store ready (along with other Great managers) store closed down from Health Dept, Fire Marshall, Managers were fired, no one to run the store, going in between three or four stores, IF YOU didnt, you were threaten with your job everyday, you have to make a living, you have to keep your job.
Amonth ago i was asked from my DM to move Pods, or gandola's in the midway to build the front giftbar, it took me and two other employees to move this, I called him and told him they would not even move, he (as he always does, yelling, cursing on phone,) it has to be done before his boss (mind you me and other managers have been at other stores helping out for his precious visits our store gets behind)
So we again attempted to move, the gandola started to split, one of my employees started to jump in front of it, and i told her not to, if it does let it fall, and it was so heavy, i went to pull it back so it would not fall on her, instead she pushed and it pinned my whole right hand (i am right handed) they both witnessed the accident, so I had to call R.M. To report injury, my assitant would not answer the phone to come in, i called the other store in my town to cover so i could go to hospital, she couldnt which she did not have an assitant either,
I tried calling my DM Zack, he would not return my call, then i call the R.M. Back, and tell of my sistuation, they said I could not go to ER, b/c they would not pay for it, and they would deny the claim, i have to go to a clinic that worker comp would pay for, i am like you got to be kidding, lets say i went to a clinic 2 days later (b/c i could not get any one to relieve me, call corp, they said my DM would have to get with me on that, which never happen) the hospital had to call him and let him know i was being seen to do a drug test (which by law is required) and he acts like he doesnt know what to do or say, i was told i could not work, nothing was broke, but i need to see an orthpedic very soon, b/c of the brusing and swelling, (which i took pic's of my arm and saved them on disk) i was put in a brace and had very heavy meds to take,
The next day i get a call from my DM demanding I come to store, i explained i was on driving restrictions, and i was on pain medicine, he told me it was urgent, and if i didnt i would be fired, so i had to get my sister from an hour from me to go take me to see what this was about, i could not even walk, i was hurting so bad, i had to unloosen the brace, my arm kept swelling so bad, and knots all over my arm, i ask him b/c i was so heavily medicated to have someone come in with me, He said NO Legally you cant have anyone in here, he denied my rights to have someone in there (which later in state of FL you have the right, anyone that refuses (even if it deals with lp) is against the law)
Other words i was fired because two employess claimed i was paying them out of the register, they both made statements, I am like, you called me up for this bunch of lies, i told them this was no true, can i face my accusers, No Legally you cant, I am like well let me see proof of this, like viedo, recording etc. They are like Legally we cant, i am like weel maybe I need a lawyer to get this, they say legally you do not have the right to, i told them i have civil rights, they said no you dont in this company, i told them you do what you think is best, i ask them was the registers ever short, they stated, NO, were the deposits ever late, or short, They said NO., ok, i turned and asked my DM, am i over Payroll this week, Hell yes you are, and you were over last week, i ask him, by how much, at least 300.00 over, I am like wow, and i need to pay them out of the register???
The best part is saved to last: I was told by them I was fired on 09/21/07, worker comp tells me i was fired on 09/25/07, and Cobra, (for my insurance) tells me that they got a written, and verbal that i was terminated on 09/20. They are notifed by the company Family Dollar, and there was no mistakes made by this, I have made copies of all these paper trails and mistakes, and the best for last, the TWO employees that made the false accustaions, where the two employees that seen me get hurt, and yes they were on the clock, b/c R.M. (handles the work comp case had to get thir time record to prove they were there when i got hurt)
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