LOL 30 seconds late is the same as 3 hours late at Walmart. More than three hours then you are considered absent for the whole day. The good thing about such rigid policies is you can game the system. A friend mine works in the regional warehouses and calls out sick often but after so long the slate wipes clean and you can start calling out again. She let her chart get 100% clean and used all her vacation days plus called in for all the days she could and was off for a month and a half.
i was a salary manager there for 7 years, and trust me, this policy is so set up for wal marts own benefit. They know that they can replace you with cheaper labor after they fire you because they wont need you after you start making real money. Im so glad i left this company, it destroys lives of the people who work there. Alot of people are lazy and just dont want to go to work, but some run into these situations, and get screwed and theres nothing you can do.I dont shop there at all.
Look at Walmart sales. If it takes a cost to the Walmart shopper $0.46 to pay the workers $12 an hour, the statement that it will cost more if an union raises the pay. That is Walmart using that to raise the cost to get more money! Look at Walmarts sales volume, they can take the cost they just pretend not to.
Quit whining. At least you get sick pay. Get hurt at work, and not be able to work anymore, see how long your union "has your back". You can't work cuz u got hurt, you can't pay dues, therefore, they don't know you.
Sick pay won't help you if you miss too many days.
Past a week the next day counts against you again & you only have 7 days. It's more of the fact people miss more random days. 7 days in 6 months adds up fast.
If you are that sick at work when it is that bad, them you should go for workers comp.
Unions are good, they give you a fair wage, raise. Muskogee Walmart pay was about $7.60
Then Tulsa ok pay was like $9.00, the average corp pay was $11 at the time. No union go low pay!
Yes, before you go to work at a Walmart, talk to many of the workers the best you can & find out how the managers are. You can't always get a good answer.
Just do what you can. Also do a search to find out which walmart has an union!
This gives you better raises, & keeps your pay from dropping.
Do you still work there? When I worked at a walmart they had a poster up telling you to come into work sick and let a manager know so they could put you to work away from customers, like in stock or lot attendant, both of which are not easy to do when you are sick and fatigued, but hey, they hate everyone so they don't really care...
@GodSwordofGabriel They tried to fire me for missing too many days. Missed a few days here, a few there. Got a cold, got better, had to work no good pay there cant miss a lot of time cant pay bills. I had an unknown virus missed work then came back with a work release, but walmart does not accept work releases. Missed too many days, so I walked out. Sounds like walmart is finally working with the CDC! Many workers that got sick & had a hard time at walmart called the CDC!
@walmartramen I understand where you are coming from, and I should do something, they fired me for my ulcerative colitis (google it if you don't know what it is) and I have it very badly, so I could not work on some days, and my doctor tried to make them excuse those absences and they would not, and fired me in the end telling me it was for something else, then telling my supervisor it was for my UC. He said he would sign a letter I am writing to the state about this, it is just messed up!
"@GodSwordofGabriel Direct a complaint to the Better Business Bureau with any written proof you have." Don't complaint to the Chambers of Commerce! Here in Muskogee the manager of the Walmart was on the board! Partly thats why we did not get a target here.
Nobody is arguing about how much Walmart makes. 14-16 billion a year is their profit. 419 billion in sales is correct. The problem here is that you are using real numbers and facts in conjunction with pipe dream information. I don't have a problem with advocating for higher wages. What I do have a problem with is using bogus information to do so.
Walmart makes $419+ It's not just walmart you have Arvest bank Property investments etc. Then you have Walmart getting tax money from the Government. They can pay the workers better. Look in the money, follow the money! It stops before it goes to the workers! And from there all of us have to pay more taxes because the workers are not making it. Is that why there are 43 million people on food stamps?
"A minimum wage increase makes straightforward economic sense. It means more money in the hands of people who are going to spend it. Low minimum wages do NOT help small business. Small business owners know that keeping workers is easier and cheaper than finding and training new workers. And small business owners know that the longer an employee stays with you -- the more they know about your business and your customers, and the higher their productivity."
"Walmart makes a lot of money, tons of money. With revenues of roughly $419 billion in its latest fiscal year 2011, the company reported net income of right around $16.5 billion per year." info at moneymamba com. Link also on front page.
It's still the same. I don't understand how you can argue with simple math. Again, it still amounts to, at most, $.96/hour. That's far from the $3/hour that you're claiming for raising the price of just one item $.01. Now let's see your math as opposed to your senseless rhetoric.
Look genius. I was being generous. The number I used was insanely inflated. Walmart supercenters have, at best, 125,000 different items. Even if every store had that many unique items (which they don't), that would be 125,000 x 8500 stores = 1.0625 billion items.
Look genius. I was being generous. The number I used was insanely inflated. Walmart supercenters have, at best, 125,000 different items. Even if every store had that many unique items (which they don't), that would be 125,000 x 8500 stores = 1.0625 billion items.
Walmart supercenters have, at best, 125,000 different items... In China, Mexico, Canada, India, UK... The money goes to Walmart, because it is Walmart!
I push the point that "It’s important to maintain the buying power of the minimum wage, which workers put right back into local businesses, purchasing needed goods and services." Don't you want to help to get money back in to the system?
The info for the sales info, of raising an Item by $0.01 in total sales makes $3 more per hour has been locked up. It was on the "ufcw" website but they are working on the numbers. The info has been around, but still think about sales as in getting $0.01 X all Walmart sales of the item everywhere! The numbers are out there, it's fact!
Therefore, associates would not realistically receive $0.96/hour. What the will see is an annual increase (based on performance evaluations) of $0.40 - $0.60 per hour. You also have to understand that Walmart (like all successful businesses) budgets for wages and wage increases every year. When they do decide that it's time to raise wages, they will have figured that into the following fiscal year budget.
That's using the $419 billion in sales you quoted, and raising everything a penny, rather than just one item. But let's not forget the shareholders. They invested in Walmart and expect ROI.
Let's go a step further than you did and say Walmart raises every item it sells by $0.01. Hmmmm. Let's see. Oh yeah. That would add up to 1% (or $4.19 billion). Let's divide that by 2.1 million associates = $1995.24/year divided by 52 weeks = $38.37/week divided by 40 hours = $0.96/hour (not even close to $3.00)
Really? Really? $3.00/hour? Really? Come on, man. Stop pulling numbers out of the sky and use your head to do some simple math. I'll break it down in your numbers.
Numbers are numbers Many say Walmart can afford to pay better. An Walmart worker in Muskogee makes about $8.00 an HR that is about $60 after taxes a day income. That was my pay check there. 1 Walmart makes about $100,000 a day loss of labor 500 People $32,000 Still $68,000 in money. Keep in mind Walmart has it's own power lines into the store so cost is low. In the end X the stores money X all the walmarts every where etc. A lot of money!
@walmartramen I think what he is saying is you have to look at overhead. Obviously, Wal Mart is in it to make money... the most money that they can otherwise, they wouldn't be doing it. A lot of people would be out of work and I, would be one of them. I work at a DC though. Pay is considerably higher at the DC. They are the highest paying employer in this area outside of the gov't.
@BoogerReyProductions I don't buy walmart hurting if sales is down. Keep in mind what the WAL fam is into. Arvest bank Sams son runs that, land grab owners etc... Points to the $419 billion walmart says they have. Walmart is not hurting! You seen the info that if Walmart raised the cost one thing one $0.01 is would make the workers something like $3.00 more per hour! Those are big numbers there.
Walmart spends more than $50 billion a year on wages alone. That's more than 300% of the profits Walmart makes in just one year. That doesn't include bonuses, insurance, 401k contributions, and other benefits.
419 billion in SALES, NOT PROFIT. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize you need money to run a business. Walmart's not keeping 419 billion in cash on hand. Did you happen to see the operating cost, reinvestments, and charitable donations? Nevermind. I can see it's pointless trying to explain. For 41, you really have no clue.
"Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (NYSE: WMT) serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,900 retail units under 60 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year 2011 sales of $419 billion, Walmart employs more than two million associates worldwide. A leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity, Walmart ranked first among retailers in Fortune magazine's 2010 Most Admired Companies survey."
I have looked it up genius. You're looking at net sales. That's not profit. But thanks for playing. Tell him what he's won Bob. It's an all expenses paid trip to economics, business, and general accounting school! Enjoy!
First of all, your numbers are waaaaay off. Walmart does not make 419 billion a year. They might bring in 419 billion, but their profit is about 3 - 4% of that. So your Walmart may have had 44 million in revenue but actually probably only made 2 million at best. Check your research.
If Walmart sends it's own spy's to the store to see what is going on, that says a lot how the workers are treated. Call the labor board & ask them if they do that! YES! Better pay is needed, an union is needed to heep a $419 billion corp from walking on you. It only took one women to push with the lawsuit going on now. Walmart knows this & is waching its workers more than ever!
When I worked at Walmart, I started at $7.60, then 3 yars latter I made $8.00 I am not the only worker too there that took a long time to get a raise to $8.00. Yes if you had an union your pay would go up faster & be fair, but Muskogee in non union so the pay is lower. The point is people need better pay! They can pay the workers better, they make enough money.
The Work hard and get barked at for not getting the 2500LBS pallet done in 45 min they find something to bring you down.
s and pay retail associates modest wages (Apple being one of the most profitable). Are you entitled to $15 - $20 per hour? That depends on the type of work you do, your skill level, and time with the company. Your entitled to get paid a fair wage for the work that you perform. Do you really think that a retail associate with minimal responsibility should be paid $20/hour? Is that really fair? Perhaps you believe that everyone should be paid the same regardless of their level of education or exp
@walmartramen Not sure that even deserves a response. But what the hell.
Now we are talking about wages? It seems to me like you (and most others who have a problem with Walmart) would like to skip right past entry level and move straight to management. But I digress. What you fail to realize is that Walmart is on par with (if not above) average retail wages. Why aren't we talking about Kmart, Target or any other mass retail store? There are a great many companies that make billions of dollar
@Nexvick The pay in in Muskogee OK started at $7.60 Not really started at $8.00, it takes about 2 to 3 years to get it that high. An custodian job is about the same $7.60+ The workers work hard & need to be payed better.
Look at how many people are on food stamps in my town! Says a lot, when the Walmart in your town makes $44 million in a year & dumps off the cost of the workers to the tax payers!
So True! I had to work with the Flu once, so I passed it onto my boss who made me work shaking that bitch's hand every chance I got along with every other boss who was ever an A-Hole to me.
@walmartramen Then most ppl should stop calling out for a headache or diarrhea or a mild cold? Take some Motrin. Take some Immodium. Take some cold medicine. Get over it. And let's not forget about those who call out because their time off wasn't approved. Walmart's policy is pretty mild compared to some. Come to work on time when you're scheduled and do your job. It's not really that complicated. If people can't handle that, they should look elsewhere for employment.
@Nexvick Not so good when you get treated like that at work, missing random days, because your kid is sick at school, etc. The workers do not just decide to take off work. They get payed so little they can't afford too!
The ladies have got passed up on a better job positions. The workers are suing for a reason!
Listen to the workers, ask them! Walmart made $419 billion last year what did the workers make?
This is actually incorrect. It's not 7 absences. They give you 7 absence occurrences. An occurrence is up to 3 consecutive scheduled days missed. Sure if you only missed one each time, that would be seven absences. But if you missed 3 each time, that would be 21 absences and only 7 occurrences. I'd say that's more than generous. I mean, seriously. How many days do you really need?
For the military no, but think about how public Walmart is. It is worse than working at a school, all the kids & germs, you will get sick in time. Then you add the part about the need to take off work to get your kid to the DR, or a problem at school with your kid. Life takes your time, or you neglect your kids & get in hot water. Walmart makes too much money to be like this.
7 days is alot to miss....ive worked there for over 2 years and have only taken two days off, and one of them was to hang out with a friend and the other was being actually sick (but yes walmart has actually fired alot of people recently for missing only acouple days for being sick not even as many as you!...they fucking suck)
i missed 4 days of work because i hurt my back on the job, doing exactly what i was supposed to. of course no workers comp for me. then i got my dday, went to lunch and never came back. fuck you walmart.
@DarrelfromZeeland HMMMM, carelessness. well if you were there that day (which you were not) you would have seen that i was doing exactly what my job entitled me to do. but of course when i speak to walmarts ""asset protection"" people (which lets be honest, its walmart's ass-protection) they denounced it as unsafe work practices. even though it was what i was trained to do. so which is it walmart? they also did'nt train me in safety on my position.
the problem is that wal mart takes advantage of needle families, so when ever some thing like this happens they threatened the workers with getting fired, plus they know how the economy is and use that to there advantage.
Really the economy is bad for the higher waged people. There is many low paying jobs out there. Walmart, Target, sort of K-mart. K-mart pays it's workers by getting something like a loan. The workers get a pay check, but it is paid by a loan.
this is fucking rediculous! i was scheduled to work today at 230 and have the flu so i went to the doctor and she gave me codeine for my throat. I told them i was sick but it still counts as an abscence from work even though i am very sick and could get others very sick:(
The CDC has been having a hard time with that. When the "Swine Flu" was going around. I contacted the CDC about my concern about walmart doing that.
The CDC & the union knows about this. I would call the CDC and put in a complaint, let them know about this. When I worked there I was getting to the point I was going to contact the CDC & let them know where I work & have them call them to let them know I was sick. I put up links on video.
@kristy46750 fuck you asshole, i cant even work right now because of wal-mart. i screwed up my back so bad i can barely get out of bed. all wal-shit had to do was give me a lousy chair and let me sit down once an hour (doctors note and all) now i can barely move.
I use to work at walmart, i missed way more than 7 days. I was sick, they sent my ass hole ( even tho i could of came back to work, because i had proof ) for a whole damn month, ignoring my letter, my doctor letters, etc. Even threaten my ass because i said i was going to sue them haha. I remember calling out refusing to go back to work because they own me money . I call out for about 8 days, still had a job tho. Finally i left after finding a better job.
Everybody bitches about unions, but I really think ALL Wal-Mart employees should organize. You guys should hold a national walk off and boycott. What are they going to do, fire all U.S. employees at once?
@ispewmalarkey That would get the point across! But there are a lot of workers that are afraid to
do that they put in too many years, fear losing being vested! (Retirement)
But it the free choice act kicks in that will change things. It would be law & they will feel safe to do so. But it takes everyone right now to make the change, or it will not happen. It takes everyone! Go to all get out there get heard!!
also its not jsut 7 days anymroe its just 7 non consecitive days....
so you can miss 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 then your fired but cant be in a row anything after 3 you need a LOA. so offically you can miss 18 before your fired because the 7th time is bye bye
umm welcome to the work force dude- that is actually pretty good- I only get a huge 10 days off a year- that includes sick and vaction- you are breaking my heart
@feedmetwinkies Oh maybe some people aren't happy being slaves with no respect. We get paid just enough to survive, not save to escape that life. They want you where you are because it costs them almost nothing.
The bottom poor class does all the work and gets almost none of the money.
6 months is 182.5. If you missed 7 days that would be an 8 hour shift X 7 days 56 hours. Sorry I need to explain that better. My planet is fine! watch?v=ITX5VYXzUUI
@ Pep Boys its alot worse 3 days straight of being sick your fired. You sign a contract that allows them to fire you whenever they want and management can make threats and degrading remarks & if you go outside your fired
There has been many court cases against Pep boys, having to do with over time not payed. Look up Pep boys on google & find a lot of bad. You can vent at these websites "jobvent"or "glassdoor"
when you take a job, you take on the restrictions & conditions. no employer is REQUIRED to establish terms & conditions of employment that YOU like. If you don't like the conditions of your employment, that means you should find other employment, or shut up & do the job you were hired to do. Employment is something you are not entitled to because you exist. If you can't get a diff. job, that's not Wal-Mart's fault
So back in the 1900's when they had the "Company Store" You where hired to only work & to spend your money back to the company for things you need & the pres at the time changed that because it was not right! So was he wrong? No!
Search for "Star Junction: The Company Store, circa 1900"
Just because you work there does not mean you can be treated bad. That is why there are labor laws!
@walmartramen that is why you can quit & look for other employment. It is within the law to do what they do & it is your choice to seek employment under the conditions that are offered. No one hold a gun to your head & forces you to keep working there. It is not your employer's duty to give each person the employment situation that they choose. If you can't find another job, then you are luck that you are employed. If you can get off your ass & do it.
@zoul66666 If they can't find another job, they can move to where the better jobs are, or they can crack open the books and get an education learning a profitable skill or trade, making themself smarter and more valuable to employers, or they can start their own business.
@UnknownXV Newsflash moron. The rich busted their ass to become rich. Anyone with enough discipline, moxie, hustle, enterprise, initiative, and just plain "go go go go" can make it in America. I'm sick of losers, whiners, slackers, and moochers like you leeching off us successful people. The rich are the backbone of America. Anything that makes them richer makes America healthier and stronger. When was the last time a poor man hired anyone?
@DarrelfromZeeland The only difference between the rich and the poor is the rich have no problem stepping on toes and looking out entirely for themselves. Yes, they took a risk on their idea, and I'm all for rewarding them for that, but there are limits. Some people are so mind bogglingly rich it doesn't even make sense. I think as a society we should look towards the individual more than the collective. Looking at someone not based on what they can do, but how they live.
Is it not walmarts fault to make a fiscal year 2009 sales of $401 billion &
not to give the worker any vacation time or accept your DR work release with out you missing your 6 day out of 180.5 days. It is not walmarts fault that there are about 500 people looking into 4 or 5 job openings at lowes in my town. So you are lucky to have a job right now, bankers are getting laid off thats a bad sign.
Walmart makes money they can treat the workers better.
@zoul66666 You have an uninteresting point of view that does you no good whatsoever. You're reciting rhetoric that has never in the history of humanity benefited any individual. In this case, you're basically giving fellatio to corporations everywhere, as if they always know best and will always do what's right. Where would we be right now, though, if no one ever fought for conditions that were fair, or conditions that "YOU like", as you say? Why DOES Wal-Mart make the rules?
@walmartramen Well, I see that. I've been a Wal-Mart employee twice in two different towns as well. A Tire & Lube Express Tech and an overnight stocker. I've also made note of the fact that their employee discount card can't be used on food, etc. I've always thought of Wal-Mart though as kind of having that "company store" attitude toward its employees. Still, I'm not sure what point you were trying to make in your reply to me..
The employees that got paid in gift cards did not like that, so they did something about it & now it is fixed. Workers have more power than the managers. Workers have more power than they know! The walmart I worked at at the time we had discount on some food.
Walmarts way of putting a cup of tea on a fire. The pay is low walmart & others dumps the workers on the state. My town more & more are going on food stamps.
90% of the workers are where I work now. The rich pay for themtaxes!
@walmartramen I've been on food stamps myself for a month now. I agree though that workers can change things. I was disagreeing with zoul66666's statement that workers shouldn't complain and should just work somewhere else if the conditions are unfair-- but he ignores the fact that in small towns that Wal-Mart has entered, the choices are severely limited. Wal-Mart likes government subsidies that take care of their workers so Wal-Mart doesn't have to. Legal? Probably. Right? No.
@brandavies Newsflash dumbass. Corporations are the backbone of America. Everything that helps corporations makes America and our economy stronger and healthier. The corporations have to answer to customers and shareholders. Union thugs and liberal politicians and bureaucrats only answer to themselves.
@DarrelfromZeeland I don't feel like a corporation it's employees anything other than competitive wages and hours. Abusing the system as Wal-Mart has ONLY benefits Wal-Mart and hurts the economy at large, the taxpayers, the government, and MOST of all it's employees. AKA, the backbone of the "backbone of America". Wal-Mart is a strip-mining operation in terms of economics, resources, and labor.
In the 80's walmart killed the downtown stores people lost jobs. Now it looks like walmart is going to kill the malls aka Sears. More lost jobs tax money the city needs. Get a real job? Walmart killed them. Now there is 500 people looking for a job at lowes for 3 hires they want.
@walmartramen Then MOVE to where the real jobs are. Or start your own business. Or ENLIST- Army. Navy. Air Force. Marines. America needs you on the front lines against the muslims. Nobody owes you a living. The sooner you realize that, the better off you and America will be.
"Be a shark or be bait?" That has been the way we where, look where it put us!!!
An foundation on the poor, not good to walk on these days! 43 million on food stamps in the USA. Keep up the shark it will cost you 50, 60 million on food stamps. No money to buy anything = no money for anyone!!
Nobody owes you a living? No living no taxes payed, no money for the USA. Food stamps for the workers etc. Did you know that when your apartment "Works with you" that is tax dollars at work. The poor runs on tax dollars! America needs us here!!! We are failing! No more USA if no change!!
MY local store fired my friend because she need toe surgery...took a leave, it got infected and the Dr. said he must do surgery again..NOW or amputate her toe...They fired her. She was an excellent worker....did everything for them.
oh come on please how manny fucken days do you think they should give? how about ten or fifteen maybe? be realistic people if you had a company to run you would want it to be efficient and thats by having dependable workers not just wal mart but alot of other supposed evil corporations have similar policies. just because they dont suit you it doesnt make them evil!
oh please, don't be so naive. you're either very young or very stupid to have that kind of outlook. the issue isn't with people wanting to take loads of time off sick (people have houses to pay for and children to feed) its to do with a ridiculous notion that walmart have that they can somehow predict the amount of days you're going to be sick - and if its more than that, you're expected to work sick or be fired. wait until you're in a similar situation and you will see the injustice of it all.
And if you live alone, are alone...vomiting, with a migraine...dizzy, weak, or anyother severe sickness...they make you stay on the ph. calling that 800 no. and giving them info over the phone before you even call in to your own manager...then you have to write down a confrimation code and file it away in case they ask you for it. It's evil and redicuous. Also...You have to call in two hours before your shift... What if someone gets sick in that last hour? It happens. Youre fired.
All the corpoations I've worked for allow one sick day a month..that doesn't affect your record and that's not paid sick days or personal days. Wal-Mart only allows 3 every six mos. and if your late more than 4-5 min.... 4 of those in a yr. counts as a sick day. If you come in work half a day, get sick, go home, it counts as a full day of sickness. They ARE EVIL!!! They also don't let ppl go on vacations...so they loose it too.
Wal-mart has no regard for it's employee's or customer's welfare. They insist that sick employees come to work and have unrealistic and punitive attendance policies. Every study I have ever read suggests that turnover is more of a financial burden to a company than sick leave. Yet Wal-mart apparently has no problem terminating endless numbers of employees who can not adhere to their unrealistic attendance policy. A doctor's note should be accepted. Nice going Wal-mart..you are the anti-christ!
Actually now wal mart will still fire you even if you have a doctors excuse only way they will excuse your absence is for jury duty, funeral or in my case being called to a fire.
IT happened to my friend. She got pneumonia and was off for a long time. She put in for a transfer to another store because they tried to make her take 3rd shift. She likes the other store better.
I got fired today from wal-mart for missing 7 days in the past 6 months. I missed 4 from a flu that i probably got working in the filthy garden center and the other 3 were when i recently got a bad head cold (our customers are disgusting and are forever coughing all over you, germx dont work!). Both times i brought in my doctors notes and thought everything would be fine cause my doctor ordered me to stay home (had the notes!!!). but they said they sadly had to let me go! I was cheated!
wow man i feel for ya i had to sign this gay ass paper saying that i acknowledge that i missed 3 fucking days 2 of which were because i was sick just like you the and the other because i took my graduation off what a bunch of cunts
yeah i had to sign a bunch of papers before i left, but at least i got all my vacation and my profit sharing shit in the form of a check. It should last me until i get a job. I seriously feel they wanted me to quit because i was the only full time cashier they had, which means they had to pay me medical and shit. They said they really want me to reapply in 30 days...only so they can hire me part time! i hate wal mart
yeah theyll do that to ya the thing i hate the most is that now that your looking for a job they wont even acknowledge the fact that they fired you its gonna be ackward when or if you ever do go back
They hire everybody part time so they don't have medical coverage, then require a hospital visit for a sick day to be used. Well, without medical coverage or full time pay, one cannot afford a doctor's visit with a Wal Mart salary. So essentially, you WILL work sick or you're fired. Sick workers make sick customers. I touch every cart, every toilet, ever bit of produce and every bit of dairy when I work sick. The manager joked that we'll sell more flu shots that way.
"There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody
in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his
money somewhere else." ( Sam Walton ) Once you see how the workers are treated, it makes shopping there different.
As in one wal-mart the customers where noticing the workers all look really tired.
This was because of an public survey that was on the receipt call the 800 # etc. From this the workers did get more hires to help. All from a public survey.
firing is up to management. management will keep you if your a good worker and they like you, even if you do miss a lot of days and hours. its their personal choices to overlook that.
leetstyle i agree with you if you are a good worker they will NOT fire you i have been working for walmart for 3 years and one time i had missed 9 days and im still there but they were excused sooo but they like me and i work my ass off too!!
If you worked there you know of the unconstant treatment of the workers. Like when they once picked people to get raises. Some did not some did. There was not a lot of info about why they where doing this. It sure made the other workers feel bad! Point is it's not a fair work place, if some workers get fired for missing 7 days when some don't missing 10 days or so.
this is what the policy states, if you miss 3 days, verbal warning. day 5, coaching. Day 6, D-day. Day 7 or any other coaching, they can fire you for that. If you are really a good work, and you have been working with your managers with your issues, they can keep you. When you get your raise, it is every year, they dont pick people to get a raise. This is something that is doen by the system.
She means Merritt Raises. They used to do that. Some ppl got Merritt Raises..usually their favorites...the members of their cliquque...it's like highschool. The managers pic favorites. they don't do the merritt raises anymore.
so true!!! the manager will not let u leave they get so pissed and say u need a doc. note, BUT BY LAW u DONT give a doc note unless u will miss 3 days of work!, but they dont listen to that it sucks
Yep it is pretty bullshit there. I have almost 200 sick hours, but i can only use them if its 3 days or more missing time, and then you have to get a doctors note. And I know plenty of people at work that have done that and they still dont accept it, just so they dont have to pay us, bullshit.
dude your lucky i only got 17 hours of vacation hours and thats after working thier for nearly 2 years at full time they told me that cuz my hours from the first quarter of last year were dropped because of a computer error and said they would work to get those back on that was over 6 months ago and still ive only accumulated 3 hours since then and only missed 1 day they told me to fill a request of hours sheet that was fun it only ate up 3 hours of my time and i should get my hours next month
their attendance policy is bullshit, I got fired because I kept getting sick and having to go to the hospital... I got canned 3 months ago and collecting unemployment from those assholes!
What pisses me off is that they don't accept doctors notes. :(
padfoot803 3 days ago
LOL 30 seconds late is the same as 3 hours late at Walmart. More than three hours then you are considered absent for the whole day. The good thing about such rigid policies is you can game the system. A friend mine works in the regional warehouses and calls out sick often but after so long the slate wipes clean and you can start calling out again. She let her chart get 100% clean and used all her vacation days plus called in for all the days she could and was off for a month and a half.
PineappleGummies 1 week ago
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i was a salary manager there for 7 years, and trust me, this policy is so set up for wal marts own benefit. They know that they can replace you with cheaper labor after they fire you because they wont need you after you start making real money. Im so glad i left this company, it destroys lives of the people who work there. Alot of people are lazy and just dont want to go to work, but some run into these situations, and get screwed and theres nothing you can do.I dont shop there at all.
RAZOR2177 3 months ago
Look at Walmart sales. If it takes a cost to the Walmart shopper $0.46 to pay the workers $12 an hour, the statement that it will cost more if an union raises the pay. That is Walmart using that to raise the cost to get more money! Look at Walmarts sales volume, they can take the cost they just pretend not to.
walmartramen 4 months ago
It's not the fact the union drops you. They have to follow rules also.
There are time limits on things like workers comp. Union fees are not that bad.
I pay $10 a year on mine.
walmartramen 4 months ago
Quit whining. At least you get sick pay. Get hurt at work, and not be able to work anymore, see how long your union "has your back". You can't work cuz u got hurt, you can't pay dues, therefore, they don't know you.
179178 4 months ago
@179178
Sick pay won't help you if you miss too many days.
Past a week the next day counts against you again & you only have 7 days. It's more of the fact people miss more random days. 7 days in 6 months adds up fast.
If you are that sick at work when it is that bad, them you should go for workers comp.
Unions are good, they give you a fair wage, raise. Muskogee Walmart pay was about $7.60
Then Tulsa ok pay was like $9.00, the average corp pay was $11 at the time. No union go low pay!
walmartramen 4 months ago
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zsezse215 5 months ago
calling in sick counts as an unexcused absence at this place
guayacan07 5 months ago
Yes, before you go to work at a Walmart, talk to many of the workers the best you can & find out how the managers are. You can't always get a good answer.
Just do what you can. Also do a search to find out which walmart has an union!
This gives you better raises, & keeps your pay from dropping.
walmartramen 5 months ago
Just don't work at Wal-mart until you know if they have a good management team or a stupid management team. It will save you a lot of trouble.
Uvi91 5 months ago
@mrjunkjunkerton Go figure!
ticks4ticks4 5 months ago
GREED, has destroyed the Middle Class in US ;-(
harleynut1969 6 months ago
it's all true! luckly my daughter only works part-time, which Wal-mart hates but @#$% 'em. She has worked sick.
debrahubbard01 6 months ago
Do you still work there? When I worked at a walmart they had a poster up telling you to come into work sick and let a manager know so they could put you to work away from customers, like in stock or lot attendant, both of which are not easy to do when you are sick and fatigued, but hey, they hate everyone so they don't really care...
GodSwordofGabriel 9 months ago 4
@GodSwordofGabriel They tried to fire me for missing too many days. Missed a few days here, a few there. Got a cold, got better, had to work no good pay there cant miss a lot of time cant pay bills. I had an unknown virus missed work then came back with a work release, but walmart does not accept work releases. Missed too many days, so I walked out. Sounds like walmart is finally working with the CDC! Many workers that got sick & had a hard time at walmart called the CDC!
walmartramen 9 months ago
@walmartramen I understand where you are coming from, and I should do something, they fired me for my ulcerative colitis (google it if you don't know what it is) and I have it very badly, so I could not work on some days, and my doctor tried to make them excuse those absences and they would not, and fired me in the end telling me it was for something else, then telling my supervisor it was for my UC. He said he would sign a letter I am writing to the state about this, it is just messed up!
GodSwordofGabriel 9 months ago
@GodSwordofGabriel Direct a complaint to the Better Business Bureau with any written proof you have.
MelkorHimself 8 months ago
"@GodSwordofGabriel Direct a complaint to the Better Business Bureau with any written proof you have." Don't complaint to the Chambers of Commerce! Here in Muskogee the manager of the Walmart was on the board! Partly thats why we did not get a target here.
walmartramen 8 months ago
i worked at walmart for 5+ years and they fired me because i violated their so called attendance policy FUCK WALMART
frank53681 9 months ago
Not pipe dream information. All info is on paper & is a concern of many workers there! watch?v=X6rZZeWwkoA
All I say is on paper, news stories, words from the workers, Real!
walmartramen 10 months ago
Nobody is arguing about how much Walmart makes. 14-16 billion a year is their profit. 419 billion in sales is correct. The problem here is that you are using real numbers and facts in conjunction with pipe dream information. I don't have a problem with advocating for higher wages. What I do have a problem with is using bogus information to do so.
Nexvick3 10 months ago
Walmart makes $419+ It's not just walmart you have Arvest bank Property investments etc. Then you have Walmart getting tax money from the Government. They can pay the workers better. Look in the money, follow the money! It stops before it goes to the workers! And from there all of us have to pay more taxes because the workers are not making it. Is that why there are 43 million people on food stamps?
walmartramen 10 months ago
"A minimum wage increase makes straightforward economic sense. It means more money in the hands of people who are going to spend it. Low minimum wages do NOT help small business. Small business owners know that keeping workers is easier and cheaper than finding and training new workers. And small business owners know that the longer an employee stays with you -- the more they know about your business and your customers, and the higher their productivity."
walmartramen 10 months ago
"Walmart makes a lot of money, tons of money. With revenues of roughly $419 billion in its latest fiscal year 2011, the company reported net income of right around $16.5 billion per year." info at moneymamba com. Link also on front page.
walmartramen 10 months ago
Provide facts. Numbers from UFCW are irrelevant since:
1) You can't produce solid numbers or facts in your favor
2) Numbers from a Union site would be, at the very least, biased and skewed
Why don't you give us something from an independent firm? The fact is you can't. The numbers you're looking for do not exist.
Nexvick3 10 months ago
It's still the same. I don't understand how you can argue with simple math. Again, it still amounts to, at most, $.96/hour. That's far from the $3/hour that you're claiming for raising the price of just one item $.01. Now let's see your math as opposed to your senseless rhetoric.
Nexvick3 10 months ago
Look genius. I was being generous. The number I used was insanely inflated. Walmart supercenters have, at best, 125,000 different items. Even if every store had that many unique items (which they don't), that would be 125,000 x 8500 stores = 1.0625 billion items.
Nexvick3 10 months ago
Look genius. I was being generous. The number I used was insanely inflated. Walmart supercenters have, at best, 125,000 different items. Even if every store had that many unique items (which they don't), that would be 125,000 x 8500 stores = 1.0625 billion items.
Nexvick3 10 months ago
@Nexvick3
Walmart supercenters have, at best, 125,000 different items... In China, Mexico, Canada, India, UK... The money goes to Walmart, because it is Walmart!
It all adds up! Are you seeing the money add up?
walmartramen 10 months ago
I push the point that "It’s important to maintain the buying power of the minimum wage, which workers put right back into local businesses, purchasing needed goods and services." Don't you want to help to get money back in to the system?
walmartramen 10 months ago
The info for the sales info, of raising an Item by $0.01 in total sales makes $3 more per hour has been locked up. It was on the "ufcw" website but they are working on the numbers. The info has been around, but still think about sales as in getting $0.01 X all Walmart sales of the item everywhere! The numbers are out there, it's fact!
walmartramen 10 months ago
Therefore, associates would not realistically receive $0.96/hour. What the will see is an annual increase (based on performance evaluations) of $0.40 - $0.60 per hour. You also have to understand that Walmart (like all successful businesses) budgets for wages and wage increases every year. When they do decide that it's time to raise wages, they will have figured that into the following fiscal year budget.
Nexvick3 10 months ago
That's using the $419 billion in sales you quoted, and raising everything a penny, rather than just one item. But let's not forget the shareholders. They invested in Walmart and expect ROI.
Nexvick3 10 months ago
@Nexvick3
watch?v=L9zqDZkv9eA
walmartramen 10 months ago
2011 "sales" - $419 billion
Let's go a step further than you did and say Walmart raises every item it sells by $0.01. Hmmmm. Let's see. Oh yeah. That would add up to 1% (or $4.19 billion). Let's divide that by 2.1 million associates = $1995.24/year divided by 52 weeks = $38.37/week divided by 40 hours = $0.96/hour (not even close to $3.00)
Nexvick3 10 months ago
Really? Really? $3.00/hour? Really? Come on, man. Stop pulling numbers out of the sky and use your head to do some simple math. I'll break it down in your numbers.
Nexvick3 10 months ago
Numbers are numbers Many say Walmart can afford to pay better. An Walmart worker in Muskogee makes about $8.00 an HR that is about $60 after taxes a day income. That was my pay check there. 1 Walmart makes about $100,000 a day loss of labor 500 People $32,000 Still $68,000 in money. Keep in mind Walmart has it's own power lines into the store so cost is low. In the end X the stores money X all the walmarts every where etc. A lot of money!
walmartramen 10 months ago
Please get your facts straight before you start spouting off numbers of which you clearly have no concept.
Nexvick3 10 months ago
Walmart workers, on average, earn $100 a day. Not $60.
nexvick2 10 months ago
Your words were, "Walmart made $419 billion last year..." See the problem? It's a misleading statement. Obviously, Walmart didn't clear that amount.
nexvick2 10 months ago
@nexvick2 "Walmart made $419 billion last year..." See the problem? It's a misleading statement. Obviously, Walmart didn't clear that amount?
investors.walmartstores. c o m
is from Walmart!
walmartramen 10 months ago
@walmartramen I think what he is saying is you have to look at overhead. Obviously, Wal Mart is in it to make money... the most money that they can otherwise, they wouldn't be doing it. A lot of people would be out of work and I, would be one of them. I work at a DC though. Pay is considerably higher at the DC. They are the highest paying employer in this area outside of the gov't.
BoogerReyProductions 10 months ago
@BoogerReyProductions I don't buy walmart hurting if sales is down. Keep in mind what the WAL fam is into. Arvest bank Sams son runs that, land grab owners etc... Points to the $419 billion walmart says they have. Walmart is not hurting! You seen the info that if Walmart raised the cost one thing one $0.01 is would make the workers something like $3.00 more per hour! Those are big numbers there.
walmartramen 10 months ago
Walmart spends more than $50 billion a year on wages alone. That's more than 300% of the profits Walmart makes in just one year. That doesn't include bonuses, insurance, 401k contributions, and other benefits.
nexvick2 10 months ago
419 billion in SALES, NOT PROFIT. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize you need money to run a business. Walmart's not keeping 419 billion in cash on hand. Did you happen to see the operating cost, reinvestments, and charitable donations? Nevermind. I can see it's pointless trying to explain. For 41, you really have no clue.
nexvick2 10 months ago
Look it up at investors.walmartstores. c o m
walmartramen 10 months ago
"Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (NYSE: WMT) serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,900 retail units under 60 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year 2011 sales of $419 billion, Walmart employs more than two million associates worldwide. A leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity, Walmart ranked first among retailers in Fortune magazine's 2010 Most Admired Companies survey."
walmartramen 10 months ago
Taken from Walmart's annual 2010 report.
Consolidated Net Income Attributable to Walmart (in millions): $14,335
So 14.3 billion dollars
There you have it folks. Not 419 billion. Have a nice day.
nexvick2 10 months ago
I have looked it up genius. You're looking at net sales. That's not profit. But thanks for playing. Tell him what he's won Bob. It's an all expenses paid trip to economics, business, and general accounting school! Enjoy!
nexvick2 10 months ago
@nexvick2 That is walmarts fiscal year 2011 sales of $419 billion. That is a lot of worth! Stock worth, income.
What does the worker get form it? $60 an day?
walmartramen 10 months ago
$419 billion! Look up web site investors.walmartstores.c o m
walmartramen 10 months ago
First of all, your numbers are waaaaay off. Walmart does not make 419 billion a year. They might bring in 419 billion, but their profit is about 3 - 4% of that. So your Walmart may have had 44 million in revenue but actually probably only made 2 million at best. Check your research.
Nexvick 10 months ago
If Walmart sends it's own spy's to the store to see what is going on, that says a lot how the workers are treated. Call the labor board & ask them if they do that! YES! Better pay is needed, an union is needed to heep a $419 billion corp from walking on you. It only took one women to push with the lawsuit going on now. Walmart knows this & is waching its workers more than ever!
walmartramen 10 months ago
When I worked at Walmart, I started at $7.60, then 3 yars latter I made $8.00 I am not the only worker too there that took a long time to get a raise to $8.00. Yes if you had an union your pay would go up faster & be fair, but Muskogee in non union so the pay is lower. The point is people need better pay! They can pay the workers better, they make enough money.
The Work hard and get barked at for not getting the 2500LBS pallet done in 45 min they find something to bring you down.
walmartramen 10 months ago
@Nexvick My argument is good. You need good wages too there.
My argument is better wages for people! Wait till you find out how much your facility makes in a year.
Walmart in Muskogee was something like $44 million.
walmartramen 10 months ago
Call the Walmart in Muskogee OK. Ask for HR & ask what the pay is, like overnight etc. You will see the need for better pay!!
walmartramen 10 months ago
s and pay retail associates modest wages (Apple being one of the most profitable). Are you entitled to $15 - $20 per hour? That depends on the type of work you do, your skill level, and time with the company. Your entitled to get paid a fair wage for the work that you perform. Do you really think that a retail associate with minimal responsibility should be paid $20/hour? Is that really fair? Perhaps you believe that everyone should be paid the same regardless of their level of education or exp
Nexvick 10 months ago
@walmartramen Not sure that even deserves a response. But what the hell.
Now we are talking about wages? It seems to me like you (and most others who have a problem with Walmart) would like to skip right past entry level and move straight to management. But I digress. What you fail to realize is that Walmart is on par with (if not above) average retail wages. Why aren't we talking about Kmart, Target or any other mass retail store? There are a great many companies that make billions of dollar
Nexvick 10 months ago
@Nexvick The pay in in Muskogee OK started at $7.60 Not really started at $8.00, it takes about 2 to 3 years to get it that high. An custodian job is about the same $7.60+ The workers work hard & need to be payed better.
Look at how many people are on food stamps in my town! Says a lot, when the Walmart in your town makes $44 million in a year & dumps off the cost of the workers to the tax payers!
walmartramen 10 months ago
So True! I had to work with the Flu once, so I passed it onto my boss who made me work shaking that bitch's hand every chance I got along with every other boss who was ever an A-Hole to me.
WystenDraco 11 months ago
@walmartramen Then most ppl should stop calling out for a headache or diarrhea or a mild cold? Take some Motrin. Take some Immodium. Take some cold medicine. Get over it. And let's not forget about those who call out because their time off wasn't approved. Walmart's policy is pretty mild compared to some. Come to work on time when you're scheduled and do your job. It's not really that complicated. If people can't handle that, they should look elsewhere for employment.
Nexvick 11 months ago
@Nexvick Not so good when you get treated like that at work, missing random days, because your kid is sick at school, etc. The workers do not just decide to take off work. They get payed so little they can't afford too!
The ladies have got passed up on a better job positions. The workers are suing for a reason!
Listen to the workers, ask them! Walmart made $419 billion last year what did the workers make?
Can they just take time off making $60.00 a day?
walmartramen 10 months ago
This is actually incorrect. It's not 7 absences. They give you 7 absence occurrences. An occurrence is up to 3 consecutive scheduled days missed. Sure if you only missed one each time, that would be seven absences. But if you missed 3 each time, that would be 21 absences and only 7 occurrences. I'd say that's more than generous. I mean, seriously. How many days do you really need?
Nexvick 11 months ago
@Nexvick Yes, but in real life people miss more random days. People mostly miss one day each time per occurrence.
Sick one day, have to take care of you kid at school! Life is random! So it is not hard to miss 7 days in a 6 month time!
walmartramen 11 months ago
I just tell them i will show up when I feel like..and most of the time I dont feel like..so you just need to deal with it when Im not there
ponbass2 11 months ago
@TheHipHopAP
For the military no, but think about how public Walmart is. It is worse than working at a school, all the kids & germs, you will get sick in time. Then you add the part about the need to take off work to get your kid to the DR, or a problem at school with your kid. Life takes your time, or you neglect your kids & get in hot water. Walmart makes too much money to be like this.
walmartramen 1 year ago
I didnt go in for a week straight and they kept me there
then two weeks later i called them and told them my parents died at another walmart and that i could never return to one again
barnabyjones786 1 year ago
And the people who they didn't fire they cut their hours....what they are doing is criminal
chucknorrisgawd 1 year ago
7 days is alot to miss....ive worked there for over 2 years and have only taken two days off, and one of them was to hang out with a friend and the other was being actually sick (but yes walmart has actually fired alot of people recently for missing only acouple days for being sick not even as many as you!...they fucking suck)
chucknorrisgawd 1 year ago
you missed 7 days in 6 months ??? what grade are you in anyway ?
RichM404 1 year ago
@RichM404 The work shift I worded there was an 8 hour shift X 5 days!
Walmarts rule was you can not miss 7 days! Fired! They do not treat the workers right. Like wanting a 2500 LBS pallet
done in 45 minutes not counting the 10 minutes it took you to
bring it from the back to isle 6. Then to have a manager bug you every
30 minutes. Have you worked there???
walmartramen 1 year ago
i missed 4 days of work because i hurt my back on the job, doing exactly what i was supposed to. of course no workers comp for me. then i got my dday, went to lunch and never came back. fuck you walmart.
lifetaker1234 1 year ago
@lifetaker1234 Workmen's communism is a Marxist welfare entitlement. Why should Walmart be forced to pay for your carelessness?
DarrelfromZeeland 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland HMMMM, carelessness. well if you were there that day (which you were not) you would have seen that i was doing exactly what my job entitled me to do. but of course when i speak to walmarts ""asset protection"" people (which lets be honest, its walmart's ass-protection) they denounced it as unsafe work practices. even though it was what i was trained to do. so which is it walmart? they also did'nt train me in safety on my position.
lifetaker1234 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland
"Why should Walmart be forced to pay for your carelessness?"
Because walmart makes 405 mill, in USA 500+ in UK, etc, etc....
But pays the workers $6 to 7 an hour after taxes. Who does that cost???
walmartramen 1 year ago
the problem is that wal mart takes advantage of needle families, so when ever some thing like this happens they threatened the workers with getting fired, plus they know how the economy is and use that to there advantage.
greyfoxyo 1 year ago
@greyfoxyo
Really the economy is bad for the higher waged people. There is many low paying jobs out there. Walmart, Target, sort of K-mart. K-mart pays it's workers by getting something like a loan. The workers get a pay check, but it is paid by a loan.
walmartramen 1 year ago
this is fucking rediculous! i was scheduled to work today at 230 and have the flu so i went to the doctor and she gave me codeine for my throat. I told them i was sick but it still counts as an abscence from work even though i am very sick and could get others very sick:(
smileyg333 1 year ago
@smileyg333
The CDC has been having a hard time with that. When the "Swine Flu" was going around. I contacted the CDC about my concern about walmart doing that.
The CDC & the union knows about this. I would call the CDC and put in a complaint, let them know about this. When I worked there I was getting to the point I was going to contact the CDC & let them know where I work & have them call them to let them know I was sick. I put up links on video.
walmartramen 1 year ago
Gotta love Pink floyd :00-26
MegaFLAMEWAR 1 year ago
@kristy46750 fuck you asshole, i cant even work right now because of wal-mart. i screwed up my back so bad i can barely get out of bed. all wal-shit had to do was give me a lousy chair and let me sit down once an hour (doctors note and all) now i can barely move.
PsychoSymantic 1 year ago
I use to work at walmart, i missed way more than 7 days. I was sick, they sent my ass hole ( even tho i could of came back to work, because i had proof ) for a whole damn month, ignoring my letter, my doctor letters, etc. Even threaten my ass because i said i was going to sue them haha. I remember calling out refusing to go back to work because they own me money . I call out for about 8 days, still had a job tho. Finally i left after finding a better job.
I also sue them and won :) Faggots
AcceleratedVisions 1 year ago 4
Everybody bitches about unions, but I really think ALL Wal-Mart employees should organize. You guys should hold a national walk off and boycott. What are they going to do, fire all U.S. employees at once?
ispewmalarkey 1 year ago
@ispewmalarkey That would get the point across! But there are a lot of workers that are afraid to
do that they put in too many years, fear losing being vested! (Retirement)
But it the free choice act kicks in that will change things. It would be law & they will feel safe to do so. But it takes everyone right now to make the change, or it will not happen. It takes everyone! Go to all get out there get heard!!
walmartramen 1 year ago
@kristy46750 Well it is bad for many workers. They are talking about it!
They went right to DC about it. There is something there!
watch?v=6rfPg74XAd0 This is a good point!
watch?v=L9zqDZkv9eA
walmartramen 1 year ago
also its not jsut 7 days anymroe its just 7 non consecitive days....
so you can miss 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 then your fired but cant be in a row anything after 3 you need a LOA. so offically you can miss 18 before your fired because the 7th time is bye bye
draggt03 1 year ago
You must call an 800 number to report all
absences and tardiness by an hour before the
scheduled start time every day you are sick.
Not true....I have and know people that came to work and had to call it because they got sent home without clocking in
draggt03 1 year ago
@draggt03 The attendance policy I have on there is from the time I worked there
about 3 years ago. I need new info but I don't work there. And they won't say anything. Im needing an update here & i am working on it!
walmartramen 1 year ago
umm welcome to the work force dude- that is actually pretty good- I only get a huge 10 days off a year- that includes sick and vaction- you are breaking my heart
feedmetwinkies 1 year ago
@feedmetwinkies Oh maybe some people aren't happy being slaves with no respect. We get paid just enough to survive, not save to escape that life. They want you where you are because it costs them almost nothing.
The bottom poor class does all the work and gets almost none of the money.
UnknownXV 1 year ago
Bah, I was thinking in military time. Sick days are free, but you (typically) request time off in 24 chunks.
Mareritt 1 year ago
What planet are you working on??? Here on Earth the days are 24 hours long; which makes 7 days, 168 hours not 56.
The 71+ hours of accumulated sick leave is less than 3 days (2.9 and change). 56 hours is 2.33 days
Mareritt 1 year ago
6 months is 182.5. If you missed 7 days that would be an 8 hour shift X 7 days 56 hours. Sorry I need to explain that better. My planet is fine! watch?v=ITX5VYXzUUI
walmartramen 1 year ago
@Mareritt Goes by hours you would have worked. 1 day is usually 8 hours.
UnknownXV 1 year ago
@ Pep Boys its alot worse 3 days straight of being sick your fired. You sign a contract that allows them to fire you whenever they want and management can make threats and degrading remarks & if you go outside your fired
doggfyre 1 year ago
There has been many court cases against Pep boys, having to do with over time not payed. Look up Pep boys on google & find a lot of bad. You can vent at these websites "jobvent"or "glassdoor"
walmartramen 1 year ago
when you take a job, you take on the restrictions & conditions. no employer is REQUIRED to establish terms & conditions of employment that YOU like. If you don't like the conditions of your employment, that means you should find other employment, or shut up & do the job you were hired to do. Employment is something you are not entitled to because you exist. If you can't get a diff. job, that's not Wal-Mart's fault
zoul66666 1 year ago
So back in the 1900's when they had the "Company Store" You where hired to only work & to spend your money back to the company for things you need & the pres at the time changed that because it was not right! So was he wrong? No!
Search for "Star Junction: The Company Store, circa 1900"
Just because you work there does not mean you can be treated bad. That is why there are labor laws!
walmartramen 1 year ago
@walmartramen that is why you can quit & look for other employment. It is within the law to do what they do & it is your choice to seek employment under the conditions that are offered. No one hold a gun to your head & forces you to keep working there. It is not your employer's duty to give each person the employment situation that they choose. If you can't find another job, then you are luck that you are employed. If you can get off your ass & do it.
zoul66666 1 year ago
@zoul66666 If they can't find another job, they can move to where the better jobs are, or they can crack open the books and get an education learning a profitable skill or trade, making themself smarter and more valuable to employers, or they can start their own business.
DarrelfromZeeland 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland So in other words, conform, conform and conform (you can learn and a genius but without a piece of paper you're screwed).
No thanks. Society is already corrupted and controlled by the ultra rich who do none of the work but get almost 100% of the profit.
UnknownXV 1 year ago
@UnknownXV Newsflash moron. The rich busted their ass to become rich. Anyone with enough discipline, moxie, hustle, enterprise, initiative, and just plain "go go go go" can make it in America. I'm sick of losers, whiners, slackers, and moochers like you leeching off us successful people. The rich are the backbone of America. Anything that makes them richer makes America healthier and stronger. When was the last time a poor man hired anyone?
DarrelfromZeeland 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland The only difference between the rich and the poor is the rich have no problem stepping on toes and looking out entirely for themselves. Yes, they took a risk on their idea, and I'm all for rewarding them for that, but there are limits. Some people are so mind bogglingly rich it doesn't even make sense. I think as a society we should look towards the individual more than the collective. Looking at someone not based on what they can do, but how they live.
UnknownXV 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland
"When was the last time a poor man hired anyone?"
When was the last time the poor did not cost the rich?
Note there is more poor then rich, each has a cost to the state etc.
Because the rich wants the money not to give it to the worker.
So the cost of that worker goes to everyone else. More poor from that, less sales!
walmartramen 1 year ago
Is it not walmarts fault to make a fiscal year 2009 sales of $401 billion &
not to give the worker any vacation time or accept your DR work release with out you missing your 6 day out of 180.5 days. It is not walmarts fault that there are about 500 people looking into 4 or 5 job openings at lowes in my town. So you are lucky to have a job right now, bankers are getting laid off thats a bad sign.
Walmart makes money they can treat the workers better.
walmartramen 1 year ago
@zoul66666 You have an uninteresting point of view that does you no good whatsoever. You're reciting rhetoric that has never in the history of humanity benefited any individual. In this case, you're basically giving fellatio to corporations everywhere, as if they always know best and will always do what's right. Where would we be right now, though, if no one ever fought for conditions that were fair, or conditions that "YOU like", as you say? Why DOES Wal-Mart make the rules?
brandavies 1 year ago
@brandavies
"Has never in the history of humanity benefited any individual."
Search for "Star Junction: The Company Store, circa 1900"
Yes it has! From after that there was changes. Also note in Mexico the Walmart took a hit For Paying Employees
Using Gift-Cards!
Do a search for "Mexico's Wal-Mart Takes A Hit For Paying Employees Using Gift-Cards"
walmartramen 1 year ago
@walmartramen Well, I see that. I've been a Wal-Mart employee twice in two different towns as well. A Tire & Lube Express Tech and an overnight stocker. I've also made note of the fact that their employee discount card can't be used on food, etc. I've always thought of Wal-Mart though as kind of having that "company store" attitude toward its employees. Still, I'm not sure what point you were trying to make in your reply to me..
brandavies 1 year ago
@brandavies
The employees that got paid in gift cards did not like that, so they did something about it & now it is fixed. Workers have more power than the managers. Workers have more power than they know! The walmart I worked at at the time we had discount on some food.
Walmarts way of putting a cup of tea on a fire. The pay is low walmart & others dumps the workers on the state. My town more & more are going on food stamps.
90% of the workers are where I work now. The rich pay for themtaxes!
walmartramen 1 year ago
@walmartramen I've been on food stamps myself for a month now. I agree though that workers can change things. I was disagreeing with zoul66666's statement that workers shouldn't complain and should just work somewhere else if the conditions are unfair-- but he ignores the fact that in small towns that Wal-Mart has entered, the choices are severely limited. Wal-Mart likes government subsidies that take care of their workers so Wal-Mart doesn't have to. Legal? Probably. Right? No.
brandavies 1 year ago
@brandavies Newsflash dumbass. Corporations are the backbone of America. Everything that helps corporations makes America and our economy stronger and healthier. The corporations have to answer to customers and shareholders. Union thugs and liberal politicians and bureaucrats only answer to themselves.
DarrelfromZeeland 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland I don't feel like a corporation it's employees anything other than competitive wages and hours. Abusing the system as Wal-Mart has ONLY benefits Wal-Mart and hurts the economy at large, the taxpayers, the government, and MOST of all it's employees. AKA, the backbone of the "backbone of America". Wal-Mart is a strip-mining operation in terms of economics, resources, and labor.
brandavies 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland
Corporations are the backbone of America? Not really. Who did Sam walton
say owns walmart? Look it up. If people are broke they cant buy anything.
Look at us now, the pay is too low, funding is low, no sales for the Corporations.
walmartramen 1 year ago
In the 80's walmart killed the downtown stores people lost jobs. Now it looks like walmart is going to kill the malls aka Sears. More lost jobs tax money the city needs. Get a real job? Walmart killed them. Now there is 500 people looking for a job at lowes for 3 hires they want.
You now have a flooded market tanks to walmart.
walmartramen 2 years ago
@walmartramen Then MOVE to where the real jobs are. Or start your own business. Or ENLIST- Army. Navy. Air Force. Marines. America needs you on the front lines against the muslims. Nobody owes you a living. The sooner you realize that, the better off you and America will be.
DarrelfromZeeland 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland Yep, all on their own, care about no one but yourself, the world is unfair and harsh, the strong (lucky) will survive, etc...
You know what, this isn't the jungle anymore. It's 2010. We should be way fucking beyond that.
UnknownXV 1 year ago
@UnknownXV Newsflash dumbass. This is a dog eat dog world. Be a shark or be bait. I prefer to be a shark.
DarrelfromZeeland 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland
"Be a shark or be bait?" That has been the way we where, look where it put us!!!
An foundation on the poor, not good to walk on these days! 43 million on food stamps in the USA. Keep up the shark it will cost you 50, 60 million on food stamps. No money to buy anything = no money for anyone!!
walmartramen 1 year ago
@DarrelfromZeeland
Nobody owes you a living? No living no taxes payed, no money for the USA. Food stamps for the workers etc. Did you know that when your apartment "Works with you" that is tax dollars at work. The poor runs on tax dollars! America needs us here!!! We are failing! No more USA if no change!!
walmartramen 1 year ago
these employees make 50 dollars a day. wait until you actually are sick. not like your stubbed toe, i mean actually sick. show some remorse.
my local store also fired a woman on maternity leave
archetype891 2 years ago
MY local store fired my friend because she need toe surgery...took a leave, it got infected and the Dr. said he must do surgery again..NOW or amputate her toe...They fired her. She was an excellent worker....did everything for them.
saharra22469 1 year ago
oh come on please how manny fucken days do you think they should give? how about ten or fifteen maybe? be realistic people if you had a company to run you would want it to be efficient and thats by having dependable workers not just wal mart but alot of other supposed evil corporations have similar policies. just because they dont suit you it doesnt make them evil!
papydingo 2 years ago
oh please, don't be so naive. you're either very young or very stupid to have that kind of outlook. the issue isn't with people wanting to take loads of time off sick (people have houses to pay for and children to feed) its to do with a ridiculous notion that walmart have that they can somehow predict the amount of days you're going to be sick - and if its more than that, you're expected to work sick or be fired. wait until you're in a similar situation and you will see the injustice of it all.
exile4eva 2 years ago
And if you live alone, are alone...vomiting, with a migraine...dizzy, weak, or anyother severe sickness...they make you stay on the ph. calling that 800 no. and giving them info over the phone before you even call in to your own manager...then you have to write down a confrimation code and file it away in case they ask you for it. It's evil and redicuous. Also...You have to call in two hours before your shift... What if someone gets sick in that last hour? It happens. Youre fired.
saharra22469 1 year ago
All the corpoations I've worked for allow one sick day a month..that doesn't affect your record and that's not paid sick days or personal days. Wal-Mart only allows 3 every six mos. and if your late more than 4-5 min.... 4 of those in a yr. counts as a sick day. If you come in work half a day, get sick, go home, it counts as a full day of sickness. They ARE EVIL!!! They also don't let ppl go on vacations...so they loose it too.
saharra22469 1 year ago
Wal-mart has no regard for it's employee's or customer's welfare. They insist that sick employees come to work and have unrealistic and punitive attendance policies. Every study I have ever read suggests that turnover is more of a financial burden to a company than sick leave. Yet Wal-mart apparently has no problem terminating endless numbers of employees who can not adhere to their unrealistic attendance policy. A doctor's note should be accepted. Nice going Wal-mart..you are the anti-christ!
pwcarr 2 years ago
Actually now wal mart will still fire you even if you have a doctors excuse only way they will excuse your absence is for jury duty, funeral or in my case being called to a fire.
99GPSE 2 years ago
Now you have to get a Dr.s note and file a leave of absense request if you miss the third day. There is only one leave of absense allowed each yr.
saharra22469 1 year ago
I recently broke my foot and work at wal mart. I was off for more than 4 weeks... They're hardly giving me any shifts anymore.
Spotlight56 2 years ago
IT happened to my friend. She got pneumonia and was off for a long time. She put in for a transfer to another store because they tried to make her take 3rd shift. She likes the other store better.
saharra22469 1 year ago
I got fired today from wal-mart for missing 7 days in the past 6 months. I missed 4 from a flu that i probably got working in the filthy garden center and the other 3 were when i recently got a bad head cold (our customers are disgusting and are forever coughing all over you, germx dont work!). Both times i brought in my doctors notes and thought everything would be fine cause my doctor ordered me to stay home (had the notes!!!). but they said they sadly had to let me go! I was cheated!
shmoopsy87 2 years ago 3
wow man i feel for ya i had to sign this gay ass paper saying that i acknowledge that i missed 3 fucking days 2 of which were because i was sick just like you the and the other because i took my graduation off what a bunch of cunts
slashysmasher 2 years ago
yeah i had to sign a bunch of papers before i left, but at least i got all my vacation and my profit sharing shit in the form of a check. It should last me until i get a job. I seriously feel they wanted me to quit because i was the only full time cashier they had, which means they had to pay me medical and shit. They said they really want me to reapply in 30 days...only so they can hire me part time! i hate wal mart
shmoopsy87 2 years ago
yeah theyll do that to ya the thing i hate the most is that now that your looking for a job they wont even acknowledge the fact that they fired you its gonna be ackward when or if you ever do go back
slashysmasher 2 years ago
They hire everybody part time so they don't have medical coverage, then require a hospital visit for a sick day to be used. Well, without medical coverage or full time pay, one cannot afford a doctor's visit with a Wal Mart salary. So essentially, you WILL work sick or you're fired. Sick workers make sick customers. I touch every cart, every toilet, ever bit of produce and every bit of dairy when I work sick. The manager joked that we'll sell more flu shots that way.
karmavirus 2 years ago
That sucks... My mom works at Walmart, but she doesn't bitch about it..
fster57 2 years ago
If you don't bitch about it, no one will know & there will be no changes for the better.
walmartramen 2 years ago
You think just because your on Youtube complaining about attendance policies somethings gonna change about it?
fster57 2 years ago
"There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody
in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his
money somewhere else." ( Sam Walton ) Once you see how the workers are treated, it makes shopping there different.
As in one wal-mart the customers where noticing the workers all look really tired.
This was because of an public survey that was on the receipt call the 800 # etc. From this the workers did get more hires to help. All from a public survey.
walmartramen 2 years ago
firing is up to management. management will keep you if your a good worker and they like you, even if you do miss a lot of days and hours. its their personal choices to overlook that.
leetstyle 2 years ago
Management, does not personally give you a pay check, that is corp.
So in firing is also corp because of corp policy's they have to follow
because of any possible lawsuits that might become of it.
walmartramen 2 years ago
leetstyle i agree with you if you are a good worker they will NOT fire you i have been working for walmart for 3 years and one time i had missed 9 days and im still there but they were excused sooo but they like me and i work my ass off too!!
BrandyLuvliTV 2 years ago
If you worked there you know of the unconstant treatment of the workers. Like when they once picked people to get raises. Some did not some did. There was not a lot of info about why they where doing this. It sure made the other workers feel bad! Point is it's not a fair work place, if some workers get fired for missing 7 days when some don't missing 10 days or so.
walmartramen 2 years ago
this is what the policy states, if you miss 3 days, verbal warning. day 5, coaching. Day 6, D-day. Day 7 or any other coaching, they can fire you for that. If you are really a good work, and you have been working with your managers with your issues, they can keep you. When you get your raise, it is every year, they dont pick people to get a raise. This is something that is doen by the system.
pojo644 2 years ago
She means Merritt Raises. They used to do that. Some ppl got Merritt Raises..usually their favorites...the members of their cliquque...it's like highschool. The managers pic favorites. they don't do the merritt raises anymore.
saharra22469 1 year ago
so true!!! the manager will not let u leave they get so pissed and say u need a doc. note, BUT BY LAW u DONT give a doc note unless u will miss 3 days of work!, but they dont listen to that it sucks
purelazyness 2 years ago
Just one more reason I don't shop at Walmart anymore.
xevilsuziex 2 years ago
Yeah walmart sux big time, I'm at one in MS and as soon as i can find something else I'm gone.
Dixiebitch1 2 years ago
Yep it is pretty bullshit there. I have almost 200 sick hours, but i can only use them if its 3 days or more missing time, and then you have to get a doctors note. And I know plenty of people at work that have done that and they still dont accept it, just so they dont have to pay us, bullshit.
xxdelaoxx 2 years ago
dude your lucky i only got 17 hours of vacation hours and thats after working thier for nearly 2 years at full time they told me that cuz my hours from the first quarter of last year were dropped because of a computer error and said they would work to get those back on that was over 6 months ago and still ive only accumulated 3 hours since then and only missed 1 day they told me to fill a request of hours sheet that was fun it only ate up 3 hours of my time and i should get my hours next month
slashysmasher 2 years ago
wal mart set up 'front' stores so they an avoid paying the taxes on their big corporate stores and only pay taxes on the front stores
goliath6190 3 years ago
their attendance policy is bullshit, I got fired because I kept getting sick and having to go to the hospital... I got canned 3 months ago and collecting unemployment from those assholes!
WykkedSyn 3 years ago
You pretty much have to have an uber immune system to work retail. Wal-Mart you have to have the best immune system on the planet.
MulletManSam 3 years ago 2
i guess i have a strong immune system
prmtyme 3 years ago