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larriana of carbondale, PA January 4, 2010 I see everyone posting their complaints about Walmart and I thought I was alone until now. I was injured( check my post from june 2009) while working a 13 hour shift. I only worked those extra hours because I was asked to help out because it was the first day of trout season and people would be coming in all night for their fishing licenses. I was injured and immediately reported it to a member of management. There WAS A WITNESS to everything I said to him. It upsets me that this person never came forward and told the truth. None the less, he had said that it didnt sound work related and said I could go home. I was given a wheelchair and waited outside for my fiancee to pick me up. I went to the ER and they said I torn somnething in my knee and instructed to me to see my primary physician. Long story short, I ended up needing surgery. At this time, my employer had no choice but to give the situation attention. The store manager of the Dickson City, Pa walmart supercenter had me in an office with himself and 3 other managers ( one of which stood in front of the door). My lawyer was not present so I have no one to tell the truth. The store manager tried to convince me that I did not report the incident accurately but I did. Tried to scare me with a false report from an "anonymous" employee but I wouldnt budge. He called me a "liar" and said "this is just a way for you to take time off work and get paid for it." I was utterly humiliated and was in tears. I was fired later that day. They reported that I just stopped showing up. I was barely getting by without a job because I had no idea this was going to happen. All of the medical expenses from this injury were my responsebility. These managers know what they did. I hope the main office CEO's read this. But...Since then, I AM HAPPY. I have a way better job and more time with my children. Yolanda of marshall, TX December 31, 2009 Walmart Supercenter is by far the most atrocious place I ever had to work. All of the so- called managers are very direspectful ,and they try there best to humilinate and degrade thier assoicates. They over-work the workers and offer them no over time ,and in fact they make you take off your overtime. I am currently in the last few months of graduating from college ,and I cant wait to walk out that door. I hope that the employee's that I have grown to love , will get over thier fears ,and start a union. They deserve to get treated with some dignity. Craig of Bloomington, MN December 29, 2009 My daughter who is 16 years old worked for Walmart for 3 months. She was a cashier at the Bloomington MN store. She had a security person which she knew come through her line with a hand full of candy. He told her to put it in a bag and give her a fake receipt. He did not pay for the candy. My daughter was called in the office two weeks later and fired for this. She thought the security person had the authorization to do this. ( a authority figure) She had other people in her line and the secuity person hurried her and told her what to do. I think this was kind of trickery because she would not let any other person do this. She should of just got a warning for this. She was well liked by co-workers and managers. Franklin of Arlington,, TX December 16, 2009 I was Working Over night Shift they told me work on dairy i try oen the pallet up to 8 feet carry on boxes over 50 pound Iak help brad he did not help me how i got injured boxes fail on my Head through my shoulder I told them the injury but brad and barbara over night managers did not help me later they said we don't have report paper we can not sent a doctor they relieve me from the dairy section, to go on light duty or lay down in the pharmacy section, until the personnel office, would be opened by 7.am, non of these were inteviewed. ms jessica, who is the personnel manager, who was holping me to fill the injury accident report when earl manager sent matt g my accident report papers that she was filling for me. the personnel manager would testify that matt, grabbed all the sccident report papers when i was not allowed to complete the forms I decided i was going to go the hospital that was when the store manager said that i would be fired, if i should leave for insubordination. at that point i ask mr. earl g the store manager what he wanted me to do because i was in pain. i explained to him what happened, then he said i should have gotten a ladder. then i told him, that it was not possoble for me to climb, the 8,o. ladder and carry a 60 ib box down by my self. then mr g, said that i was insurbodinated. mr g did not ask me how i was injury of how to get medical treatment the hearing officer hered an interpeter but he did not let the interpeter ask what really happened from me so that i could state to him in somali language. i did not understand the interpreter because he was the south of somali. we do not speak the same dialct, the interpreter did not understand the northern dialect whech is what i speak, i have lived in the u.s the past 14 year i can speak for my self. first iwin and the employer appeal and i win then the hearing officer help appeal for them iam waiting yet my appealling, Donald of Pearland, TX November 30, 2009 As a underemployed and over qualified person working at this store, my first Black Friday from the other side of the counter was enlightening. Organization of these sales in all retailers could be much better. Give Walmart some credit, they stock much deeper than the 2-5 items their competitors typically deliver, but the volume of customers is much larger. The big issue is as noted, your discussion of the value of the merchandise being offered should be questioned. Working in Electronics I think the customers would do well by carefully shopping for the precise features they need, the quality of brands offered, and doing a personal cost benefit analysis regarding the value of a foolish quest chasing "must have" stuff. Saving a few bucks at the cost of lost time with family and friends seems hardly worth it. Thank you for the "Tales from the Front Lines of Black Friday, " Your information is dead on.... salonica of cleveland, OH November 20, 2009 wal-mart is one of the riches stores in the united states and the worse for how they treat thair employees as a employee you never measure up to thair standards the management staff is horrible they use threats to fire you to have power over thair employees i was injured thair they took three months to call me in for a doctor visit and drug test i had surgery lots of threapy and year long healing a year latter surgery is not paid for thearpy or doctor visits i felt hurt betrayed i was a good employee proud of my job i took a visit to the store a year after injury all of my freinds that were left said please dont come back here its gotten worse i felt sorry for them its like thair traped they need to pay thair bills they said to me thair always looking over thair backs i dont wont to work for this unfair company Susan of Burlington, NC November 12, 2009 I had been a salaried member of management with Walmart for over 3 years. I found a new job and my last day with Walmart was October 13th. I still have not received my last paycheck. It has been 4 weeks today. I keep getting the excuse from te Market HR Director that someone was on vacation and my hours did not get keyed. I am so fed up with all the bs. I called the labor board today to get the ball rolling a bit faster. It shows you how they treat and really feel about employees who worked their butts off and left on good terms..huh? george of antioch, IL November 4, 2009 tried to apply for a job,told they needed,third shift stock,went to the cashier manager,asked to see if i could talk to a manager,denied,asked if i could give a copy of basic resume ,denied.i keep hearing about jobs. charles of hamburg, AR November 2, 2009 i applied for a job with the company, after getting back to me three weeks later and scheduling three interviews they finally called me in to finalize my paper work for me to get the job. while i was there, computer work was required and the store manager keith m. was having a managers meeting in the middle of my computer work and when i yawned he then sent me home and told me to not come back for a job. as to why he said this to me i have no idea but i felt it was unfair and i felt that he had wasted my time that i could have used looking for other jobs to wait for this one just for him to send me home and tell me not to come back for something as small as a yawn. i now have to search for another job after declining an offer due to the mis-leading of wal-mart thinking i had the job and time that i could have been using to find another occupation was used waiting for wal-mart and then being put through all of those interviews and paper signing just to be declined was wrong. Lee of Roanoke, VA October 26, 2009 Walmart insurance is the WORST insurance in the US. It pays nothing on your claims. Under the current coverage, I recently received a doctor bill for 115.00. This insurance is supposed to be 80%-20%. Insurance paid 24 and change, my portion was 77 and change. I don't know where you went to school, but in no way is that 20%. Since this insurance covers basically nothing but prescriptions, my husband(who is the employee) will not be able to have a much needed stress test on his heart. Insurance advised me that I needed to meet the 350 deductible, and then if the hospital was in the PPO plan, they would cover at 80-20. If not, it woulbe at 50-50. And this is only 1 instance. If you work for Walmart, you are basically slave labor. Minimum wage and the poorest insurance available. And all this from a multi-billion dollar corporation. I bet poor old Sam Walton is spinning like a whirling dervish in his grave at what his good intentions have now become. 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