I might not have a job anymore in the morning

You are correct in that most of the protocol that exists tends to be more favourable for the employer rather than the employee. It is done in part so that nuisance complaints do not cripple a business. The down side is it also will protect a business that is not doing what it should with regards to it's employees.

Most people do not follow through on wrongful dismissal as they are unprepared to do so. That is in part by not having kept or made documentation, fear, being overwhelmed and the erroneous assumption that the cost to do so would be extremely high.

Too many times people feel that their job is not a professional type of a position and then it is not worth doing it. It is worth it when it is your livelihood. More importantly it is your right as an employee to be treated fairly. Sometimes companies need a reminder of that as well. If you earn minimum wage and are entitled to compensation, it matters as much as the executive pulling six figure.

Within minutes of reading a complaint if filed, I can tell if it is a walk away, pay out or just grounds. That is decided in large part by how prepared the complaint is when filed. One letter can stop actions in minutes if it is concise and reasonable doubt is cast. I have seen and been involved in settlements being achieved based on one letter written by an employee.

 

lol...Yeah...the first full summer I worked there we had no air conditioner and while the shifts usually were no longer than 8 hours at the most, it was 117 degrees in that kitchen every day. With no breaks. It was godawful.

 

Is the job market really that bad in the US that people get fired at will there?

 

that's how my last job before i got into food was. except i was never told to take breaks, i just did because i was generally unsupervised.

 

I know I signed an at will agreement, but I also know that I'm pretty sure I could get unemployment until I find another job if I did lose this one, just because this incident is not my fault. I'm pretty sure the company isn't stupid enough to can two people, knowing they'll have to pay them both unemployment, for something so minor. There was an accident with an old manager and he didn't file the paperwork right, but the only reason he got in trouble was that he threatened the nurse because she told him the company was not required to pay medical bills when the proper paperwork hasn't been filled out. It's already after lunch there now and I still have yet to receive a phone call or anything, so I'm pretty sure I'll be alright tomorrow. The other shift leader was supposed to work the evening shift and I asked him to let me know if shit starts going down, so I guess I'll know for sure if everything is okay after like 5.

 

I hope you find something better, Kinky. This sounds like a shitty place to be working.

 

Well, I had to go up there and sign a write-up over it awhile ago. The asst. says she's unsure about what else is going to happen, but as far as she knows for right now, it's just a write-up. She said she and her boss are fighting really hard for me, so hopefully all will be okay and I can go back to work with nothing more than the already signed write up.

 

That is positive news.

Edit: Hopefully that is all that will come of it. It is also far easier to find a job if you have one. So if you do want to make a change it will be better for you.

 

I used to work at a Walmart in Connecticut until July. I was a full time employee, meaning that I would do an 8 hour shift which would be broken up by an unpaid hour lunch. A full timer is supposed to get two 15 minute breaks. (Rarely, if ever, did I ever take my second break.) Supposedly, there's a rule there that a full timer MUST take their lunch hour before they worked for 6 hours, otherwise they'd be what was called a meal exception. They coached me on that fact once in July 2009, considering the shift was a fucked up 7 am-1 pm shift which I never worked normally.

The final straw came this past July. Walmart had this fucked up idea that the Toy department would be clustered with Electronics, Photo and the Connection Center (cell phones) and that one Zone Manager would check on all 4 areas and report anything wrong to the Store Manager or an Assistant Manager. The day before, a CSM (Customer Service Manager) asked me to go over to Toys and help zone it (put away returns and straighten up if possible). Being a Sunday, I was worried about coverage in my department and muttered something under my breath. That CSM talked to an Assistant Manager about me. They talked to me in back. I was fired the next day.

The problem was that I was already on a D-Day suspension period. Usually, your warnings would be verbal, written and then a Decision Day, which you write a note explaining your situation and you could improve on it. If you fuck up again after that, you get what I got. Here's the worst part: Your D-day period is on your record for one year. I was fired less than two weeks before that period would've been over with. In the end, 6 years and 10 months (featuring 7 Black Fridays) for nothing. :devil:

Thankfully I won my hearing with those bastards. I'm presently only getting $208 a week after taxes with unemployment. This week will be my 16th week. I had received a separation check from them which was like $1684, of which my final full paycheck was a part of. I've applied at several places since and not one place has contacted me.

Best of luck with your situation KR! I would really hate to see you get hosed. :2thumbsup:

 

Great great news. The Pizza Hut in town is hiring for every position right now. I just spent an hour filling out an application. I may just get a new job.

(I realize I have been quoted with said name of town, but I wanted to remove it from the original post, lol)

 

I hope so! Good luck...

 

we have a pizza hut here in perth...the fuckers always 'opt out' of the good deals that come on tv..every damn time i try to get in on the latest specials...these bastards tell me they dont have that particular special.....
if i am ever jailed in@#$% i am comin there for the special:mickey:

 

That's because Perth is so small they'd lose too much money.

 

hey,easy there tiger...we have 4 squad cars and one of them is a chase car:mickey:

 

OMG....not...a...CHASE CAR!

haha sorry.

 

Haha, shit, I didn't mean to put the name of the town into that. Whoops. But that's not the town I live in, so nyah nyah.

 

you should try for driver, seriously. as long as you have a vehicle that is relatively reliable, but not too fancy (so you don't mind beating it up) you'll make more per hour than any other position except maybe GM, and maybe even more than him.

as long as you're not in production, you'll be fine. and production's alright too, but only as a stepping stone.

 

They're hiring for drivers, too, I might accept that if they offer it. I don't know, though, my cousin was a driver for them and he got beamed in the back of the head with a baseball bat while delivering one day. It's not a very crime-ridden town, so that's a little unnerving. I don't know if they hire girls to drive, either. I'm sure they say they do to keep from getting lawsuits, but that doesn't mean they really do.

 

youre assuming Texans tip :afro:

 

girls generally don't apply to drive, mostly because they're afraid of getting attacked, but they do get hired. they get better tips, just like female servers do.

yeah, drivers do get robbed occasionally. but then so do managers. it's really not common anyway, especially outside of the ghetto.

i used to deliver to college students and poor black people, and i still made about as much money doing that as i did when i was a GM with the same company. and i never got robbed.

rednecks are generally pretty decent tippers.