Wakim
Glendale,#2UPDATE Employee
Wed, October 15, 2008
I work in a completely different area, and am an assistant manager myself. Yes I have seen unfair things take place, I have seen store managers get fired for minor infractions and trainees last and last while violating just about every policy in existence. I would however suggest you not sue. Big 5 is great at beating people in court, yes you have a case, but I have seen people do far worse than hand keys to a part-timer and not get fired. I had one store manager who would work part-timers off the clock, and another who would consistently berate his full-time staff, and another store manager who hated male employees, and outright tried to get one of the assistants transferred only months after she was promoted. I am guessing I'm not hearing the whole story, in your case though. Was a firearm stolen while your keys were out? Was the office gotten into while your keys were out? I mean even I have done far far far worse than give out my keys, I have committed one of the few "major" violations that take only 2 instances to get you termed. The main issue I see here is that they didn't allow you to fill out comments on the term form, and that this took place in a California store, where labor laws are strict as hell. If you could provide a list of all write-ups you received and all complaints you made about other employees during your entire career that would help me to know if you had a case or not.