After the company had blacked us out from working over the Christmas holidays, my 2nd day back at work on the 2nd, was in a car wreck on my way back to work. I sustained a major injury to my ankle and was unable to work. Assured by my manager and HR everything was fine, my job was secure, I was told to just worry about recovering. I filled out all the forms, jumped thru every hoop.
Finally in April I was released by the doctor to go back to work, I was told that the team I had been working on had been eliminated and that I needed to contact recruiting to be given a new assignment. Call after call, email after email, I heard nothing. Finally in the HR department I found one person to help me. And guess what they gave her the run around to. I begged and pleaded all I wanted was to go back to work...thats all. Finally after blowing me off for an additional 2 days I was informed that I had been "EXITED".
No calls, no emails, nothing just screw you goodbye. I have worked with Crossmark for 2 years. They have had me criss cross the southeast countless times, shorted mt mileage and money, but I consider myself a team player so unless it was a huge amount, I let it slide. I have always given 110% everyday I worked, my work being impressive enough to become a team lead in 2 years of employment. A pretty amazing accomplishment in this line of work, and yet when I needed them the most, they threw me under the bus.
As a result if anyone from Crossmark reads these things? Know this. Because of this I have had to sell off almost everything I own, my wife is disabled, there is only me. We have been forced to apply for welfare, and im facing all kinds of legal trouble from creditors I can no longer pay. I have nothing to lose. So Im coming after you. Big Time.
I was told I am eligible for rehire. which means that this company shut me out soely to undermine my pay scale, and keep me from applying for unemployment, hell they still list me as a current employee. I have a meeting with a lawyer next week, who assures me that not only have these people broken Federal employment law, but also that I have a very valid complaint for a formal lawsuit...like I said I literally have nothing left to lose.