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Complaint Review: Wal-Mart - Monticello Indiana
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Wal-Mart & all managers & distric managers they hired me and now wont give me any hours due to discrimnation! Rip-off Monticello Indiana *UPDATE
This report is due to the fact that I was hired by the wal-mart in Monticello Indiana on October 22,2002 and went the next day and took my drug test just as I was ordered to and then was notified 3 days later that the results were great and my orientation would be on October 30 ,2002. So when I called that morning to speak with Erin in personal the one who does orientation and everything else.
She told me she had strep throat and she would not be doing orientation on 10-30-02 it would be on 11-1-02 instead due to her illness. I felt that that was more than fine so I checked back on 11-1-02 like I was told by Erin so when I did they told me she would not be back untill Monday 11-4-02.
So I called back then as I was to do and she was not able to take calls at that time but they would let her know I called. 45 minutes later one of the dept. managers called me and asked why I was wanting to know when I would start and bugging this woman. I told him the story and he told me that they had no position for me. I was hired by Ben the 3rd shift manager and sent for drug test by this same man. I was told welcome aboard and that he was glad to have me on his shift. Now where I come from thats saying you have a job.
Ben told me to get the drug test done asap so I could start asap due to he was three people short on 3rd shift.
After talkin to the store managers they told me that they each had hired another person and didnt tell the others they did this. When I had my interview and was hired on 10-22-02 I was told by the 3rd shift manager Ben that he had seen my app and resume around 3wks ago and told the human rescources lady Erin that he wanted an interview with me asap. Then whe she never did this he asked her what the deal was why I had not came in like he wanted .
Erin told him that she had lost both my resume and app. This was 3wks prior to me being hired. So on 10-21-02 a friend that works at wal-mart told me that they were 3 people short on nights I called the 3rd shift manager Ben and he told me to come in for a interview the next night at 10:00 p.m. Thats when I was hired.
When all this time has past and was told I had no position and that Ben had hired me without following the rules so there for I had no position. So I contacted the distric manager Larry Witlow and he has been no help at all.
All he has done is to tell me that the reason why I had no position at wal-mat was due to the date on my app. When I answerewd that question for him by telling him that Erin had lost mine and it was dated before 10-22-02. He told me he would look into it and called 2 days later after i had left 2 messages to speak with him. he then ask me what kind of realitionship I had with this Human Rescource lady Erin? When I told him I didnt know her till i was told what her last name was.
It is Erin Owens she is my ex-wifes best friend and had all but admidtid that she lost it for the reason my ex-wife asked her to. Before I knew all this was going on I turned down 2 part-time jobs that would have made one full-time pay check. See in my city and county we have the highest unemployment rate in the whole united states and Indiana.
The reason I did was that the hours of these 2 jobs would not match with my hours I was to be working at wal-mart And I was being told that i wouldf start the next week. I still have not been able to find work. If it was just me it might be different but I have 4 kids that depend on dad to care for them. now we are about to lose everything including our home due to this wal-mart crap.
I just wanted a job now I have nothing. Thank you Wal-Mart for screwing my family how you earn big profits. Besides wal-mart still has a open position on 3rd shift that is mine and they tell me I have no position. Gee guess wal-mart gives free drug test now a days.
Thank You
Jeremy
Monticello, Indiana
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She told me she had strep throat and she would not be doing orientation on 10-30-02 it would be on 11-1-02 instead due to her illness. I felt that that was more than fine so I checked back on 11-1-02 like I was told by Erin so when I did they told me she would not be back untill Monday 11-4-02.
So I called back then as I was to do and she was not able to take calls at that time but they would let her know I called. 45 minutes later one of the dept. managers called me and asked why I was wanting to know when I would start and bugging this woman. I told him the story and he told me that they had no position for me. I was hired by Ben the 3rd shift manager and sent for drug test by this same man. I was told welcome aboard and that he was glad to have me on his shift. Now where I come from thats saying you have a job.
Ben told me to get the drug test done asap so I could start asap due to he was three people short on 3rd shift.
After talkin to the store managers they told me that they each had hired another person and didnt tell the others they did this. When I had my interview and was hired on 10-22-02 I was told by the 3rd shift manager Ben that he had seen my app and resume around 3wks ago and told the human rescources lady Erin that he wanted an interview with me asap. Then whe she never did this he asked her what the deal was why I had not came in like he wanted .
Erin told him that she had lost both my resume and app. This was 3wks prior to me being hired. So on 10-21-02 a friend that works at wal-mart told me that they were 3 people short on nights I called the 3rd shift manager Ben and he told me to come in for a interview the next night at 10:00 p.m. Thats when I was hired.
When all this time has past and was told I had no position and that Ben had hired me without following the rules so there for I had no position. So I contacted the distric manager Larry Witlow and he has been no help at all.
All he has done is to tell me that the reason why I had no position at wal-mat was due to the date on my app. When I answerewd that question for him by telling him that Erin had lost mine and it was dated before 10-22-02. He told me he would look into it and called 2 days later after i had left 2 messages to speak with him. he then ask me what kind of realitionship I had with this Human Rescource lady Erin? When I told him I didnt know her till i was told what her last name was.
It is Erin Owens she is my ex-wifes best friend and had all but admidtid that she lost it for the reason my ex-wife asked her to. Before I knew all this was going on I turned down 2 part-time jobs that would have made one full-time pay check. See in my city and county we have the highest unemployment rate in the whole united states and Indiana.
The reason I did was that the hours of these 2 jobs would not match with my hours I was to be working at wal-mart And I was being told that i wouldf start the next week. I still have not been able to find work. If it was just me it might be different but I have 4 kids that depend on dad to care for them. now we are about to lose everything including our home due to this wal-mart crap.
I just wanted a job now I have nothing. Thank you Wal-Mart for screwing my family how you earn big profits. Besides wal-mart still has a open position on 3rd shift that is mine and they tell me I have no position. Gee guess wal-mart gives free drug test now a days.
Thank You
Jeremy
Monticello, Indiana
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#2Consumer Comment
Tue, September 16, 2003
Jeremy, I am very, very sorry to hear about the troubles you are having gaining employment in the Monticello area. I also wish you well should you decide to pursue a lawsuit for discrimination against the Walmart in question. In light of your emotional state and your obvious frustration and upset, (I hope, since this post has aged that you are now gainfully employed and the matter is resolved), I hope you will reconsider your statement that Monticello has the highest unemployment rate in the country and indeed all of Indiana. Head up 55 to some of the farming communities and see how bad it is! Monticello is a small town, I agree with you there, and it's not always easy to find a job, especially in the winter months when the beach is closed. However, Monticello has grown rapidly in the last couple of decades. (For those unfamiliar with the area-After it was wiped out by tornado in the 70's, it began to rebuild as a resort town, centering around two man-made lakes and an imported beach.) If you can't find something at the beach, I'm willing to bet that one of the Marina's will take you on for the summer. (after your seasonal job at Walmart has ended) If, by chance, you have any kind of construction experience at all, I know of several companies I can put you in touch with. And, if all else fails, the temporary employment agency is quite good, as are the state run job-training facilities. When I lived there my X got a decent job just a few miles north that way. (in Remington.) Keep your chin up and don't give up. Having lived in your area all my life, I know "where there's a will, there's a way." Wishing you all the best,
Ethics,
Arkansas,
Arkansas,
Time for a Letter to the President
#3Consumer Suggestion
Tue, December 03, 2002
Jeremy,
I wouldn't know about a discrimination suit since I don't know anything about you. I suggest you go to Wal-Mart.com and write a letter to the president. The Home Office will investigate the matter. Your issue doesn't sound like discrimination; it seems to me that your issue is with your ex-wife's best friend. If you can prove what you said about her following your ex's instructions then that will be your complaint in addition to your feeling mislead in your employment.
People are strange--if I had an ex and four kids I would want him to be gainfully employed so I could get child support. There's just no accounting for judgment.
Keep in mind that the Letter to the President is instantaneous. The Home Office takes about 24 hours to parcel them out, make sure you give a phone number where you can be contacted.
Good Luck!
Wal-mart in Monticello Indiana
#40
Fri, November 15, 2002
After going through all the different managers I got through to the regional manager his name is Gregg Sullivan. then Mr Sullivan had the distric manager Larry Witlow yet both of these men were to call me back and never did. Gee and they PROMISED ME THEY WOULD. Gee what a deal say it and don't do it.
So finally on November 14,2002 Larry Witlow called almost a week after he told me he promised he would call me back the following day. what a quick turn around time huh!! Now instead of giving me the full time position i was hired for now that I have called all the way to the top now they say they are giving me a job for just the christmas season. this would be till January 1st. Also there would be no chance for me to go full time. Larry witlow also told me that everyone they have hired after September 1st was hired as seasonal help.
This is really funny cause my neighbor was hired in the middle of September and she is full time with benifits and will have a job after the holidays. Plus it appears the two others that were hired after me are full time also. So why am I just seasonal? Is it due to me standing up for my self? If anyone else has had an issue about employement or other employee issues feel free to write me. I have consulted with my attorney and he says that I have a solid discrimination case that will hold out in a jury trial. So if anyone that is or has been discriminatied against as an employee please let me know the more people that stand up for themselves we can stop this long history of made to feel little.
Jeremy
Monticello, Indiana
