Full-time promise is a big time let down…
I was hired in July 2008 and was told I was hired as full time, which is what I told them I wanted. I was also told I would receive a raise after my probation period was over. Two other employees that were hired within a month of me were also told the same thing. Well, when our probation periods were up we did not receive a raise AND we were all told that we were permanent part-time. When I questioned the manager who did my review as to why I was not getting permanent full-time, he said that no one at Wal-mart starts out full time. I would not have taken the job had I known that I was not going to be full time as promised when I did the interview. Also, all of our hours have been cut as of this week.
The store manager decided that part-time employees can not have more than 33 hours per week. Even though I was only part-time, I was averaging 38-40 because my area was always short-handed. No more of that. So, now I will be losing close to $200 a month thanks to the lack of hours. So, in my area, we work our butts off and are always short-handed but they will not give us extra hours. Management never says “thank you” for a job well done. They just expect us to work shorthanded and get the job done. We are not allowed to have any overtime BUT are expected to stay till the job is done. There are several times when I have closed my area by myself. Yet, there should have been 3 people to close. I stayed past my shift each time and then was expected to take longer dinner hours to kill the extra time.
Management does not care about the fact that we do our work and can’t even make enough money to cover living expenses. And if we complain about lack of hours or bad working conditions, they tell us that we are lucky to have a job and that if we don’t like it then we don’t have to be there. Employees are not valued. We are told that we can be replaced. They now that with the way the economy is, they have many more people that are stupid enough to work for them and put up with their crap. The new assistant manager of my area promised me that I would have 38 to 38 1/2 hours per week. he also promised me that I would not have to work any more day shifts. He also kept telling us that he was hiring more people for the evening shift and that we would not have to keep working short-handed.
All of those promises have turned out to be false. I have learned that management will say whatever it takes to get us to “hang in there” and keep showing up for work. hate my job but I have 2 kids and a soon-to-be-ex that doesn’t pay child support. Wal-Mart should be ashamed at the way they treat their employees!
