Low wages force Wal-Mart employee to apply for food stamps
I was hired as a part-time cashier for $7.80 an hour. On our work schedule it shows what time breaks are supposed to be taken and I have worked past the time of my scheduled breaks and even worked through a couple. My last check, received 6-11-09, was for $286.75, and that is for 2 weeks! I keep begging for more hours and they keep telling me they are working on that issue. If your shift is about to stop and you eave your register early, they complain about that, and we have to walk to the rear of the store to clock out, which takes a while to reach. The other night was very busy I turned my light off in my lane about 10 minutes prior to my time to leave and customers kept coming, I finally checked-out the last customer, walked to the rear of the store to punch out and it was 2 minutes past the end of my shift, I swiped my badge to log off at 11:02 and a sign on the time clock popped-up saying “NO OVERTIME”. I am constantly asking for more hours and I just did my evaluation, which I did good on, on the evaluation sheet I asked to be given more hours or become a full-time associate and they said they would see what they could do. I am waiting to hear about that but I don’t expect anything to come out of it for me. I am 58 years old, worked 23 years for a company that paid me well and I retired from that company when they were sold to someone else. Now, the way the economy is, the only work i can find is with Wal-Mart and I can’t make my monthly budget with these sporadic wages I am paid and am going to apply for food stamps. Isn’t it a shame?
-Anonymous
