The more you do, the less you make
“I work unloading trucks at my store, and we are definitely at the bottom of the barrel. We are severely understaffed, and find ourselves - at least once a week - unloading a large truck with just a few people. Normally, it would take six people a few hours to unload this truck. We are harassed by managers saying it should be done faster and blatantly insulted by overnight stock employees who do half the work we do and get paid twice as much. I know why they don’t want us to discuss our pay rates - it would make me sick. Why are there overnight stockers who make $11 an hour doing next to nothing half the night…when I’m making $8 an hour doing four people’s jobs, often getting two hours of overtime a night (and being chewed out for that as well, I might add.) I understand the rule in this store; the more you do, the less you make. Morale is non-existent. I refuse to stand by and watch my fellow coworkers, who work just as hard as I do, be insulted and harassed and treated like garbage by people who are paid more and do less. Hire more people and quit setting unrealistic expectations of those you have, Wal-Mart. Or else soon, you won’t have anyone.”
- Anonymous
