I have never ever worked for a company with such disregard for the associates who are the backbone of their organization. I put forth 2 years of my life to this company. I had a very serious medical event, that caused me to go on FMLA. While in the hospital I received several texts from my District Director, asking me when I was coming back, and when this would be resolved. I was 100% fighting for my life at the time. When my FMLA was nearing it's end, I was hassled over the Return To Work Documents, my restrictions from my Doctors was challenged and pushed, and never were fully executed by the company. A week after my return, I received a write-up for things that had happened 4 months prior to me becoming ill, things which my District Director had already addressed with me on previous visits and didn't seem to have a real issue with at the time. In the 2 years with the company I had never received a performance evaluation nor did I receive a raise. Eventually I learned that the company's contract was being renegotiated, that we had a new Regional Manager, and that a former employee of mine had lied to the District Director about things in the store, because she was hoping if I was fired she could get my job. Eventually the retaliation had wore on me, and one last issue was the final straw. I quit. In my time there, I had seen them announce downsizing measures, which I had to immediately implement, meaning I have had to pull associates in and say "Well we have decided to end our working relationship with you today, Thanks for coming in though, don't come back"
I truly wish I had never applied let alone accepted my position. My opinion, all they want to do is please the campus anyway they can, regardless if it's value added, so that they can continue their contracts while finding ways to downsize and cut the store without the campus really knowing what is going on. The company is a dinosaur in todays world of ever changing media format delivery, and Amazon growth. They are stepping on their people to try and hang on.