Any other stores noticing much stricter standards when it comes to things people are being written up for? To the point where some of it is downright made up? I got written up for being rude to a customer by telling her I'd help her as soon as I was done helping somebody else.
How is this okay? What's going on?
I opened up an EEOC case against Lowe's with the whole DM issue. We were told we could get another job and had a year. Well the higher salary guys never had a shot. They made it so no other stores would hire you and discriminated based on age and wage. I won my case with EEOC and got a nice fat check from Lowe's through mediation. I recommend people who think they have been discriminated open a case. It takes a long time but Lowe's will fold because they know they screwed employees over. They are just hoping people go away instead of making a stink.
I got fire for my attendance. I went to file unemployment. When the Workforce Commission investigated, it turned out the reason I was fired was because I missed a day due to a schedule and approved day off...I had a doctors appointment and put it in Kronos almost 2 months in advance. This September I would have been there 12 years...is it right to wrongfully terminate someone?
Constantly seeing issues that really should result in contacting the EEOC but we always seem to give Lowes the benefit of the doubt. There is a lot of discrimination taking place and s-xual harassment also. It is wrong.
It seems like when managers are supposed to be working the sales floor they are delegating that work as well as expecting the employee to do their own job. When their job isn’t getting done they blame their staff and writing them up. Don’t be fooled associates are in a lose lose situation. Get out while you can, this is the prime hiring season.
When I was a Lowe's manager and expectations were not met thefirst question was "where is the documentation?".
Now, that's not always a bad question. As a manager the job is to make sure employees are doing their job and the store functions. The problem is having a conscience and not writing someone up when you know there was no way they can realistically meet certain expectations. You get seen as soft by upper managers. You cant say that no one can meet these expectations so you either get yourself in trouble or sacrifice an employee.
I refused to sacrifice others and it cost me my job. I wrote people up when they deserved it, like attendance or actual bad performance. I wouldn't write someone up for little stuff. Problem is the upper managers only saw the little stuff.
as per what you said...if the people coming in are making more than you...then the reason for pushing out the long time employee isnt likely financial. it could be because of poorer health/call offs, general poor performance, because they simply dont like you or your attitude etc. i think often the assumption of letting go of the long time employee being solely for financial reasons doesnt always hold weight. management is under pressure to constantly show they are obeying corporate....when unrealistic expectations come down from corporate and go unmet the store management has to show they are "taking it seriously" regardless of whether they know its attainable or not.....so they write up that long time employee to show they have "taken action". multi-level management is such a counter productive game. let store managers manage. they should have the leadership ability, skills to run a business etc. necessary to know what needs to be done, what it actually achievable at the store level and whether an employee is doing all they can to succeed. another strong reason theyd let go of employees that have been around awhile is that they know just how often corporate has rolled out bad ideas that have failed and then those employees are less likely to jump on board for the next screwed up idea. new(er) employees dont know the history of the company and will only know what theyre currently being asked to do. newer employees, they hope, will be easier to train on their new ideas too and less likely than the long time employee to be set in old ways..of course..that was once pushed by corporate. wherein letting go of employees at the top of their payscale can happen.....due to the inflationary nature of our economy where numbers keep going up...its probably a whole lot less likely they simply say Bill makes X amount lets get rid of him, especially when new hire Sally makes the same amount...and probably more likely that they say Bill has been around 10 years....he fights us on all the stupid new ideas corporate has....corporate is going to fry us if we cant get everyone on board....write him up so we can show we demand action and accountability!
Lowe's seems to want to reduce payroll by getting rid of long-term staff that is making more money. What I don't understand is why the new staff is making more than me and I have been with Lowe's 4 years. What is gained by having me quit or get fired? Those that will replace me will be making more money.