rebirth5450
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Hello,
You have all given me good information in the past but I only have bad news tonight I guess and I hope you can give me some good advice.
Ok so this is how it went down.
I was a Manager at a WalMart store of which I quit a week later after this incident.
I managed the front end or the registers and the cashiers involved in those positions.
An associate came up to me one day explaining of pain in their arm and that this person did not know what to do about it. Because of constant injuries at our store, I tried to be pro-active. I called an Assistant Manager and said what should we do, they said go to the pharmacy, Store Use a brace, and then put them as a door greeter for the rest of the night. I did all these things and complied.
The Assistant Managers are on a rotation which means they work 3 days, then have 3 days off. So the next day it was a new rotation for Assistant Managers. I was called to a register, a belt, not an express, and the associate said to me verbatim "Patrick, I can't do this I need to be moved to an express" where of course there are fewer items and less heavy one's most likely.
I said hold on, but turned the associates light off, signaling the register lane was now closed. I called an Assistant Manager and told them I was sending an associate back to see them.
I run about 70 associates at any given time, or I did before I quit, which they are calling a termination. 15 minutes later I noticed that same associate was back on a belt register, with no notification from my management if they were ok to work and not get injured.
So I called my manager and said what is going on, why is this person on a register and this manager told me that "they said they were fine and ok to work". I was thinking this is a complete lie.
The very next day the associate got injured, and within a week I decided to quit.
I personally feel guilty beyond words because I did not stick up to my upper management and I need to know is there any recourse for this associate? They were on a door the day before with a brace, and yet even with the brace the next day we worked together they felt pain, management tells me they are ok to work, and the next day they are injured.
I don't want revenge, and I'm sorry if this sounds like a sob story. But I feel really guilty and I don't know what to do aside from calling an "ambulance chaser" type attorney, and having them deal with it. I don't mind the idea of prison or if I need to pay restitution which WalMart Corp. will most likely do. But I feel the wrong decision was made by senior manager and I want to know if this is something that should be pursued, or just work out the guilt and find a new job as it could only hurt my own career.
I just feel justice should be done, and if it's against me or that company, than AMEN or make it so.
I have never in my life been put in a situation like this before and it's all about the all-mighty dollar. It just disgusts me. Please give me your best advice.
Thank you for your time and knowledge on this subject,
Rebirth5450
You have all given me good information in the past but I only have bad news tonight I guess and I hope you can give me some good advice.
Ok so this is how it went down.
I was a Manager at a WalMart store of which I quit a week later after this incident.
I managed the front end or the registers and the cashiers involved in those positions.
An associate came up to me one day explaining of pain in their arm and that this person did not know what to do about it. Because of constant injuries at our store, I tried to be pro-active. I called an Assistant Manager and said what should we do, they said go to the pharmacy, Store Use a brace, and then put them as a door greeter for the rest of the night. I did all these things and complied.
The Assistant Managers are on a rotation which means they work 3 days, then have 3 days off. So the next day it was a new rotation for Assistant Managers. I was called to a register, a belt, not an express, and the associate said to me verbatim "Patrick, I can't do this I need to be moved to an express" where of course there are fewer items and less heavy one's most likely.
I said hold on, but turned the associates light off, signaling the register lane was now closed. I called an Assistant Manager and told them I was sending an associate back to see them.
I run about 70 associates at any given time, or I did before I quit, which they are calling a termination. 15 minutes later I noticed that same associate was back on a belt register, with no notification from my management if they were ok to work and not get injured.
So I called my manager and said what is going on, why is this person on a register and this manager told me that "they said they were fine and ok to work". I was thinking this is a complete lie.
The very next day the associate got injured, and within a week I decided to quit.
I personally feel guilty beyond words because I did not stick up to my upper management and I need to know is there any recourse for this associate? They were on a door the day before with a brace, and yet even with the brace the next day we worked together they felt pain, management tells me they are ok to work, and the next day they are injured.
I don't want revenge, and I'm sorry if this sounds like a sob story. But I feel really guilty and I don't know what to do aside from calling an "ambulance chaser" type attorney, and having them deal with it. I don't mind the idea of prison or if I need to pay restitution which WalMart Corp. will most likely do. But I feel the wrong decision was made by senior manager and I want to know if this is something that should be pursued, or just work out the guilt and find a new job as it could only hurt my own career.
I just feel justice should be done, and if it's against me or that company, than AMEN or make it so.
I have never in my life been put in a situation like this before and it's all about the all-mighty dollar. It just disgusts me. Please give me your best advice.
Thank you for your time and knowledge on this subject,
Rebirth5450