What is the name of your state? Arkansas
Okay first off, I have never really liked my job as an Asssociate at Wally-World and I have been wanting for awhile to get something better and move up to something better but today I finnally got the boot. I have been written up for being late and I did have well over the required 7 points that you are allowed for being tardy or absent before you got fired but my boss has saved me many times b/c he saw how valuable I am. But in the recent week, and this is after I was late again and was able to beg my boss for another chance, I was late a few more times because of circumstance beyond my control(I live over 10 miles away and I also have other responsibilities, so those few times I was late, which was no more than 8 minutes this time and just a few the other times, so I filled out a time adjustment form and claimed that I forgot to punch in(which was in a way true as my department(grocery) is at the front and we are very busy this time of year)and I only put my punch-in down for a few minutes before I actually got there(6 minutes at the longest but only about 4 minutes for the other two times) so it won't look like I was late since it was just a few minutes. Well he looked me up on the camera and said he saw me once going to look at the time clock after getting there a few minutes late and then going to work without clocking in and then claiming I forgot to punch in and he fired me for that. Well, getting fired from Wal-Mart is not the end of the world for me because there are many, many better jobs out there but I don't want to be called a thief(as I am not)and have my reputation ruined after there have been people who would punch back in from lunch and then go sit in the breakroom for 30 minutes or more and then only get a slap on the wrist and nothing harmful happens to their reputation as well as people who have stolen big merchandise and was still able to get through with only a termination and then everyone forgetting about it and then they still get ahead in life after the fact. I was told I could never be hired by Wal-Mart again(although I don't work for them ever again but it is the principle of the thing) and they called what I did "Gross Misconduct" when I knew some girl at another Wal-Mart store who actually stole merchandise from the store, got fired but was later re-hired and all I did was steal a few minutes of company time(about 5 cents worth) and the time they claimed I stole I still question as I don't think it was as much as they said I did and plus I believe I was already in the building and getting to work at the time specified and my manager refused to let me see the video he claimed he saw me do it on and I think I should be entitled to see that as well. Any advice??
Okay first off, I have never really liked my job as an Asssociate at Wally-World and I have been wanting for awhile to get something better and move up to something better but today I finnally got the boot. I have been written up for being late and I did have well over the required 7 points that you are allowed for being tardy or absent before you got fired but my boss has saved me many times b/c he saw how valuable I am. But in the recent week, and this is after I was late again and was able to beg my boss for another chance, I was late a few more times because of circumstance beyond my control(I live over 10 miles away and I also have other responsibilities, so those few times I was late, which was no more than 8 minutes this time and just a few the other times, so I filled out a time adjustment form and claimed that I forgot to punch in(which was in a way true as my department(grocery) is at the front and we are very busy this time of year)and I only put my punch-in down for a few minutes before I actually got there(6 minutes at the longest but only about 4 minutes for the other two times) so it won't look like I was late since it was just a few minutes. Well he looked me up on the camera and said he saw me once going to look at the time clock after getting there a few minutes late and then going to work without clocking in and then claiming I forgot to punch in and he fired me for that. Well, getting fired from Wal-Mart is not the end of the world for me because there are many, many better jobs out there but I don't want to be called a thief(as I am not)and have my reputation ruined after there have been people who would punch back in from lunch and then go sit in the breakroom for 30 minutes or more and then only get a slap on the wrist and nothing harmful happens to their reputation as well as people who have stolen big merchandise and was still able to get through with only a termination and then everyone forgetting about it and then they still get ahead in life after the fact. I was told I could never be hired by Wal-Mart again(although I don't work for them ever again but it is the principle of the thing) and they called what I did "Gross Misconduct" when I knew some girl at another Wal-Mart store who actually stole merchandise from the store, got fired but was later re-hired and all I did was steal a few minutes of company time(about 5 cents worth) and the time they claimed I stole I still question as I don't think it was as much as they said I did and plus I believe I was already in the building and getting to work at the time specified and my manager refused to let me see the video he claimed he saw me do it on and I think I should be entitled to see that as well. Any advice??
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