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desireedelaine
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What is the name of your state? GA
I was the assistant manager at a clothing store at Discovery Mills called Sirens. I had been with the company over 2 years. On a Thus. (the first day of no tax) the store was under-staffed. There was only my manager and I in the store it was very busy. I was on register...there was a long line ( no tax) and my manager was in the back doing fitting rooms. Both of us heard the alarm in the front of the store go off. My manager ran out of the store after the girl who had a large bag that didn't stop. I was on register and I couldn't leave the money unattended so I simply called security. The theif took off running but evenutally was caught. She had stolen about $500 worth of merchandise. She was in serious trouble and ended up in jail. There was the girl who had actually stolen the items, and another girl was involved at the front of the store. She pretended to have a pair of jeans at the entrance of the store to make the alarm go off and let the girl get out of the store with the bag.
This issue was taken care of this day and the girls went to jail as I have mentioned. The next day Friday on my day off, I was called and told that I had to attened a mandatory meeting at 7am on Saturday. At 7am I was joined in the store by my district manager, who frequently visits the store to help out becuase she lives within the state. She told me that we were going to work on transfers. We began to work on shipping shoes out of the store. One hour later, my store manager entered the store. They both decided to sit me down, so that the meeting can begin. My actual store manager didn't say anything, only my district manager spoke. She told me that the merchandise that was taken by the girls were items 'four feet away from me' and that I was responsible for what happened. I then explained that I was on register working with money and I had a very busy line thus no tax weekend. Some of the jeans that were stolen were not four feet away but rather on a table behind me, and I could not see it from that angle unless I was to turn all the way around. She told me that I should have turned around then. I didn't understand why I would do that if I'm on register attending to the many customers. Also the girls could have picked up the items and moved to another location of the store to stuff them in their bags. No one knows how they took it and my district manager was not even there. My DM said that my manager was sticking up for me and that she didn't want me to go, but that she didn't care and that she was taking matters into her own hand, that it was all her. She told me that I could either quit (to get unempolyment) Or that I could be fired (and not get it and have it go on my file). She said that I must leave the company because I didn't witness the girls stealing so much merchandise, and that I was written up. My manager was not...
I was very devistated by the new and teary eyed and I felt kinda dizzy but I told her that I guess I would quit, since she said that method would get me unemplyment. I was told to hand in my keys and left. I didn't have to sign anything.
I feel my termination was wrongful, but I need a second opnion.
Also, I went back up to the store to get a copy of the termination notice my DM filled out. It turns out she had false information on it, such as the wrong length of employment dates. She put from 10/04 to 7/31/04 but I have pay stubs that go well into 8/2002 and 10/04 has not even happened yet!? Also, I now realaize that I problably cannot get unemployment because my termination notice says that I resigned and that I cannot be rehired for performance problems. Can someone tell me my rights?
Also , I never had many problems my 2 years with sirens, which is why I got promoted so quickly. There was only one other incident I was written up for and it included my store manager and another sales associate and I was the only person written up for the issue. My DM did show favoritism also.
I was the assistant manager at a clothing store at Discovery Mills called Sirens. I had been with the company over 2 years. On a Thus. (the first day of no tax) the store was under-staffed. There was only my manager and I in the store it was very busy. I was on register...there was a long line ( no tax) and my manager was in the back doing fitting rooms. Both of us heard the alarm in the front of the store go off. My manager ran out of the store after the girl who had a large bag that didn't stop. I was on register and I couldn't leave the money unattended so I simply called security. The theif took off running but evenutally was caught. She had stolen about $500 worth of merchandise. She was in serious trouble and ended up in jail. There was the girl who had actually stolen the items, and another girl was involved at the front of the store. She pretended to have a pair of jeans at the entrance of the store to make the alarm go off and let the girl get out of the store with the bag.
This issue was taken care of this day and the girls went to jail as I have mentioned. The next day Friday on my day off, I was called and told that I had to attened a mandatory meeting at 7am on Saturday. At 7am I was joined in the store by my district manager, who frequently visits the store to help out becuase she lives within the state. She told me that we were going to work on transfers. We began to work on shipping shoes out of the store. One hour later, my store manager entered the store. They both decided to sit me down, so that the meeting can begin. My actual store manager didn't say anything, only my district manager spoke. She told me that the merchandise that was taken by the girls were items 'four feet away from me' and that I was responsible for what happened. I then explained that I was on register working with money and I had a very busy line thus no tax weekend. Some of the jeans that were stolen were not four feet away but rather on a table behind me, and I could not see it from that angle unless I was to turn all the way around. She told me that I should have turned around then. I didn't understand why I would do that if I'm on register attending to the many customers. Also the girls could have picked up the items and moved to another location of the store to stuff them in their bags. No one knows how they took it and my district manager was not even there. My DM said that my manager was sticking up for me and that she didn't want me to go, but that she didn't care and that she was taking matters into her own hand, that it was all her. She told me that I could either quit (to get unempolyment) Or that I could be fired (and not get it and have it go on my file). She said that I must leave the company because I didn't witness the girls stealing so much merchandise, and that I was written up. My manager was not...
I was very devistated by the new and teary eyed and I felt kinda dizzy but I told her that I guess I would quit, since she said that method would get me unemplyment. I was told to hand in my keys and left. I didn't have to sign anything.
I feel my termination was wrongful, but I need a second opnion.
Also, I went back up to the store to get a copy of the termination notice my DM filled out. It turns out she had false information on it, such as the wrong length of employment dates. She put from 10/04 to 7/31/04 but I have pay stubs that go well into 8/2002 and 10/04 has not even happened yet!? Also, I now realaize that I problably cannot get unemployment because my termination notice says that I resigned and that I cannot be rehired for performance problems. Can someone tell me my rights?
Also , I never had many problems my 2 years with sirens, which is why I got promoted so quickly. There was only one other incident I was written up for and it included my store manager and another sales associate and I was the only person written up for the issue. My DM did show favoritism also.
