I work at WalMart currently at the miminum wage level and its allot of weird motherfukkers here...
Anyways, a few months ago, I opened a harrasment case against this weird old co-worker of mine's
who in 2 different instances did something that qualifies as harrasment according to walmart.
Incident 1 - once, when I was trying to leave a passageway, he picked up a object and clearly threw it infront of me in order to prevent me from leaving - that's a clear violation according to walmart
Incident 2 - once when I was leaving the main entrance, this weirdo saw me coming out and actually started flicking his genitals towards me
....cleary sexual harrasment lol
These incidents where possibly spotted on camera and I gave management date, time and location
however my case ended up being dismissed because my "allegations were unsubstantiated"
They didn't go into more detail then that.
But I'm suspicous about the outcome of the case for a few reasons
- lack of concern from management - when I first presented this case to my assistant manager, he didn't seem to care at all, showed no type of concern whatsover, infact he kind of acted dismissive about it...he didn't even ask me any questions about my experience...he just gave a vague dismissive response saying "he'll look into it" and that was the end of it
- possible biased main manager - my main manager, a white hispanic women, wanted a meeting with me to discuss my experience. However, when it came time for her to ask me questions, her line of questioning made me suspicious, she didn't ask me any objective questions, instead it seemed like her questions had a agenda. It seems as though her questions where meant to exonerate the weirdo. Even going as far as attributing his behaviour to "cultural differences", which is a very convenient/dismissive answer.
- attitude of the main manager - as the case started to develop, the manager actually started to develop a attitude towards me even going so far as saying that "she can't wait to get this case over with!"
- reluctance to look at the evidence - when I told my manager that I have a exact date time and location of this incident she replied that " well you know, sometimes cameras dont capture everything"
- lack of credibilty - this sort of ties in to my managers line of questioning. Like I said, her line of questioning appeared to me that she was defending the weirdo, but come to find out, that dude actually has a bad history in that store. He's been disciplined a few times already and is actually on the verge of getting fired for other reasons. Apparently he has a bad reputation already, so why would she give someone like that the benefit of the doubt?
- lack of transparency - like I said before, they didn't give me a detailed explanation as to why the case was dismissed and I'm not even sure if a independent investigation took place. One of my main concerns was whether managers have the ability to influence the outcome of the decision, and I also wanted to know who actually reviewed the video evidence, which I believe the manager did, if so then that's obviously problematic.
- motive - obviously, no manager wants to fire somebody because that would mean they would lose man power, and losing man power in a hectic retail environment is critical, and even though we are disposable minimum wage workers, the position that me and that dude work in is sort of critical to the flow of the store and its not a job that allot of people want to do, so I think that's one of the reasons why the case got dismissed, I have a few other reasons too but I'm only speculating.
what do yall think?
Anyways, a few months ago, I opened a harrasment case against this weird old co-worker of mine's
who in 2 different instances did something that qualifies as harrasment according to walmart.
Incident 1 - once, when I was trying to leave a passageway, he picked up a object and clearly threw it infront of me in order to prevent me from leaving - that's a clear violation according to walmart
Incident 2 - once when I was leaving the main entrance, this weirdo saw me coming out and actually started flicking his genitals towards me
....cleary sexual harrasment lolThese incidents where possibly spotted on camera and I gave management date, time and location
however my case ended up being dismissed because my "allegations were unsubstantiated"
They didn't go into more detail then that.
But I'm suspicous about the outcome of the case for a few reasons
- lack of concern from management - when I first presented this case to my assistant manager, he didn't seem to care at all, showed no type of concern whatsover, infact he kind of acted dismissive about it...he didn't even ask me any questions about my experience...he just gave a vague dismissive response saying "he'll look into it" and that was the end of it
- possible biased main manager - my main manager, a white hispanic women, wanted a meeting with me to discuss my experience. However, when it came time for her to ask me questions, her line of questioning made me suspicious, she didn't ask me any objective questions, instead it seemed like her questions had a agenda. It seems as though her questions where meant to exonerate the weirdo. Even going as far as attributing his behaviour to "cultural differences", which is a very convenient/dismissive answer.
- attitude of the main manager - as the case started to develop, the manager actually started to develop a attitude towards me even going so far as saying that "she can't wait to get this case over with!"
- reluctance to look at the evidence - when I told my manager that I have a exact date time and location of this incident she replied that " well you know, sometimes cameras dont capture everything"
- lack of credibilty - this sort of ties in to my managers line of questioning. Like I said, her line of questioning appeared to me that she was defending the weirdo, but come to find out, that dude actually has a bad history in that store. He's been disciplined a few times already and is actually on the verge of getting fired for other reasons. Apparently he has a bad reputation already, so why would she give someone like that the benefit of the doubt?
- lack of transparency - like I said before, they didn't give me a detailed explanation as to why the case was dismissed and I'm not even sure if a independent investigation took place. One of my main concerns was whether managers have the ability to influence the outcome of the decision, and I also wanted to know who actually reviewed the video evidence, which I believe the manager did, if so then that's obviously problematic.
- motive - obviously, no manager wants to fire somebody because that would mean they would lose man power, and losing man power in a hectic retail environment is critical, and even though we are disposable minimum wage workers, the position that me and that dude work in is sort of critical to the flow of the store and its not a job that allot of people want to do, so I think that's one of the reasons why the case got dismissed, I have a few other reasons too but I'm only speculating.
what do yall think?
to the low rung minimum wage worker because we aren't going to have corporate here sniffing in our business 
So much for the American Meritocracy. They mad at you for making them do a job they assigned to do. Why don’t they just quit?
