So I haven't been very active lately due to the RL monster and one of the things taking up my time is the fact that I recently got fired for a post I made on facebook. I have been looking into the legality of this and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts. The following is the whole conversation for context. (Gus is the General Manager of my store who fired me)
OLD Manager: This doesn't surprise me. Working 13 years in the shipping/receiving dept. I seen plenty of unsafe stacking of pallets and many near misses. Lack of training and over stuffing the stores with merchandise is the problem. Sad to see someone get fatally hurt.CO-Worker: Working where we do (or did) you have to wonder how the Team Members are feeling about the situation. Could you imagine if it was one of your guys that put the pallet up? I feel awful for this man, his wife and his family, I really do. But what about the guy that has probably put up hundreds of pallets that has to deal with this the rest of his life. It's horrible on both ends and I'm not surprised by the lawsuit, I am surprised about some of the charges. You know this will definitely bring a change to over stock, receiving, and training. And that specific store and it's TMs will also suffer.Other Employee: An outside warehouse for all the stupid shit they carry not accessible to guest traffic is needed. Or better yet leave this stuff at the DC and utilize just on time delivery. Training is bad i can remember being told to give a forklift license to newbies the day their hired, i never believed in this idea. Unfortunately this person is dreaming for that amount of money they will at best close the single store and or settle out of court.
Old Manager: I agree with both of you. I don't know how many times I put up a pallet and was unsure if it was safe or not. There should be a separate warehouse for overstock. Kind of like the new Moline store has. Also more forklift training. They wanted us to license a kid the first day. Dumb. You can't show someone everything in one day.
Other Employee: I know of a couple of times i came close to a serious accident because of shotty re used pallet racking as well. Again this is why they forced managers to sign training documents that could never be done with the proper time allowed. Only to cover their ass.
Other Employee: Ok last rant about this. For goodness sake use a third shift. That way guests are not in this situation and the people who are good at their job and are passionate to help people do just that while product is always stocked right the first time.
Current Asst. Manager of a Department: Amen to all your comments! Hopefully this becomes an eye opener for go to rebook some of the stores flaws.
Me: What are you all talking about gus knows best and he says rush the training and just get shit done as fast as possible with half the staff we should actually have.