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Hello, My name is Jeanetta Watson

On Monday April 30, 2012 I was at work (FAMILY DOLLAR STORE #1586). I am a cashier for family dollar. I came to work from 8am to 3:30pm. When I got to work my (NEW) Assisted Manager Karen was their to let me in. Every morning if you are a cashier you are supposed to count down your drawer in front of your manager or assisted manager to make sure you have the correct loan of a 100.00 in your drawer before you can start ringer customers out. On that day Karen and I counted my drawer and my drawer was 101.15, so it was over $1.15 cent. Karen told me not to worry about it and just keep going because somebody must not have counted it correctly the night before. So she put my loan in for 100.00 dollars and we went on with the day as planned. As time came near for me to get off of work, my money was running low and my drawer and I ranged the bell, which lets her know I need her help... No answer the first time so I ranged the bell again a second time... she finally came and asked me what did I need. I told her I was running low on dimes and I needed some more..... Now just in case some of you who are reading this are not aware when you are working with money it comes in rolls, which mean: $0.50 cent for pennies, $2.00 dollars for nickels, $5.00 dollars for dimes and $10.00 dollars for quarters. So with that being said, I asked Karen if she could give me some more dimes and I handed her a 10 dollar bill ( which mean she would have gave me two rolls of dimes ).. She ONLY handed me one roll of dimes , which mean she still owned my drawer $5.00 dollars... When it came time for her to take me off the register and put my other team mate on.... we went through with the switch and went to the back to count down. When it came for me to make my deposit ( my drawer came back $-10.42 cent short. I told her that was a mistake and put the -$10.42 cent into the deposit log and clocked out.

I was sitting at home that following evening trying to figure out where could that -$10.42 cent had went, then it hit me. I went back up to my job and asked my team mate if Karen was still their and my team mate yes, she is in the back and asked me when I go back there can I let her know that she has been ringing the bell and she needs her help, I went to the back and found Karen I said, I know where the 10.42 cent went, she asked me where and I told her remember my drawer was over $1.15 and you still owe my drawer $5.00 dollars so really my drawer was -$4.17 cent ( because negative 5 dollars is a write up and -$10.00 is termination ) She started to denied she own me any money and I was wrong and she wouldn't do that to me etc, etc... So I told her On Monday April 30th, 2012 to check the cameras and you will see me handing you a ten dollar bill and call me when things get figured out... Tuesday came and gone, nothing from Karen... Wednesday gets here and it's time for me to go back to work... As soon as I walk into work ( Family Dollar) I clock in, go straight to the back and ask Karen what happened since she didn't give me a call like I had asked. Karen went to explain that she got up on her day off Tuesday May 1, 2012 and called my Store Manager Chris Cook to explain to him what had happened and what should she do.. She told me that Chris said when taking me off the register and putting my other team mate on the ten dollars must have went to the other team mates drawer and since I didn't get a call back on Tuesday May 1, 2012 that means I had nothing to worry about and everything is fine... I go back to work on Monday May 5th, 2012 my Store Manager Chris Cook tells my assist manager Mary Brooks to tell me to go the back office.. I got to the back and ask him is something wrong he Tells me yes, I said well what is it he tells me that I was negative $10.42 cent and he was going to terminate me.... I said hold up, now thought this matter was handle a week ago and Karen told me everything was okay... Chris went to explain that he didn't know what I was talking about and wanted me to sign a write up saying I was negative ten dollars and told me I would be terminated. I explain to him what his assisted manager Karen told me on May 2nd, 2012 and Still wanted me to sign the write up, I REFUSED to sign it because, I told two different things and I can't my name on that write up...... So Chris Cook Suspended a told me I could not come back to work until, Loss Prevention come in and take a look a the cameras.... That was Two Weeks ago and I still haven't heard anything from Chris or Karen... So I finally called them today to see what happened, Chris told me that Loss prevention didn't see anything unusual, so I was going to have to be fired... So if Family Dollar Corporate is reading this .. I did File a Lawsuit against you today for Wrongful Termination

Jeanetta M Watson.

Location: Dallas, Texas

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My son in law was an assistant mgr. and just got fired out of the blue yesterday!

the reason they told was totally false. saying he was being rude to employes. this kid is one of the shyest ppl i know and everyone always is very friendly with them there. they even work him when they shouldnt and used him to come in on days he was off, he was up for a raise ironically yet ok now they fire him?

never had been wrote up or complained on. I call BS this store is a joke!

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Ah, I see that you are so stoned out of your mind that you are talking Gibberish...........

Guest

What ever happened to your lawsuit? Did you win? Did you lose?

Guest

To all of you Family Dollar employees who are complaining, I am sure that one of the wonderful Immigrants from south of the border would take your job and that they would do a wonderful job and treat everyone nice and that the Family Dollar stores would prosper from all of the increase in business. The stores would be neat and clean and the customers would be happy.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1659414

People are allowed too complain about their jobs if they are not happy. Clearly you're not aware the way employees and managers are treated by mean and nasty customers, or if they are treated by other mean and nasty employees and managers.

There's always two sides too the story.

You're not helping the situations by making assumptions or accusations why employees or managers are unhappy! You're part of the problem thinking that this is okay for the employees and managers too be treated like this!

Guest
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Agreed. I worked into retail for many years. It's so bad and sad people are not able to put themselves into the employees or managers shoes and too see how bad they are treated by customers who are mean and nasty.

Guest

I agree with most of the ones I read. If any one asked me if someone should apply for Family Dollar and I would tell them to run in the other direction.

I got screwed over by my store and fired for no real reason. All over scheduling which was ridiculous. If I could prove it Id def have their butts caught for the bs they were pulling.

Waiting for corporate to finally get ahold of me. This company is corrupted.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1636071

Lol...I was just terminated on Monday for a bad inventory..my dm wouldnt let me tell the customers that they cannot walk around the store with bookbags on..so guess what?? They stole the whole damn store and we had rodent damages that I didn't get credit for and freezer food that went bad due to the freezer being down that they no longer give credit for...it's all good tho..I was tired of being a salary slave anyway

Guest

Me and 3 of my coworkers were all terminated from Family Dollar #5247 a week before Christmas because we supposedly stole and now they contacted a law firm coming after me for $500 dollars. I dont owe them anything and I was never terminated from a job in my life or called a thief.

Guest

What's funny is I worked for Dollar Tree and I was terminated for having a mental breakdown at work but someone who was $70 short is still working there.

Guest

Hey Iโ€™m having the same issue can u contact me on what I can do 630870****

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I was just terminated from family dollar my name is April Weber i has a few questions concerning the write ups

Guest

You did the right thing. Good for you!!!!!

Deborah L Tsg
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I agree! They need to be held accountable.

Guest

I am a former Store Manager, and no employee is allowed to put their hands on anyone no matter what, let alone a customer. Family Dollar does not have Security Guards, as they would rather catch employees doing wrong, or lie, and say they did.

I was called in on my day off May 7th Mon....at 430pm by my DM...my only day off i had in 3 weeks. Mind you my staff consisted of myself, and 2 cashiers. She babbled on saying i didnt do my job, i couldnt play the victim just because i had no ASMs. I said before you say anything else, are you taking my keys...she said yes.

(She being Renata Newton) who lies to cover her own *** So i gave my keys, got my stuff, and left. She lied tothe regional VP, said i quit...lied to unemployment as well, saying i assumed she was going to fire me, and i walked out. Not true. I knew she was going to fire me, because she 1 could have waited to babble on on tues when i was scheduled, and 2 everyone told me she hired someone to take my spot and had them in training 3 weeks prior to my dismissal.

I have contacted a lawyer, and i will file suit for wrongful termination, slander, labir laws, such as working 15 hour days with no adequate breaks, bathroom, or otherwise, working more then 30 consecutive days without a day off, and the list goes on. So buckle up Family Dollar, youre in for a whirlwind!

Guest
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Seems to be a reoccurring issue with Dollar Tree and Family Dollar. I was forced to work off the clocks because I had to clock out when my shift was over but I had to sit there and wait for the ASM to finish with the tills. Absolute bs.

Guest
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I need to join in on that lawsuit

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1491509

Your state laws regarding breaks, bathroom or otherwise, long hours, no time off might be like where I live. There aren't any unless you're under 18 unless you belong to a union.

It doesn't really matter what company policy says either. I had a job where I worked every day, because they didn't want to hire a second person & not even 1 manager knew how to do my job (cash office). I had another job where I'd work a 10-13 hour day without going to the bathroom or eating (I was a keyholder/shift supervisor for $8.00 an hour). I had another job where I worked for 5-7 hours alone again no breaks.

My last job you didn't get breaks unless the manager thought you deserved one. There aren't federal laws for workers except in certain instances. Unfortunately millions of people in this country work this way, because of the laws. All those jobs I had they didn't care if you got adequate time in between shifts either.

I've had times I had to work until 10 p.m. or later & be back at 6-8 a.m.

the next day. There were times I didn't even remember driving home.

Guest

Well technically you were still short by $6.57 -- 10.42 (short) minus 5.00 (the roll of dimes) add 1.15 (overage) = 6.57 under the termination limit (didnt exceed 10.00) so should have gotten write up not fired.. They wouldn't let you put ten bucks in the till to avoid all of this ?

Regardless, it happened and this an old post so you should have moved on to bigger n better.. O well .

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