So a work question

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Originally Posted by carnageehw

1)That's not a horrible policy. I've been a cashier, and you shouldn't really "miss" items. (I'm assuming miss means to not even scan or charge for an item)

2)Why burn a bridge if you don't have to. Looking back, your crappy part time job won't be all that bad. You'll have good stories and (likely) met some good friends.

3) Yeah, go public with "Retail store treats part time employees badly". STOP THE PRESSES!!!!

It really is. I've been a cashier in way to many stores doing way too many different things. The stores own policy's make this type of thing more probable, plus they are writing you up for something they actually caught. Mistakes happen in every store, and when you are turning over cashier's like water, something is wrong in the policy. I guarantee you if retail stores only had one tenth of one percent in stolen/missing goods they would be ecstatic.

So Just get fired, what does that accomplish? BTW, this place has fired 6 cashiers in the past month, and I have met exactly 2 people who have been a cashier their for a year or more. 99% of the staff is brand new.

Their is a huge difference between being treated badly and unfair or illegal business practices. Labor Laws and unions exist for a reason, and while i am avowedly anti-union, I seriously think this place needs a union.

Originally Posted by JumpmanYaris

Get fired, I mean NOT but by all means just do what u got to do at work if u get fired just go get unemployment, now u get paid and ur not working lol

That is what really annoys me. I applied for unemployment, and sat not getting anything for two weeks before the claim went through. I got this job before I got paid anything, and unemployment is only good if you lose your job"through no fault of your own"meaning you can't get it if you get fired or quit.