As a long-term employee of Dollar General, Waldport, I have learned so very much about the community, and how important personal connection can be. Waldport supports and loves their own. They care when employees in this town are treated badly by corporations. We may welcome people that are not from here, but we protect our own.
That being said, our store is nicknamed "the beast" by this corporation. However, the people who have kept it going, have seen 6 new managers, sometimes running the store when Dollar General has decided that no manager is a cheap manager.
The newest store manager, Angela Pofahl, has been touted a 7-year Dollar General store manager. I know, first hand, that after being a manager that long, most people would know employment laws, or at the very least, have read the employees rights that EVERY place of employment has hanging in their breakrooms.
The payroll and HR aspect of the job should be the most important thing in any business. People make your business successful.
Dollar General doesn't have control over non-discrimination and retaliation in this particular store. I went to the regional director, Becky, and asset protection manager, Kevin, with whom I have enjoyed a mutual respect for the entirety of my employment. The value of employees stops with them. The district manager and store manager believe that when they are not comfortable with an employee, the solution is to retaliate and discriminate.
I watched it with 5 people who have quit in the last few weeks. Then, they turned their sights on me. Instead of exploring why people work the way they do, and the way they contribute to the operation, they are playing fast and loose with disability discrimination, and outright retaliation.
My disability attorney is chomping at the bit.
SO, a few things, as an employee, have a backup plan for when it happens to you. AND, if you are a customer, please know that, for the most part, the employees are having to battle these problems on top of doing an amazing job for you.
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