At 04113, located in Alvin I was hired January 20th 2025 as a Beauty and Wellness Consultant, fired March 5th 2025. My availability is Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 11-7. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays I was off. March 4th I was scheduled to come in at 11Am. I wasn't supposed to come in on the 4th (Tuesday) because it was outside my availability to begin with. Despite that, I made arrangements for my child to be picked up and taken care of so that I could accommodate the schedule my boss (Christina Rivera) set up for me. I left at 10Am, and made it to work around 10:30Am. I waited till it was 10:55Am to walk inside the store to clock in for my shift. When I approached the door there were two papers taped to each of the door stating "store temporary closed due to power outage". I had received no call, email, or txt from my employer notifying me that the store was closed nor did she give me any kind of instruction as to what to do in this kind of situation. There was a customer approaching the doors and I spent about 10-15 minutes explaining what the sign said, during this time I didn't see anyone in the building from outside and proceeded to go home. This was the second time that the store was temporarily closed due to weather issues, the first time was during the freeze (about my first week of employment) and no one reached out to notify me then that the store was closed. With no clear instruction I went home, the following day ( March 5th 2025) I came to work at the same time as the previous day and the store was open. About an hour and a half into my shift I was called into the office, Christina Rivera told me she had warned me about my attendance ( I called in my first time because a family member was passing away, second time was no call no show due to being sick) and due to that they were going to have to let me go and asked me what happened to the day before (March 4th 2025). I explained my situation, and told her no one notified me and that I had indeed showed up to work and in fact it was 30 minutes prior to my scheduled time. She then proceeded to tell me I could of called the store (how am I supposed to do that when there is no power in the store and therefore no way for anyone to pick up?) and then said I could of googled to see if they were open (that would contraindicate what the sign said and google is not always a 100% right when it comes to if the store is really open or closed sometimes) then she said I was supposed to just slide the door open, but again no one told me I was supposed to do that. Finally I just told her what am I even supposed to think when there is two written signs on the door stating the store was temporarily closed due to the power outage? After that, Christina Rivera said she would talk with HR and decide from there if I was going to be terminated. After that I cried a little and spent about 15 minutes trying to get it together before getting called back into the office. This time she had another person come into the office with me ( Alma Giona). Christina Rivera then stated that because the sign said "temporarily closed" that it meant that it was opening up later on that day, how am I supposed to assume that is what the sign meant? I have no idea, but I do know that it didn't feel right at all. She has my number, email, she could of reached out to notify me of what was going on and to tell me what to do. I've never been in a situation where the employer failed to notify an employee of what to do in this situation. I believe it was wrongful termination based on the miscommunication on Christina Riveras end. I made accommodations for a day I wasn't even supposed to be scheduled for and got there on time. For those interested working at this location, please be very careful about what you say and do. They don't care about you, to them you are just another body that read more
