Thursday, March 22, 2007
The "New Medical Plan"!
The "New" Medical Plan Is A Lie!
Home Depot Moved Some Numbers Around And Made It Look Like They Were Giving The Associates A "New" Better Plan , But In Reality It's The Same Plan , But Now At A Cost Reflective To Their Average Hourly Salary.
The Part-Time Associates Are Now Covered , But Also At A Cost.
I Will Get More Info And Post It Soon!
The Long And Short Of It Is , The Associates Are Get Ripped Off , Again!!!
Saturday, September 23, 2006
A friend and fellow "brother" from the Home Depot in Newmarket , Ontario , Canada , reports there is a major disdain within the staff .Seems that the management lead the staff to believe that the store would have a large "Share The Success" check to split between the "associates" . They had an "All Store Meeting" on Sunday September 16th. To reveal the check size and give all the associates the great news . There was a great hoopin and hollerin through-out the meeting with backslapping and handshakes from the management . Roast beef sandwiches were served .They also gave away gifts to some of the fortunate staff that had their names pulled from a hat .
At the end the the meeting the store manager made the "Great Reveal" ! The staff would share...$8590.00...between 300 associates !
What A Great Incentive ! Considering that the store went almost a half a million dollars over forecast . This is how the store received their "great windfall" .
The store gets 7% of the nearly $500,000 that figure was whittled down from Atlanta to $ 345,000.00 , why i dunno neither does the staff ! OK 7% of 345thousand dollars is $24,150.00 . Divide that into 300 equal parts and each person would receive $80.50 for six months hard work . Very tidy some , no ? No it isn't . That would be a crappy story if that happened , but it gets worse .
$24,150.00 was again whittled down as managers and store support took theirs and also in-store items needed to be fixed , beams etc...also some workers were hurt last year on the job so that had to be paid for out of it (Why Dunno Again) . That all came up to $15,650.00 which came to their final sum of $8590.00 . Whoo Hoo .
Did I say that was it ? Well it wasn't . Not all associates are created equal at "The Depot" so some were given larger checks due to their "hours worked" in the last six months . So the checks received were from $30.00-$42.00 for full time workers to $5.00-$20.00 for part-time workers .
I heard that a couple of associates wept as they read how much money was actually in their checks .
How can store managers and HR's shake peoples hands and congratulate them in a great success they had , at the same time then stab them right in the back . These people are cruel , heartless , conniving , liars and thieves .
The best part of this story is the staff paid for this event out of their own pockets .
Do You Think "The Home Depot" Needs A Union ?
I Do !
Please Comment .
Welcome Home Depot Staff And Associates !
From this post on I will be calling you "Brothers and Sisters" , because that is what we are , brothers and sisters against the machine that is "The Home Depot Corporation" .
I'm not here to bring down the "Mighty Depot" . I'm here , we're here , to make it a better place to work . Our goal is to get a fair living wage , and better hours for our full time workers .
We're also here to expose the lies Home Depot tells us and their (our) customers .
So Post The Truth & Make A Comment , For All To See .
