So I work at a Walmart DC, just hired on like 7 weeks ago so they haven’t changed the policy. I was told during training that if I’m sick to not come in, call the manager and tell them what’s up and you’ll be good. Well I was unfortunate enough to get sick on my 3rd week in and was so sick I could barely breath “Not Covid”, so I called off for 4 days.
I thought I was good because I was told not to come in by a manager so I wouldn’t get any points “you need 5 points to be fired”. I had to call off again yesterday due to a death in the family. Yet when I walked in today I was immediately approached by management and escorted out of the building where they then took my badge.
So much for being good if I call in sick.
They wonder why they have a high turnover rate at the DC, maybe they shouldn’t lie to the staff and say they are good when they really aren’t.
:Edit: I wanna make a note that the last point was for the death in the family yea, but I was told I would not get points for the sick days. That is why I labeled it as fired for being sick, as I would not have taken off if I knew I had those points from the sick days. Witch they told me I would not get.