I worked at Lowe’s for a little over a year. They constantly assigned me about 3-4 times the amount of work a human can do. They absolutely would not listen to me when I told them it was too much. They kept saying to do these tasks “in my downtime”.
I never had a minute of downtime. Every shift I was scrambling at 100 mph to get things done, and it never let up.
They just kept calling me in to talk about my performance, and when I’d say it was impossible they’d just say “it’s up to you to find the time”.
I eventually got fired, and thank god. My own self respect was dwindling the longer I put up with it. I should have quit, but didn’t have the courage to.
Lowe’s the same company that hires 50 or so old farts that can’t do shit or know shit that stand around talking not helping customers, all on the basis that “they’re veterans” so Lowe’s hires them for the image of “supporting veterans”
I can definitely be wrong, but since the US has a lot more of a veteran obsession culture than other countries there are probably laws that give companies major benefits (like idk tax credits) for hiring veterans, so they gain more for hiring those useless employees than they lose.
American employment applications typically ask if you are a veteran. Also if you are disabled. It helps them check boxes to prove that they don’t discriminate. Not sure what other benefits they get, but possibly something when it comes to veterans.
I BELIEVE you can gain certain tax breaks if you can prove that a certain percentage of your workforce is veterans or disabled people.
At the very least, I’m OK with it. Leveraging my autism diagnosis has gotten me a few positions in the past from employers wanting to tick those EEOC boxes.
I was on disability for a while. I no longer qualify, but the box often says if you are or were disabled. I still don’t check it. Like you, I don’t trust them.
I worked at Lowe’s for a little over a year. They constantly assigned me about 3-4 times the amount of work a human can do. They absolutely would not listen to me when I told them it was too much. They kept saying to do these tasks “in my downtime”.
I never had a minute of downtime. Every shift I was scrambling at 100 mph to get things done, and it never let up.
They just kept calling me in to talk about my performance, and when I’d say it was impossible they’d just say “it’s up to you to find the time”.
I eventually got fired, and thank god. My own self respect was dwindling the longer I put up with it. I should have quit, but didn’t have the courage to.
Lowe’s the same company that hires 50 or so old farts that can’t do shit or know shit that stand around talking not helping customers, all on the basis that “they’re veterans” so Lowe’s hires them for the image of “supporting veterans”
I can definitely be wrong, but since the US has a lot more of a veteran obsession culture than other countries there are probably laws that give companies major benefits (like idk tax credits) for hiring veterans, so they gain more for hiring those useless employees than they lose.
American employment applications typically ask if you are a veteran. Also if you are disabled. It helps them check boxes to prove that they don’t discriminate. Not sure what other benefits they get, but possibly something when it comes to veterans.
I BELIEVE you can gain certain tax breaks if you can prove that a certain percentage of your workforce is veterans or disabled people.
At the very least, I’m OK with it. Leveraging my autism diagnosis has gotten me a few positions in the past from employers wanting to tick those EEOC boxes.
I’d love to know if checking ‘disabled’ ever actually helped someone get a job though.
Yeah, I never checked it as a disabled person. I don’t trust employers.
I was on disability for a while. I no longer qualify, but the box often says if you are or were disabled. I still don’t check it. Like you, I don’t trust them.
Almost all of the people who work at my local Lowe’s are young adults. Twenties, thirties.
It’s Home Depot that did the hiring old people thing. They even paid for my grandfather’s funeral.