Amazing Pet Expos  Saint Louis Missouri

Hello. I just want to warn anyone else working with this company. I was an employee that was screwed over. I resigned with the company because I felt they were being racisit and unfair. I was given a verbal warning and wrote up for commenting to another employee about the fact that I was being paid only half of my check and I would get the rest on Monday. The other employee was not written up despite the fact that she released information to me that she was not getting paid until Monday. I informed them that I felt this was a racial attack and they tried to dismiss that fact. I felt uncomfortable working there especially since the Manager Jenn Reiss would make racial comments about African Americans. She stated before going to a seattle show that she wanted to know if there were black people there and if so what kind.

Several employees made jokes and gave me the nickname the Big N and explained that the nickname was due to the fact that I was the only Black person that worked in the office. My first time being paid payroll was messed up and they had to give me half of my check on Friday and the other half on Monday which the check did not come with a formal paycheck stub showing calculations of tax deductions or my payrate information. I completed a time sheet upon leaving the company only for them to send me a check again without payroll information that bounced. I had to wait another 2 weeks after emailing Shiela Rilenge asking for an explanation of my time and paycheck stubs which I never gotten a response to and I was given only a portion of what I worked for. I worked 52 hours and was paid for possibly only 25.

I have continued to send emails and have not gotten a response. During a minnesota trip the manager Jenn Reiss offered to pay for my cellphone bill with her personal credit card due to the fact that it was off because of nonpayment. I explained to her that I would pay it when we got paid and she insisted exclaiming she understood difficult times and said I could just pay her back when we got paid. Nevertheless, after speaking with the accounting manager she informed me that Jenn Reiss had her take out the money I owed her from my check and therefore there is no money left over. Jenn Reiss then went on to explain that there is a policy in the company handbook that states something along the lines of if you borrow money from a coworker the company has right to take it out your paycheck.

I have asked for a copy of the handbook which I have yet to recieve. During my time there as an employee I was asked to lie to vendors telling them that they couldn't recieve their refunds due to our "billing company" we contracted with the vendors had to wait 60 days. There is no billing company we are just told to tell our vendors that. The company has a clause in their terms and agreements that states they can change the date of shows without notice and extending a refund. They change the dates of their shows and pocket the money which is why vendors have to wait so long to recieve their refunds. Beware. Do Not Do Business With This Company. They are unprofessional and they discriminate.