Stein Mart WILL NOT GIVE PAYCHECK TO THIS FORMER EMPLOYEE... Jackson, Mississippi

     LET ME START OFF BY SAYING, I AM HIGHLY PISSED OFF AT THIS COMPANY.  HERE'S MY STORY...

     LAST MONTH, I WAS INTERVIEWED AT STEIN MART TO BECOME THEIR NEW FULL TIME MERCHANDISING LEAD, MAKING $8.50 AN HOUR.  A SIGNIFICANT PAY CUT THAN WHAT I'M USED TO, BUT, HEY, I NEEDED A JOB.  SO I TAKE THE POSITION, CONFIDENT THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE UP AND POSSIBLY GROW WITH THIS COMPANY.  BOY, WAS I MISTAKEN!  MY FIRST DAY WAS A MONDAY, I WORKED AN 8 HOUR SHIFT, DOING WHAT THE STORE MANAGER SAID I WAS GOING TO BE DOING.  TUESDAY, ANOTHER 8 HOUR SHIFT, DOING THE SAME.  THAT DAY, HOWEVER, THE ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER CALLED ME INTO HER OFFICE TO PUT MY INFORMATION INTO THE COMPUTER SO I COULD CLOCK IN AND OUT.  I NOTICED THAT SHE PUT "SALES ASSOCIATE" AND "$7.00/HR" UNDER MY INFORMATION.  I QUICKLY QUESTIONED THE INFORMATION AND SHE GAVE ME SOME QUICK ANSWER ABOUT SALES ASSOCIATE IS WHAT GOES UNDER ALL EMPLOYEES IF THEY ARE NOT MANAGERS AND AS FAR AS THE MONEY GOES, THE STORE MANAGER TOLD HER THAT NUMBER.  I TOLD HER THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DISCUSSED, AND AS SOON AS THE STORE MANAGER COMES OFF VACATION ON FRIDAY, I WOULD LET HER KNOW.  ANYWAY, I FINISHED MY SHIFT THAT TUESDAY AND WAS OFF WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.  FRIDAY CAME, AND IT WAS ONLY A 6 HOUR SHIFT.  DURING MY BREAK, I WENT TO THE BACK TO CHECK OUT THE SCHEDULES.  BESIDE MY NAME WAS A SERIES OF 10AM-2PM SHIFTS.  WTF!  THAT'S NOT FULL-TIME!  SO BEFORE I COULD EVEN ASK ABOUT MY PAY AND TITLE, I ASKED ABOUT MY SCHEDULE.  THE STORE MANAGER ANSWERED ALL THREE OF MY QUESTIONS WITH THE SAME ANSWER...INSUFFICIENT PAYROLL DOLLARS...NOT MY PROBLEM, AND DEFINITELY NOT WHY I WAS HIRED.  I FINISED MY SHIFT, AND HAVE NOT RETURNED TO STEIN MART SINCE...

HERE COMES THE GOOD PART...

     AFTER ABOUT A WEEK, THAT NEXT THURSDAY, I CALLED THE STORE TO SEE ABOUT GETTING COMPENSATED FOR THE THREE DAYS THAT I DID WORK.  THE STORE MANAGER, WITH A LITTLE ATTITUDE, TOLD ME THAT SHE'D SENT MY PAY CARD TO ME IN THE MAIL THAT TUESDAY.  MAIL TAKES ONE DAY TO GET TO SOMEONE WITHIN THE CITY, SO I FIGURED I SHOULD HAVE HAD IT THAT DAY.  I DECIDED TO GIVE IT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, FRIDAY, TO GET TO ME.  FRIDAY CAME, NO MONEY.  SATURDAY...NO MAIL ON SUNDAY...I EVEN GAVE MONDAY A CHANCE TO GO BY, STILL NO MONEY.  ON TUESDAY, I CALLED THE STORE AGAIN.  I SPOKE WITH THE STORE MANAGER AND LET HER KNOW THAT I STILL HADN'T RECEIVED MY PAY CARD IN THE MAIL.  WITH SHOCK THAT SEEMED FAKE, SHE BASICALLY SAID WHAT I ALREADY  KNEW, THAT THE MONEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.  I STAY IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND WITHOUT THE APARTMENT NUMBER, THE ADDRESS IS USELESS.  SO, I ASKED IF SHE'D PUT THE APARTMENT NUMBER ON THE ENVELOPE, SHE CLAIMED SHE DIDNT SEE A NUMBER AND THAT COULD BE THE HOLD UP.  I ASKED IF THE MONEY CAME BACK TO THE STORE, THEN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IF THE MAIL HAS NO WHERE TO GO.  OF COURSE NOT!  SO, SHE CLAIMED SHE WOULD TALK TO SOMEONE IN PAYROLL SINCE IT WAS "THE STORE'S FAULT" THAT MY MONEY HAD NOT COME IN AND SHE WOULD CALL ME BACK.  NO CALL BACK...WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY... FRIDAY, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM HER AND SHE SAID THEY STRAIGHTENED IT ALL OUT AND I WOULD BE RECEIVING MY PAY IN 24 TO 48 HOURS, I JUST HAD TO BE HOME TO SIGN FOR IT.  FRUSTRATED, BUT HAPPY I WOULD BE GETTING THE LITTLE MONEY THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING TWO WEEKS FOR, I STAYED AT HOME AND DIDNT GO ANYWHERE.  SATURDAY...NO MAIL ON SUNDAY...MONDAY...TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY... I CALLED FRIDAY TO LET HER KNOW, STILL NOTHING.  SHE WAS OFF RUNNING ERRANDS.  I CALLED A LITTLE LATER THAT DAY, AND SHE WAS THERE.  WITH FAKE SHOCK IN HER VOICE YET AGAIN, SHE CLAIMED SHE WOULD TALK TO SOMEONE IN PAYROLL AND GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT FOR ME AND CALL ME BACK.  SATURDAY...NO MAIL ON SUNDAY...MONDAY...AND NOW TUESDAY AND STILL NOTHING.  I CALLED TODAY AND GUESS WHO'S ON VACATION AGAIN?!!!

STEIN MART CORPORATE...

     I DECIDED TO GO ABOVE HER AND SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN PAYROLL AT THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.  IT IS HELL GETTING SOMEONE.  THEY ARE ALL RUDE AND THEY ACT LIKE THEY DONT WANT TO DEAL WITH YOU IF YOU ARENT UPPER MANAGEMENT.  I'VE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PERSON IN PAYROLL IS OUT FOR THE DAY.  I AM GOING TO KEEP BOTHERING THEM UNTIL THEY GIVE ME MY MONEY THAT I WORKED UNDER FALSE PRETENSES FOR, BUT I THINK THE COMPANY ON A STORE LEVEL AS WELL AS ON A CORPORATE LEVEL NEEDS TO GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER.  I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MONEY THAT'S ONLY LIKE $140 BUCKS FOR A MONTH NOW.  IT'S CRAZY AND IT'S BAD BUSINESS...ON AN EMPLOYEE LEVEL.  I AM SO UPSET ABOUT IT, BUT I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO.