I worked in one of the higher risk Kohl's stores in the MPLS/St Paul Metro. I was hired by a DLPM that was more or less what I would call old school. He wanted you to get your audits done, stay on top of things but still snag as many lifters as you could. He would even step out on the store front and help you get it done.
Shortly, after he hired me I was exceeding expections but on a bit of a learning curve because in many ways Kohl's is not retail lp as usual and few take the time to actually train you.
My boss was transferred and the new guy (who will remain nameless) made it known, I got paid too much, he didn't trust me and that he would make it his mission to take me down. What changed? I was still working very hard and blowing the doors off with shoplifter stats. He said offcolor and inappropriate comments to me all the time but at the same time, would infer that since he was higher on the food chain and I was already on his list that I would keep my mouth shut. As each day passed, he would lay out a different scenario that could potentially result in me getting fired. But the odd thing was, there were no grounds for these hypothetical discussions because I did nothing wrong.
My office was usually a blazing 100 degrees and although, they speculated on how they could fix it all the time nothing was done. One July day, I couldnt take it anymore, the temp in the office, the micro managing and continual attempts to keep me on the ropes and antimidate me, I punched out and left early. My mistake? I didnt tell anyone.
A few days later I am interviewed for suspicion of theft of time. I freakin punched out early, how is that an indicator of time theft? In the same discussion, the outragous office heat problem came up again, and he speculated again on having it fixed.
Shortly thereafter, the rumor was all over the store, that I was stealing time and that the Mgmt should keep an eye on me. Then one day while completing an LP related project on the salesfloor, an associate, not even a member of mgmt, walked up to me in front of other associates, questioninng where on earth I was all day.
I got all my personal affects, walked to the timeclock one last time, punched out and left. I decided to go to work where I wouldnt be harrassed, victimized and crucified in front of the entire store while putting in my time and striving for excellence. "Expect Great Things."
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