Walgreens Wrongful Termination, Defamation of Chracter Las Vegas Nevada

I am so sorry for you.  We have a loved one that had been terminated "WRONGFULLY" from Walgreens in the corporate structure.  We have gone to the EEOC and retained an attorney.  Some looney tunes made outrageous allegations that are slander at best and all FALSE.  We are seeing if we have legal grounds to all parties involved inclduing the looney tunes that needs to be in some physc ward.  She is the one who should have been terminated.   Clearly Walgreens did not investigate a thing.  Mind you all this came 2 days after the annoucement of outsourcing 800 jobs to India and the Phillipines.  Looney Tunes locked herself into a job since if she is ever terminated it will be considered "Retailation".  Something is so wrong with this.  I guess the solution by Walgreens is to WRONGFULLY terminate employees.  Seems most states are "At Will" employment.  Meaning Walgreens can do what they like, YET we will see what THE EEOC has to say.

May I suggest going to the EEOC, they have a web-site that may be of some benefit to you. 

Good Luck

tell that stupid assitant manager who responded to stfu, it isnt a glorious position and the starting pay is around $18 an hour, i am an assistant manager in the bronx and i can tell you that they suck a*s. no one wants your loyalty here, dont worry youll get another stupid service star for another wasted year of your life

One thing I noticed while working for Walgreens is that your integridy is of the utmost importance.  I am not saying you lack integridy by any means.  However; what seems petty to most people, Walgreens management sees it in a bigger picture.  I once saw a girl fired for taking the coupon ads out ot the Sunday paper's that were going to be thrown away anyways.  They deemed it stealing.  What would not be given a second thought or even be an issue at other retail stores is a Walgreens.  I think the fact that it appears that you rang up your g/f.  If you checked her out, that was a big no-no.  We were not to check out our own family members, but have another clerk in cosmetics or photo. do it. And you stated that, "discount. I know that discounts are only allowed for relatives and employees. I was not married to her but I was going to marry her so I figured that since we were dating it would be "  You should have followed your gut instinct and the training you received view the PPLs.  Your manager may have assumed that you were of the same household and commonlaw man and wife.

If I remember correctly, accepting gifts from vendors was covered in the PPLs.  It is wrong basically in most retail outfits.  I applaud your honestly in your interview and the fact that you told them you forget to pay for a pop.

I'm not trying to be harsh, but looking at it from a loss prevention point of view...they have some valid points.

I'm not a cheerleader for Walgreens, but I am hoping to get back on there.  Where I moved to presently does not have a Walgreens nearby.  One is in the works in the area though.  If loss prevention would put more effort into catching,making shoplifters pay a fine and looking for possible dangers to customers in the stores, that position would pay for itself.  Instead they look for the little petty offenses which leads to insulting employees that for the most part are good employees.

Oh please.  Managers are the worst culprit.  I was fired from Walgreens in Hooksett, NH and ultimately it was for a candy bar that I forgot to pay for.  This is a practice all the employees at the store did, if they were working the registers or the lines were too long, they would eat or drink and then rip off the upc bar code and pay for it later.  Well I left for my shift one day, and was down the road and realized I hadn't paid for my candy bar.  I called my asst. manager immediately and told him and he said don't worry about it , just pay for it when you come in for your shift tommorrow.  Well guess what?  I was fired.  Then they tried to get me for other things that were missing, said they had proof on camera, but wouldn't show me anything.  Told me they wouldn't press charges if I would just sign something admitting to it.  Hell NO!!  I never stole anything.  Although if we want to talk about employer policies, Perhaps we should think about the managers who do the same practice as eating or drinking before paying for the product.  Or sharing expired candy that wasn't paid for with other employees, Think about that!!!!

Ok Roman here's my interpretation of what happened to you. I'm an assistant manager in a Las Vegas store. As such I work closely with store managers and district staff, including Loss Prevention. They are not out to find reasons for firing people. If they called you into that breakroom for a meeting that day, it's because they had something on you. They can't fire you unless they have rock solid proof, or you confess. It is stated in company policy that you are never to accept gifts from vendors. You did, and it's grounds for termination. It's also stated that you are not to give employee discounts to anyone other that immediate family living with you. So if your aunt lives with you, she still can't get the discount because she's not a parent, sibling, spouse, or child. You gave someone else a discount, and it's grounds for termination. You walked out the door with a drink you did not pay for. Sure it's easy to say that you forgot to pay, but how are they supposed to believe that? Be honest with yourself Roman. While you may not have intentionally stolen, you did violate a few written company policies.