Walmert Insufferable Management Hours destroying Families that they Insist they are all About Bentonville, Arkansas Nationwide

Seriously, where in the world did your update come from?

The NAACP contacted you?  There was NOTHING in this post that indicated anything about race.  There was NOTHING in this post that indicated that one race was being mistreated over another.  In fact you left every indication this was a company wide policy.  Who were of these "some other" groups?  Not only that but this site has a pretty good policy of keeping the posts anonymous.  So while I won't say it didn't happen.  It is extremely unlikely that the NAACP has even reached out to you through this site or due to this post.

Then we get to your previous profession.  A Union "attourney".  So let me ask you this since you apparently must know the law especially when it comes to labor.  What is Walmart doing that is illegal?

Since you are on your self-entitled "high horse" where are you for people in other jobs that are taken away from their families in order to make a living?  What about the families that aren't lucky enough to have only 1 spouse working?  What about the families that have the mom working a day shift so that the father can work the graveyard shift to keep a roof over their heads?  What about the Salesman who is away from his family 330 out of 365 days a year?  Oh you say that they CHOOSE that profession...well guess what.  Your Husband CHOOSE his profession too.

Look I actually really don't care if you have every civil rights organization on your side or are looking into how "unfair" Walmart is.  I actually don't even shop at Walmart unless it is an absolute last resort, think it has been about 9 months since I even stepped foot in one.  The reason I replied each time is that you seem to be under some misguided impression that a company must work around your schedule and when it becomes inconvenient for you that THEY must change.  When in fact if you don't like the schedule..quit. 

I appreciate the follow up. I know that for the last 16 years, my spoise was very content took pride in his work, and enjoyed what he did. It's a little tough to walk away from something after you've vested that kind of business. For some it's a matter of personal loyalty and obligation. For others, a feeling of being institutionalized in a corporate sense and bound by 
golden handcuffs"

As far as unions go, By trade, I am a former union attourney. Unions can be a blessing or a curse, depending on the situation, as I learned through countless mitigations over individual and organizational legality. My parents were life long union members (teachers and electrical), and when they retired, they both had excellent pension plans. I left this way of life because of an opportunity to earn a similar income while spending 90% of my employment working from home.

I'm pleased to at least say that I was contacted by the NAACP and a few others regarding this post, and I appreciate the fact they they plan to further investigate the matter. Your support and attention were very generous, and hopefully this policy will be corrected.

Having your children, and your family time be "ripped-off" by somebody that you dedicated your professional career to can be extremely demoralizing. This is the first year that everybody isnt attending little league games, some school functions, and other events that were always attended. 

I do have to admit, I did not expect a rebuttal regarding an open plea of awareness to how the Corporation that claims to be devoted to the American Family, has compromised the health, well being, and personal interaction time. I'm in no way making any accusations and will accept the rebuttal as genuine, although it just reminds me of a friend who owns a training company and pays his assistance to search out complaints and refute them.

 Also, I've put a resume out aand communicated with a ton of my contacts at various companies that would be a fit. Finding another job eradicates our situation, but for others that are left in the wake of this issue, how does it help them? Profits haven't gone up during this chsnge? Have the four children of Mr. Walton been able to expand their horse fams?

I'm going to continue to further look into this matter.If anybody is in a similar situation, I hope that your voices are heard as well. Hopefully their schedules will be retored to satisfactory conditions and that Wal Mart will no longer notoriously understaff.

I apologize for any mispellings as my diabetis is winning it's war against my vision. :)

You are aware that your husband works in a Retail store that is open 7 days a week, and it sounds like 24 hours a day.  Not only that but he is basically 2nd in command just below a Store Manager.  You don't get to or stay at this level by working 40 hours a week. 

In reading more of your "RipOff" I noticed your main complaint seems to be weekends and that he now only gets 1 full weekend and 1 day of another weekend a month.  But just for fun I used your old 3-On/3-Off schedule for May and June and guess what I came up with?  Starting on 5/1 with a 3/3 schedule in May your husband would be working 6 of the 9 weekend days.  The other 3 consist of guess what...1 Weekend Day and 1 Full Weekend.  Going to June out of 8 Weekend days he is working 5 of them.  Oh and his off days..1 Weekend Day and 1 Full Weekend.   Now, of course this is figuring we start on a Sunday.  If you start that schedule on a different day it would give you different weekends but over a year it would yield about the same results.

So tell us your complaint again?

If you don't like his job then why don't you help him find another job at a different retail store, with 17 years he may even be able to walk right into a Store Manger Position at a different company and I am sure being able to write what ever schedule he wants.

Also, what does unions have to do with this?  Your husband is management where any "union" contract or agreement would not apply to him.   In fact if the "Union" decided to push the issue in a store and cause a walkout of the employees..it would be your husband who would be required to work even MORE hours.