Seabrook Walmart ripoff I work for Walmart for 9 months now if you are out sick you have to be out sick for 2 days to get paid for 1 day. Seabrook New Hampshire

As it has been stated already that this information is stated in the "Associate Handbook" that is given to you at the time of employment. I will further itterate the logic behind this decission.

This rule was created inorder to lessen the amount of "call ins" that we have. As I am sure that you are aware of "call ins" have an effect on everyone in the store, if it is a sales floor associate, it means that there is no one there to assist customers in that area. If it is in an area such as recieving it means that they don't have a person to assist in the unloading of the truck. If it is a cashier, that is one less person to get our customers out of the store in an efficient manner. So in essence anytime that anyone in a store calls in, it causes a "ripple effect" on the rest of the store.

The logic behind the sick hours not kicking in until the second day is that if a person is sick enough to be out for one day, they are certainly going to be out for more than just one. Most of the time if you have a good attendence record your store manager will allow you to use your first day as a "personal day".

You have to consider that when you are one of the largest employers in the U.S. you are going to have a LOT of "call ins" and there are a lot of people that we unfortunately employ that think of the job as nothing more than a "paycheck", so don't mind not coming in any time that they just feel like not working. As I said, it is unfortunate that a few bad apples spoil the bunch, but it is true.

When you were hired nine months ago, you should have received a New Associate's Handbook. In this handbook the sick time policy is clearly outlined. If you are REALLY sick, you should stay home and not go into work and infect everyone else. Policy is policy... we all have to deal with it regardless if we like it or not. Be thankful that you get any sick time at all.

You should have been informed of that during your orientation. Actually the policy states that you have to be sick more than one day, on the second day you can get paid your sick time if u have any available, but you also have to have a docors note. That is stated in your handbook that you signed stating you read and agreed.

I say that if you don't like the guidlines that your company sets for you than don't work there. No one is forcing you to work there. Don't complain... DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Find another job!