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I applied for a full time job at Menard's in Wichita Kansas in February of 2011. I was contacted some time later and told part time was available if I was interested. I accepted and a short time after that was able to find another part time job to help fill the void. This second part time job required me to work Saturdays".The Menard's store was in the process of opening to the public in February/. For about 3 weeks I worked Monday –Wednesday 7am to 10pm “setting” the store with merchandise?. After the grand opening I was scheduled to work Mondays and Tuesdays 4pm to closing (about 10:30 –11pm),. All was well for about 6-8 weeks|.
Then I was suddenly told I had to work weekends/. I reminded the manager that I had another part time job that I was obligated to on Saturday sense I was not hired full time from the beginning". It mattered not and I was dismissed'. This company wants to absolutely own you and if they can't then your gone. 128762e
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| 1. Written by Heartless on February 8, 2012 from green bay, wisconsin, US To Tim B. Well you're just about wrong about everything do you even work there? Inside you don't start off at mininum wage you accutally start off a dollar hour more an hour then mininum for part time sale associates. You also get 20 cent raises a year not 10. Its 10cents every 6 months and your first year you get 3 raises 3months 6months and a year. |
| 2. Written by Paul Menard on January 23, 2012 from kearney, nebraska, US you guys are a bunch of whining ***. We aren't 10 anymore. You work for a company who ALLOWED you to work for them and earn money while doing it. They are there to make money (not friends) just like you are there to do. Grow up and put your big boy pants on because its an opportunity not an obligation |
| 3. Written by jay on August 24, 2011 from saginaw, michigan, US youre retarded. best place to work and great pay. any place you work will be like that. grow up. |
| 4. Written by john on July 17, 2011 from marquette, michigan, US i don't freekin work there and will starve before i do |
| 5. Written by ex menardian on July 6, 2011 from toledo, ohio, US if you have a complaint at menards, this is their help desk number that is such a "secret" 715-876-2636 enjoy |
| 6. Written by Whiners on July 5, 2011 from rochester, minnesota, US I see lots of whiner's...need a little cheese with that whine.. |
| 7. Written by Weekends on July 3, 2011 from madison, wisconsin, US I work for Menards as a part time cashier and I'm able to work every other weekend. I've been there for over 6 years now and at this point I keep sticking around because of IPS and the Christmas bonus. I recently learned that after so long or so much (I don't know specifics) but they will eventually max out your raises so you stay at a certain pay when you reach some limit and that goes for your paychecks, IPS percent, and Christmas bonus. Once I reach my limit they can kiss me goodbye, there's no reason for staying with such a twisted company when I know there's nothing more to be gained from it. |
| 8. Written by REALLY ? on July 1, 2011 from rochester, new york, US Dear Team Member #5., How little you know about the world. I have a job now that requires me to work at least 15 hours a month- the 15 I choose each month. I can work as many as 50 hours in a month- any 50 hours I pick to work. It's a 24/7/356 operation. I can start out choosing only 15 (which is what I have myself scheduled in July so far) and as the month goes on, I can add more hours if I want to. This company employs about 200 people. We are also allowed to switch and swap time slots after we have chosen them. Simply put, work when you want to, but when you say you want to, you better be here. If you don't want to work much one month, okay, you don't get much of a paycheck that month either. Everybody can live a life AND work!! Actually, I had a government job for 3 years that was structured much the same way-slightly different rules. So, maybe you just need to . . . grow. |
| 9. Written by REALLY ? on July 1, 2011 from rochester, new york, US It's all about the papers you sign. If you write on your availability as being "open" or failing to write in the words "except Saturdays" then you failed yourselves. Much of the time, those who are hiring actually pay little attention to it, and if they ask about it-it's like any other contract, what you tell them isn't as important as what you give them in writing! I did that at my last part-time job and no one noticed until I asked them to refer back to my availability sheet- it had the words "no availability" under the Saturday heading. They didn't like it, but they could not schedule me Saturdays. Someone just over looked it. Come on people, take care of yourselves- no employer is actually going to care about you. |
| 10. Written by Becci on June 29, 2011 from columbus, ohio, US I agree with you. I worked for the Menards in Lancaster, Ohio and I never missed a day. When I broke my fingers I had to have them reset(Not job related). And I was going to be off for short while. While I was in the hospital getting my fingers set back in place, they terminated my employment for "not being reliable". lol what a joke. I then went in with my medical documentation. and they told me that I had my basis covered as far as excuse going but it "was out of their hands" and there was nothing I could do about it. But they were kind enough to say, I was "rehire-able", an that I had to redo all of my paperwork, and retake the orientation all over again like I was a new hire. I laughed and told them why on earth would I ever want to work for them again, after everything I did for that company, and took the slack of the employees in my department while they lolly-gagged about the store and not do anything job related, leaving it all to me to do. That was the best thing that ever happened to me, because I would not have the life I do now.  |
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