07/01/2022
Good evening, I'm just feeling so grateful That people have been responding to my Go fund Me page.
It has been the most stressful year year of my life.
ITS TIME TO TELL MY STORY...
I'm going to try to make this short , back in October 2021 I lost my Job with Family Dollar I Served this company for 13 years I started as a cashier one day a For one year came in on truck day, after that I became an assistant Manager, then when went on to run 4 different stores as a manager,the last store I became a training store manager, and an instor experience manager with family dollar After all that I was promoted to a performance manager where I served 2 years in Charlotte North Carolina I was then asked to be a holding district manager in Gastonia North Carolina and then was asked to transfer to Tennessee where I would spend The last 3 years of my time with Family Dollar as a district manager in the most difficult places to hire people at a very gross wageI was terminated for overall job performance (aka ) I was fired for staffing issues and not being able to keep the current employees. And again as I said with the gross wages that Family Dollar is offering people In this economy and where I was placed to be a district manager in the Gatlinburg, pigeon forge, wears Valley, Severevile , Kodak, Dandridge, Morristown, Bean And was responsible for 4 stores in North Carolina including Cherokee,Robbinsville North Carolina,And 3 in between those stores. I was spread out a little too thin I would say with 19 stores and counting that I was responsible for in every aspect of the business.. A lot to put on one lady's plate I had absolutely no support from my regional director or my HR Director that time. They were the biggest part of my problem not being able to staff my stores For some reason they had to interview all my assistant managers and managers as well. I want to point out that this was at the height of the covid where everyone was still collecting all that money and refused to work.
So In a nutshell, it really all came down to my husband Was unfortunately struck with cancer And had to have his entire re**um removed .I was a mess of course having to go through that with my husband and being sick myself I was out if work for 3 months my RD and HR would have follow up calls with me to see how I was doing and even offered me to step down from that position and run a store . They just didn't believe in me after all that had taken place in my life they thought I became a weak person and not able to handle the position anymore . That was The farthest from the truth I became more compassionate about getting my people more money, getting them rights as manager In their stores, Going around to the stores that were having major staffing issues and staying there for anywhere from 3 days to a week to try to get them back on top, Helping unload trucks put up all the merchandise, run The registers, take out the trash etc... the list goes on and on. As a district manager I feel like I was exceptional And went above and beyond most of the other district managers that were in the district for my people.And lastly I would like to add that there were 3 managers that were working against me and that were rooting For me to be fired , Since I had returned back to work I really don't think anybody expected me to return given the circumstances I do understand now that it was more than 3 of my managers that were plotting behind my back . This is a sad Time when you invest so much into your managers just to have them be stabbing you in the back the whole entire time it breaks my heart . I also believe that some felt that they deserved my job and that I should not have been able to come back.
So the reason why I'm telling my story now is Because I finally have the strength And I felt like people really needed to know without me naming names What really happened.
Thanks for listening ( it's time for me to give this burden to God and move on with my life.
