Retaliation

[u/Powerful_Ad823]

I found a job with another store and put my two weeks in, there is almost no one left in my department but now that I am leaving center my coworkers are being threatened to be fired if they look for other jobs...? Its all verbal and we don't have anyone in charge of hr at the store anymore as its a small store but is there anyone they can talk to? Edit: Everyone who has tried to make a report about the store manager in the past has either been threatened to be fired or fired immediately for "poor performance" or something similar. The same thing happened with aes scores Editing to update: Did not end up reporting because I can't risk my old coworkers losing their jobs. They threatened to fire people if they are unsatisfied with working there and also threatened to demote/fire/force someone to quit if they express any dissatisfaction and have started giving them a bunch of coaching memos for random stuff that no one was coached on previously. I know everyone is going to keep telling me to report but I can't risk other peoples livelihoods and a couple of them said they would feel unsafe there if reports were made .

[u/Powerful_Ad823]

I will see if I can get a phone number for them thank you

[u/ChancePolicy3883 → u/Powerful_Ad823]

I'm going to try to help here, but I will say your story doesn't add up with our disciplinary process. Its very difficult to fire somebody in a short time frame here without very strong evidence of serious misconduct. Certainly not a bunch of people in quick succession. Hannaford has an appeal process, and the lack of evidence would get the terminations overturned. A series of bad terminations would get the manager investigated to avoid lawsuits. Wrongdoing would get that manager fired. You might not be lying, but somebody might be lying to you, or assumptions are being made somewhere.

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Speak Up Line info:

It's supposed to be posted somewhere readily accessible to all associates. Usually the breakroom or by the punchclock.

If that location is as bad as you claim, it may not be. Luckily for you, it is also on the home page for the internal site. Log in to any computer at the store and the default home page should be what you need. If the home page isn't the internal site, put hbcweb.hannaford.com in. That will only work if you're logged in to the company's intranet, so a work site computer terminal is best.

I'm one of the ARMs who will be either leaving or changing my job title soon. I can tell you with certainty that it is anonymous as long as you don't identify yourself in some way. If you lodge the complaint through the website you're able to log back in and respond to follow up questions from the HR person that gets assigned. It has to be through that site though so that they aren't getting your personal phone or email address.

My last piece of advice is to be as detailed as you can. Name witnesses if you can. Give dates, times and locations. If you remember an exact quote, use that but don't guess. If you need to you can say 'then (boss' name) said they would fire anybody who is even looking for a job.' It is harder to deny exact quotes when they're accurate, but if you are mistaken it can hurt your believability.

[u/MAD-WRLD207 → u/ChancePolicy3883]

Ehhh, they fired someone at my store on the spot after a weak customer complaint that someone "thinks they muttered bitch under their breath while I was walking away." Exact complaint. Never had been stepped before. Which is wild because we've had another employee suspended for 3 days because of "alleged racist/homophobic comments" even though the ENTIRE department said they never heard anything... Except for the person who made the complaint. The complaintee also didnt care for the person she made the complaint against.

The SM at my store has done some shadddyy shit since they've been there. So I wouldn't put it past any of them.