"Out of respect for these individuals, as well as the value we place on open and direct communication with our employees, we do not plan to comment on their employment status further,” the company said in a statement. Local news station WMTW reported that Dollar General declined to discuss the walkout, citing privacy concerns. “He said he didn’t want to go through the same thing our manager went through.” “We counted our drawers out and called to ask where to leave the keys,” Barr told me. The company never called back, so at the end of their shift on Monday, Erikson and Barr walked out. “I called them to let them know what had happened and told them, hey, I will come in tomorrow, but you guys have to let me know what's going on,” Erikson told me. “These managers have told us they are essentially on call 24 hours a day and the company refuses to take the measures needed to recruit more staff like offering better pay,” he added.Įmployee Brendt Erikson said that he asked the company on Sunday after the manager quit to tell the staff what to do and what to expect. The company is “clearly exploiting salaried employees by forcing them to work 70-80 hour weeks, seven days a week for the same pay as if they were working a standard 40 hour week,” said O’Brien. “She told us she quit because she was tired of working 70 hours getting paid for 40,” said Hannah Barr, one of the two employees who quit the next day. The store’s manager quit on Sunday after being forced-as a salaried employee-to work a schedule that left her making less than minimum wage.
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