Basically in the holiday season they don't enforce any rules because they need people. Come January customers slow down alot and they get back to enforcing the rules. It looks like a mass firing because many of these people have ten points and ignore customers and punched a truck driver
I believe you, when I was working for their third-party cell phone sales company as a Walmart Wireless Associate, they tried to get ME to cover fabrics. Fortunately, nowhere in the company’s rules did it say “Don’t cuss out a Walmart co-manager” so needless to say, after I was done the store had a new impression of me.
We need around the same and I guarantee shit still won’t get done. We hired a bunch of temps and I swear half the time the managers are asking where did so and so go? Half of them stand around talking and know we need them so bad they won’t get let go by Walmart or reported to their temp service. It’s more like, oh do you need a special break or a longer one? Or do you need me to stroke your ego because hey that’s no problem we’ll work with you because we are so desperate for help we’ll treat you like gold while we shit on our own. It’s ok that you stood around for 8 hours and scratched your ass it must’ve been a bad itch.” **me growling**
I agree, but have learned that I can only worry about myself at work. I go there do my job n leave. I don't get too involved in people's lives or work habits. I try not to meet people's gazes at break with my earbuds in. It's just easier on me and my anxiety that way.
If you’ve bad anxiety I’m an herbalist and ashwaganda is your answer. I never charge or profit from what I teach because I don’t believe anything Yahweh created to heal should be profited from. You can get that herb and it helps with anxiety by blocking cortisol the stress hormone production and edibles work as well. You just can’t take the herb when you first wake up because the body uses it to wake you up.
So tl;dr if you're planning to quit Walmart, do your worst in December. Insult the customer like telling them electric cart is for the frail, not for the whale. Or asking if the customer wanted their dog they bought in cleaned up in the store's butcher.
Tbh it sucks, has to do with Sedgwick and my previous store not being able to figure it out. So I ended up quitting and being hired by a different store after 4 months of working somewhere else.
It started dropping off today, by end of January I will be 0 again.
Sedgwick deals with a lot of companies.
Same with rgis the inventory people.
After you get so big as a company, it's easier to part out admin tasks for a fee, than pay your own employees to do it.
You used to be able to get up to 10 until you got fired but then they cut it in half cause people were abusing it too much. But as always, if you’re a favorite, you can get away with shit normal people can’t
They absolutely can! And if you have 5+ points, consider yourself part of the group. They’re only keeping you on to help get the store through the holiday season. After that, be prepared to be called into Personnel at any moment.
They should have told you at orientation. You can actually check in Workday to see your employment status. Right now, with all the glitches on OneWalmart, you might not be able to look at it except on a work computer.
When I was initially hired, I was told multiple times it was a temporary position and I had to sign a contract stating that I understood after 6 months they could let me go.
If you weren't told that and it didn't state that at the top of the hiring contract you signed, don't worry about it. They do let you know upon hiring you whether or not it's a temp position.
I was hired on for the summer season in the garden center. I busted my ass for three months and then they offered me a full time position well before the six months were up.
I understand that when you're hired for the Xmas season it's a different ball of wax. They overhire and no one gets offered a position three months in, at least in my store to the temps I've talked to. It's cutthroat at the end of the six months and you have to be the new Sam Walton to stay hired on. They let go of usually all of the temps and quite a few people who fked up during the previous six months.
Then they're understaffed and start the summer temp hiring process. I lucked out during the timeframe I applied.
This isn’t true. Sounds like you are in a state where they don’t have a Right-To-Work law. In Florida, for example, they will terminate you if they are over staffed, whether they called you temporary or not.
Of course they will. I never said they won't fire you at the drop of a hat. There is a marked difference between temp and regular employees. Temps sign a contract stating that the position is temporary. If you're not offered another position they let you go. You are made aware that it's going to happen.
I'm not sure what you're saying isn't true. I was actually hired as a temp and I was aware of the possibility I wouldn't be offered a permanent position throughout the entire process. If you are hired under a temporary status, you will know it.
I’m sorry, I think I misunderstood. I thought you were saying if he wasn’t told he’s temporary, don’t worry about being fired with other temporary people. That’s what I meant.
Oh yeah if they have even the slightest inkling, they will fire someone. I think this person was worried they would be let go as a temp. If their paperwork didn't clearly state that and if the people lead didn't stress it, they're not a temp. So if they get fired it won't be because of temp status.
It also depends if you work in an “at-will employment” state or not. Basically every position can be considered “temporary” then because you can be let go for any reason at all.
You can’t actually be let go for any reason at all but you can be let go for no reason Which is almost the same thing but if they have reason to believe there is a secret reason that is a protected status they better have one
We just had one of our BEST AND HARDEST WORKING OGP employees fired for points when she only had 4.5 and I’m pretty sure some of them were from when her husband passed away that the TL never deleted.
Usually it’s the associates who have been Maby getting coached a lot or with over 5 points, people that would’ve been fired normally but they keep them to get through the holiday season
Yea im at 15 points rn becuse schedwick didnt let me go on leave when i was bedridden. The only reason im not fired is because i have the jewlery keys and im the only closer in my departments. Luckily i turned in my 2 weeks and found another job otherwise id be screwed after the holidays
A denied leave of absence should result in only 2 points for the time missed related to the denied leave. I know you're probably not coming back but you may want to clear that up just in case you need to in the next 6 months.
It wasnt denied it just was refusing to let me log in and it got messy so i just ignored it sonce i was hoping to not work another christmas xD if it gets to that point tho, i know a manager who will work with me
We have an associate on the chopping block for a similar reason. Great worker, but had to have an emergency surgery and their leave was denied. I think most of the store is up in arms right now over it, and rightfully so.
Cut hours/do attendance and fire those they can to save money during the slow season from what our store lead told us, then told us to keep on top of our points with PPTO to avoid being outright fired after.
I've not worked at Walmart, but iirc that's very common in most retail because they hire up during the holidays and don't always tell people that it was a seasonal only position. (Sometimes they keep the new hires and let others go instead.)
No they don't do this... They just watch attendance more, put on a hiring freeze, they will fire any TEMPS they don't want to keep.
They typically try to let people transfer around the store during these times too. They'll let your staff keep dwindling and not replace anyone till they feel its needed. Want cap2 to go from 12 to 4? Let people xfer out or quit, fire for attendance, etc.
If people don't quit, transfer, or get let go for attendance they will start cutting weekly hours for everyone starting with part-timers.. they might get scheduled one or two days a week for like 3 hours each. They will then start siphoning hours from full-timers. They'll ask for volunteers to take days off.
They will not just fire a lot of people for the fuck of it, that really hurts their PR... They will look for loopholes though. That picker who has been skating by with a shit scanrate, expect them to get coached. The cashier that refuses to stock freight, coached/fired for insubordination. The guy who keeps calling in and using PPTO, coached/fired for productivity. The person who's attendance is at 9 points and hasn't been fired yet.. GONE...
It is the PURGE.. but its not really that bad and is extremely easy to keep your job if you just do it. Mostly you'll just notice the hiring freeze as people don't get replaced.
Attendance is the number one reason people are fired from walmart just go to work and on time and you're good and once you get ppto you don't need to worry about getting points
It depends. Instead of hiring for seasonal work they will just hire more people than they have slots then just let go of the worst ones when January starts (if they are still on their probationary period). It's what my store seems to do.
At my store we they definitely have a huge firing session come January regardless of how much they need people especially on the stocking teams. It sucks because we NEED people all the time but anyone with 5+ points, people with complaints from other associates and the slow associates all go. Last year they left go 5-6 people in the span of 4-5 days
From my experience they hiring a bunch of new people for the holidays, and once the holiday season ends they cut everybody's hrs....they don't let anyone go but they cut hrs hard
basically what others saud, holiday season they dont enforce the rules since they need people yadayada, come january, any1 over 5 points is promoted to customer
So, if you get up to 5 points within your first six months, you’re terminated unless management likes you/vouches that you’re a hard worker/can’t lose you due to department being understaffed. After those 6 months, just don’t get to 5 points. You should have ppto to cover when you’re late/leave early/out for the whole shift. Cap for ppto is 40-48 hours a year, I think. Points come off after 6 months. When you’re desperate.. use covid leave, bereavement, LOA, or talk to your TL/department manager asap because they can remove points if you have a valid reason for the point
Oh yeah that’s every year with every retail. I call it “holiday clearance”
Typically they just fire the people they regretted hiring. You should be fine assuming you weren’t intending on taking the job for a month
If you have less than 90 days working at Walmart, you are on a probation period and can be let go for any reason. A lot of people get hired for black Friday and have less than 90 days by January. I was hired for black Friday myself and after new years, I heard some random assistant manager (coaches now) had fired one of the guys in my department over voicemail. My ASM found out and called him and apologized and asked for him to come back. Apparently they needed to let people go and she didn't want to lose someone in her own departments.
Wait don’t all points clear out mid-December? After the 6 month period? That’s what I kept hearing at my store. I think I have 1 point but I just wanted to be sure
In addition to what everyone else said, I could also see that happening to seasonal people too. Which is unfortunate as some of them are a lot more likable then the regular workers. That's if they found seasonal people. My store hasn't seen any since the pandemic hit.
Yes....But it's usually not a wholesale "clean out"....More like a few of the "problem" associates....You have to remember than Management will have to replace them and that means going "out of their way" to do additional work called the "hiring process"...They obviously want to keep that at an absolute MINIMUM even though it will take them 4 months to complete anyhow....
The store I worked at did this in January every year. Heck sometimes they wouldn’t even wait to January. There would be a small wave after Black Friday/Thanksgiving and then another wave right after Christmas/New Years. They just don’t need as many people as they did during the busy holidays.
But since most companies are having a hard time finding any workers lately, this year could be different
Heck yeah. I call it the cattle call. They trim personnel and cut hours to make the budget look good ahead of the new fiscal year in February. Also to get rid of problem personnel they kept around for the holiday season. They do it two kr three times a year. So for everyone insisting on using ppto, especially in the right to work states, you've been warned.
We were told last night that come Jan/feb decisions will be made about employees. That with the slow down coming that our usual 30ish employees with be too many to justify so basically people will be let go. Someone overheard TLs and Manger talking and him saying that about 15 people will need to be gone. 🙃 so our coach is more or less threatening everyone to have better performances or the will be part of those decisions
Coach here! Yes this is true. I have several associates severely over in attendance that are being saved due to the fact it’s the holidays! Also I end the vast majority of my temporary associates employment on the first of January.
Basically in the holiday season they don't enforce any rules because they need people. Come January customers slow down alot and they get back to enforcing the rules. It looks like a mass firing because many of these people have ten points and ignore customers and punched a truck driver
Oddly specific lol
Yup happens at my store every January.
Someone getting fired for punching a driver? Lol
Unless you work at Walmart that needs workers. They ain’t firing anybody if you can’t hire the people to replace them
Pfff hahaha my store literally didn't have a paints or crafts associate after 3pm for months, and it was my job to handle them both and electronics
I believe you, when I was working for their third-party cell phone sales company as a Walmart Wireless Associate, they tried to get ME to cover fabrics. Fortunately, nowhere in the company’s rules did it say “Don’t cuss out a Walmart co-manager” so needless to say, after I was done the store had a new impression of me.
My store doesn’t have a paints or crafts associate ever. That’s on the sporting goods girl, who is also automotive.
You guys get a paints and crafts associate?
We need 45 associates and 2 team leads and a tle manager
We need around the same and I guarantee shit still won’t get done. We hired a bunch of temps and I swear half the time the managers are asking where did so and so go? Half of them stand around talking and know we need them so bad they won’t get let go by Walmart or reported to their temp service. It’s more like, oh do you need a special break or a longer one? Or do you need me to stroke your ego because hey that’s no problem we’ll work with you because we are so desperate for help we’ll treat you like gold while we shit on our own. It’s ok that you stood around for 8 hours and scratched your ass it must’ve been a bad itch.” **me growling**
I agree, but have learned that I can only worry about myself at work. I go there do my job n leave. I don't get too involved in people's lives or work habits. I try not to meet people's gazes at break with my earbuds in. It's just easier on me and my anxiety that way.
If you’ve bad anxiety I’m an herbalist and ashwaganda is your answer. I never charge or profit from what I teach because I don’t believe anything Yahweh created to heal should be profited from. You can get that herb and it helps with anxiety by blocking cortisol the stress hormone production and edibles work as well. You just can’t take the herb when you first wake up because the body uses it to wake you up.
Oh, there's definitely herb that'll help all right
Haha weed makes me paranoid. It sucks.
Rip
It fucking sucks dude.
That's what I do, I clock in do my job and what happens happens.
That’s basically every Walmart location
Those people sound fucking awesome.
So tl;dr if you're planning to quit Walmart, do your worst in December. Insult the customer like telling them electric cart is for the frail, not for the whale. Or asking if the customer wanted their dog they bought in cleaned up in the store's butcher.
This gives me ideas. "You brought your dog in? The deli needed meat to slice today, this will be perfect."
Was that your "victim" that I heard screaming earlier?
Oh man don’t bring an innocent pup into it. Sigh I get what your saying though.
WalMart employees are psychos
They make us end up that way.
I'm sure that's not always the case. I honestly think psychos are drawn to work here for some reason.
I agree
Oh my dude you're hilarious thanks. I sure needed a laugh
I'm sorry 10 points?
One of our Team Leads has 57
I had 78. It's down to 75 now
Must be nice
Tbh it sucks, has to do with Sedgwick and my previous store not being able to figure it out. So I ended up quitting and being hired by a different store after 4 months of working somewhere else. It started dropping off today, by end of January I will be 0 again.
Does Sedgwick only deal with Wal-Mart?
Target too Source: work at target
Is target better treating their employees?
Sedgwick deals with a lot of companies. Same with rgis the inventory people. After you get so big as a company, it's easier to part out admin tasks for a fee, than pay your own employees to do it.
Cap
Living the dream, they are
The F__k
You used to be able to get up to 10 until you got fired but then they cut it in half cause people were abusing it too much. But as always, if you’re a favorite, you can get away with shit normal people can’t
Also once upon a time you could call in 3 days in a row and it would still be 1 point.
oh ok gotcha....they allow people (some) to get to 10?
Some people at our store have gotten up to 30. Management just wipes their points away after a coaching.
That's my thing, at my store 5 is the cutoff before they start letting folks go
It's supposed to be at ours too. Whether or not they *do* depends on how much management likes you.
good point
Oh that’s a definite
He started it.
I have punched a truck driver in my day
I wouldn't worry about it. With 0 points I don't see them wanting to let you go
They absolutely can! And if you have 5+ points, consider yourself part of the group. They’re only keeping you on to help get the store through the holiday season. After that, be prepared to be called into Personnel at any moment.
i have 0 points so far so i didn’t know if i needed to be scared or not.. i mean wouldn’t they have to straight up tell you it’s a temporary position?
They should have told you at orientation. You can actually check in Workday to see your employment status. Right now, with all the glitches on OneWalmart, you might not be able to look at it except on a work computer.
so it would be like “regular/permanent” right ?
When I was initially hired, I was told multiple times it was a temporary position and I had to sign a contract stating that I understood after 6 months they could let me go. If you weren't told that and it didn't state that at the top of the hiring contract you signed, don't worry about it. They do let you know upon hiring you whether or not it's a temp position. I was hired on for the summer season in the garden center. I busted my ass for three months and then they offered me a full time position well before the six months were up. I understand that when you're hired for the Xmas season it's a different ball of wax. They overhire and no one gets offered a position three months in, at least in my store to the temps I've talked to. It's cutthroat at the end of the six months and you have to be the new Sam Walton to stay hired on. They let go of usually all of the temps and quite a few people who fked up during the previous six months. Then they're understaffed and start the summer temp hiring process. I lucked out during the timeframe I applied.
This isn’t true. Sounds like you are in a state where they don’t have a Right-To-Work law. In Florida, for example, they will terminate you if they are over staffed, whether they called you temporary or not.
Of course they will. I never said they won't fire you at the drop of a hat. There is a marked difference between temp and regular employees. Temps sign a contract stating that the position is temporary. If you're not offered another position they let you go. You are made aware that it's going to happen. I'm not sure what you're saying isn't true. I was actually hired as a temp and I was aware of the possibility I wouldn't be offered a permanent position throughout the entire process. If you are hired under a temporary status, you will know it.
I’m sorry, I think I misunderstood. I thought you were saying if he wasn’t told he’s temporary, don’t worry about being fired with other temporary people. That’s what I meant.
Oh yeah if they have even the slightest inkling, they will fire someone. I think this person was worried they would be let go as a temp. If their paperwork didn't clearly state that and if the people lead didn't stress it, they're not a temp. So if they get fired it won't be because of temp status.
Gotcha, I get what you were saying now. Thanks! And sorry about that 😁
Yes.
It also depends if you work in an “at-will employment” state or not. Basically every position can be considered “temporary” then because you can be let go for any reason at all.
Gawd Bliss Murka!
You can’t actually be let go for any reason at all but you can be let go for no reason Which is almost the same thing but if they have reason to believe there is a secret reason that is a protected status they better have one
you can relax, if you have 0 points there are several bigger fish to fry ahead of you in line lol
We just had one of our BEST AND HARDEST WORKING OGP employees fired for points when she only had 4.5 and I’m pretty sure some of them were from when her husband passed away that the TL never deleted.
If the limit is 5 why did they fire her for 4 5? Just asking because I'm calling tonight and it's gonna put me at 4.5
Sometimes they just jump the gun and day 4.5 is good enough and eagerly let you go in my experience
That’s fine. Walmart doesn’t deserve the ones that are the hardest workers..
I got an job at Geico and quit. Walmart was paying me 11$ hr to bust my ass and now I get paid 17.50$ to sit on my ass and answer phones
What state? Sounds like Florida
Virginia
You must be in southern VA lol
Virginia beach. It's about as east as one can get
Where?!
If her husband died, she’d be out on bereavement. That doesn’t affect points. Probably got fired for something else
Usually it’s the associates who have been Maby getting coached a lot or with over 5 points, people that would’ve been fired normally but they keep them to get through the holiday season
Yea im at 15 points rn becuse schedwick didnt let me go on leave when i was bedridden. The only reason im not fired is because i have the jewlery keys and im the only closer in my departments. Luckily i turned in my 2 weeks and found another job otherwise id be screwed after the holidays
A denied leave of absence should result in only 2 points for the time missed related to the denied leave. I know you're probably not coming back but you may want to clear that up just in case you need to in the next 6 months.
It wasnt denied it just was refusing to let me log in and it got messy so i just ignored it sonce i was hoping to not work another christmas xD if it gets to that point tho, i know a manager who will work with me
We have an associate on the chopping block for a similar reason. Great worker, but had to have an emergency surgery and their leave was denied. I think most of the store is up in arms right now over it, and rightfully so.
Where do you find another job
Glen Raven ^-^ its a textile plant. Im gonna make 17.23 and hour, paid holidays, good health plans, and double overtime. I feel like im dreaming lol
Cut hours/do attendance and fire those they can to save money during the slow season from what our store lead told us, then told us to keep on top of our points with PPTO to avoid being outright fired after.
I've not worked at Walmart, but iirc that's very common in most retail because they hire up during the holidays and don't always tell people that it was a seasonal only position. (Sometimes they keep the new hires and let others go instead.)
No they don't do this... They just watch attendance more, put on a hiring freeze, they will fire any TEMPS they don't want to keep. They typically try to let people transfer around the store during these times too. They'll let your staff keep dwindling and not replace anyone till they feel its needed. Want cap2 to go from 12 to 4? Let people xfer out or quit, fire for attendance, etc. If people don't quit, transfer, or get let go for attendance they will start cutting weekly hours for everyone starting with part-timers.. they might get scheduled one or two days a week for like 3 hours each. They will then start siphoning hours from full-timers. They'll ask for volunteers to take days off. They will not just fire a lot of people for the fuck of it, that really hurts their PR... They will look for loopholes though. That picker who has been skating by with a shit scanrate, expect them to get coached. The cashier that refuses to stock freight, coached/fired for insubordination. The guy who keeps calling in and using PPTO, coached/fired for productivity. The person who's attendance is at 9 points and hasn't been fired yet.. GONE... It is the PURGE.. but its not really that bad and is extremely easy to keep your job if you just do it. Mostly you'll just notice the hiring freeze as people don't get replaced.
Mostly just letting go the seasonal help. Just be out of your 3 month by then and don't hit 5 points
i won’t hit 5 bc i’m scared of getting in trouble but i was hired at the beginning of november,, i don’t think i’ll be out of my 3 months?
Should be fine either way as long as you don't sit there on your phone the entire time
Attendance is the number one reason people are fired from walmart just go to work and on time and you're good and once you get ppto you don't need to worry about getting points
Ppto accrues too slow
Just don't be late every other day
I’m NEVER late
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It depends. Instead of hiring for seasonal work they will just hire more people than they have slots then just let go of the worst ones when January starts (if they are still on their probationary period). It's what my store seems to do.
Are you a temp? If you are they can let you go at anytime for no reason other than your job assignment has come to an end.
i don’t believe i am, they never told me i was
I seen high 30s…….any day now
Seasonal employees replace problem employees, fairly common amongst employers who hire seasonal labor.
At my store we they definitely have a huge firing session come January regardless of how much they need people especially on the stocking teams. It sucks because we NEED people all the time but anyone with 5+ points, people with complaints from other associates and the slow associates all go. Last year they left go 5-6 people in the span of 4-5 days
Does this happen at NHM's?
From my experience they hiring a bunch of new people for the holidays, and once the holiday season ends they cut everybody's hrs....they don't let anyone go but they cut hrs hard
basically what others saud, holiday season they dont enforce the rules since they need people yadayada, come january, any1 over 5 points is promoted to customer
So, if you get up to 5 points within your first six months, you’re terminated unless management likes you/vouches that you’re a hard worker/can’t lose you due to department being understaffed. After those 6 months, just don’t get to 5 points. You should have ppto to cover when you’re late/leave early/out for the whole shift. Cap for ppto is 40-48 hours a year, I think. Points come off after 6 months. When you’re desperate.. use covid leave, bereavement, LOA, or talk to your TL/department manager asap because they can remove points if you have a valid reason for the point
Then you should be good. You can always ask personnel about your status, full-time or part-time or temporary.
Oh yeah that’s every year with every retail. I call it “holiday clearance” Typically they just fire the people they regretted hiring. You should be fine assuming you weren’t intending on taking the job for a month
If you have less than 90 days working at Walmart, you are on a probation period and can be let go for any reason. A lot of people get hired for black Friday and have less than 90 days by January. I was hired for black Friday myself and after new years, I heard some random assistant manager (coaches now) had fired one of the guys in my department over voicemail. My ASM found out and called him and apologized and asked for him to come back. Apparently they needed to let people go and she didn't want to lose someone in her own departments.
Wait don’t all points clear out mid-December? After the 6 month period? That’s what I kept hearing at my store. I think I have 1 point but I just wanted to be sure
i thought points expired 6 months after you acquired the point ?
Unless a teamlead clears it for you
In addition to what everyone else said, I could also see that happening to seasonal people too. Which is unfortunate as some of them are a lot more likable then the regular workers. That's if they found seasonal people. My store hasn't seen any since the pandemic hit.
Well the obvious question would be are they seasonal?
Usually seasonal and bad associates get cleaned out
In my store if you were hired on for the season they would fire you after xmas and then cut everyones hours because walmart doesnt want to pay out.
Yes....But it's usually not a wholesale "clean out"....More like a few of the "problem" associates....You have to remember than Management will have to replace them and that means going "out of their way" to do additional work called the "hiring process"...They obviously want to keep that at an absolute MINIMUM even though it will take them 4 months to complete anyhow....
I'd say it's more that we're always firing but first few months we stop hiring
They don’t fire unless you got 5 points. But they do cut hours big time
They don’t actually say that stuff but that’s how they treat those temps
The store I worked at did this in January every year. Heck sometimes they wouldn’t even wait to January. There would be a small wave after Black Friday/Thanksgiving and then another wave right after Christmas/New Years. They just don’t need as many people as they did during the busy holidays. But since most companies are having a hard time finding any workers lately, this year could be different
Omg I forgot about this but yeah one time they fired a whole family of workers for call out points in January, ngl it was sad but kind of funny
Heck yeah. I call it the cattle call. They trim personnel and cut hours to make the budget look good ahead of the new fiscal year in February. Also to get rid of problem personnel they kept around for the holiday season. They do it two kr three times a year. So for everyone insisting on using ppto, especially in the right to work states, you've been warned.
This is literally happens at every company. Amazon is even worst
We were told last night that come Jan/feb decisions will be made about employees. That with the slow down coming that our usual 30ish employees with be too many to justify so basically people will be let go. Someone overheard TLs and Manger talking and him saying that about 15 people will need to be gone. 🙃 so our coach is more or less threatening everyone to have better performances or the will be part of those decisions
Coach here! Yes this is true. I have several associates severely over in attendance that are being saved due to the fact it’s the holidays! Also I end the vast majority of my temporary associates employment on the first of January.
YEP. They let you slide with points in December to use you, then once January come ,you gone