Friday, September 30, 2005
I really wish I could lose it.
I really wish I could lose it.
It is getting real old and there are times when I wish I could just shut off the instinct to continue on.
I have repeatedly told myself that I cannot possibly know or see something that no one at Walmart knows. I have repeatedly told myself it will get better on its own.
I have often wanted to run away from what is driving me to find a way to get all of it somewhere that it will do some good.
I imagine it is a sense of failure that makes me want to quit and yet it makes me want to continue at the same time.
One day at a time and at least I know that I am clear of the imminent failure that will occur in the future if all of it continues as it is.
I feel really bad for Lee Scott and the rest of the corporate officers. They may have money at the end of it all but they will also have to live with the outcome and maybe someday explain how they could let money rule. I have no idea of how or when it will all come out, I do know that without change from what it is today that eventually even if the things that are really wrong never are brought out the company will suffer and eventually it will go the same way Kmart did only bigger and worse.
At least I know I have tried. At least I know that the original concept was a good one and that Sam Walton was a good person.
How I wish I could hate the company and all it stands for. I can’t. Even with all of the injustices and all the lies I know it was meant to be a good thing.
There is so much good and it is blocked out by the inability of the corporate officers to accept any responsibility for the problems.
The problems are of course varied, some are real, some are imagined, some, are rumors.
I just know that when you are doing what you believe is right you have to do your best to let it be known.
It is more than seven months since they terminated me, or told me I was terminated. Months later someone said that wasn’t the case I walked off the job. It didn’t happen that way.
It makes no difference now anyway, not to Walmart, not to any of the corporate officers.
It is a lie like all the rest and can be covered up.
Oh how I want to give up, wish I could.
Regards,
Julie
It is getting real old and there are times when I wish I could just shut off the instinct to continue on.
I have repeatedly told myself that I cannot possibly know or see something that no one at Walmart knows. I have repeatedly told myself it will get better on its own.
I have often wanted to run away from what is driving me to find a way to get all of it somewhere that it will do some good.
I imagine it is a sense of failure that makes me want to quit and yet it makes me want to continue at the same time.
One day at a time and at least I know that I am clear of the imminent failure that will occur in the future if all of it continues as it is.
I feel really bad for Lee Scott and the rest of the corporate officers. They may have money at the end of it all but they will also have to live with the outcome and maybe someday explain how they could let money rule. I have no idea of how or when it will all come out, I do know that without change from what it is today that eventually even if the things that are really wrong never are brought out the company will suffer and eventually it will go the same way Kmart did only bigger and worse.
At least I know I have tried. At least I know that the original concept was a good one and that Sam Walton was a good person.
How I wish I could hate the company and all it stands for. I can’t. Even with all of the injustices and all the lies I know it was meant to be a good thing.
There is so much good and it is blocked out by the inability of the corporate officers to accept any responsibility for the problems.
The problems are of course varied, some are real, some are imagined, some, are rumors.
I just know that when you are doing what you believe is right you have to do your best to let it be known.
It is more than seven months since they terminated me, or told me I was terminated. Months later someone said that wasn’t the case I walked off the job. It didn’t happen that way.
It makes no difference now anyway, not to Walmart, not to any of the corporate officers.
It is a lie like all the rest and can be covered up.
Oh how I want to give up, wish I could.
Regards,
Julie
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Yes,
Yes,
I had given up hope and had it renewed when Mr. Jackson called.
I knew, I was told not to expect him or anyone else to come through.
I imagine it is my inability to believe that although the stock has dropped a good sixteen dollars in just over six months that Walmart corporate would not want help reviving the stores, the associates and trust within the walls of the stores.
There are only so many times that trust can be lost before it is gone for good.
I thought Walmart Corporate was filled with well educated and hard working individuals that would look at the failures of the past and present and work to make them right. To change things for the better.
I thought any number of times I might be able to help and each time someone took a minute or two and contacted me with a response I thought was genuine it wasn't long before I was back to square one and looking at the entire situation alone.
Okay, I put myself into a position where Walmart associates directly contact me for advice on how to handle situations that they are living through at work. I really don't mind. I am glad when I can help them hold on to what they have and look at and live through it in a better way.
I guess it is an ego thing or it may be one of those situations where no one wants to admit that they failed.
I very well may fail because there are over six hundred concerns on my list, most of which I have already taken care of. Most of which validate what I have known for a long time.
Simple things and it shouldn't be that way I tell every one of the associates that I can only help in some ways. I can advise them on what they may try that won't result in termination.
I had such faith in Walmart that I was wrong and following company policy is not a guarantee they won't find a way to terminate you if someone wants you gone.
I know there is no real open door.
That is not bad if you know it. I did something wrong when I use to tell people the open door worked. It wasn't the open door. It was the people behind it at any given point and if they didn't like you the door would slam shut and it would result in termination.
At least in a few cases I know that I prevented some really great associates and salaried members of management from leaving the company and have done what I can to dispel the inaccuracies that are out there about the company.
I do know that corporate is fine on it's own. After all I am sure that if Walmart goes into bankruptcy once the stock falls further, and it will, the people who made enough while it was doing well will be okay. As far as the others. Oh well.
I have a very difficult time lying and a difficult time accepting propaganda on both sides.
Once again I see others are willing to invest time in helping the associates and they are not Walmart people.
Someday.
I will advise associates to contact their dm regional or corporate if I cannot find a way to resolve issues they bring to me until I find a better way.
JULIE PIERCE WARW 225-273-4354
I had given up hope and had it renewed when Mr. Jackson called.
I knew, I was told not to expect him or anyone else to come through.
I imagine it is my inability to believe that although the stock has dropped a good sixteen dollars in just over six months that Walmart corporate would not want help reviving the stores, the associates and trust within the walls of the stores.
There are only so many times that trust can be lost before it is gone for good.
I thought Walmart Corporate was filled with well educated and hard working individuals that would look at the failures of the past and present and work to make them right. To change things for the better.
I thought any number of times I might be able to help and each time someone took a minute or two and contacted me with a response I thought was genuine it wasn't long before I was back to square one and looking at the entire situation alone.
Okay, I put myself into a position where Walmart associates directly contact me for advice on how to handle situations that they are living through at work. I really don't mind. I am glad when I can help them hold on to what they have and look at and live through it in a better way.
I guess it is an ego thing or it may be one of those situations where no one wants to admit that they failed.
I very well may fail because there are over six hundred concerns on my list, most of which I have already taken care of. Most of which validate what I have known for a long time.
Simple things and it shouldn't be that way I tell every one of the associates that I can only help in some ways. I can advise them on what they may try that won't result in termination.
I had such faith in Walmart that I was wrong and following company policy is not a guarantee they won't find a way to terminate you if someone wants you gone.
I know there is no real open door.
That is not bad if you know it. I did something wrong when I use to tell people the open door worked. It wasn't the open door. It was the people behind it at any given point and if they didn't like you the door would slam shut and it would result in termination.
At least in a few cases I know that I prevented some really great associates and salaried members of management from leaving the company and have done what I can to dispel the inaccuracies that are out there about the company.
I do know that corporate is fine on it's own. After all I am sure that if Walmart goes into bankruptcy once the stock falls further, and it will, the people who made enough while it was doing well will be okay. As far as the others. Oh well.
I have a very difficult time lying and a difficult time accepting propaganda on both sides.
Once again I see others are willing to invest time in helping the associates and they are not Walmart people.
Someday.
I will advise associates to contact their dm regional or corporate if I cannot find a way to resolve issues they bring to me until I find a better way.
JULIE PIERCE WARW 225-273-4354
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
ASSOCIATES FINDING A VOICE
Friday, September 02, 2005
SOME KATRINA LINKS
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Hurricane Katrina the best and worst
Hurricane Katrina the best and worst
This hurricane has started something not new but something that is a part of everyone and hidden somewhere in the back of our heads.Media frenzy on the people that are dead and dying. A new sensationalizm has turned into what again is something that Americans now see as entertainment.Watch the loss, watch the misery. Talk about the pain and agony of those who can not do what others can.Promote the story anyway you can and allow the media the ability to go on and on with a story as dark as death and a tragedy turned into a real time movie.911/Katrina/Iraq anything that this desensitised country can watch.Okay so I am unrealistic.Send in more buses, vans, boats. Yes more. More copters and find a way to get a C5 to the airport and the people to the C5.No time to waste for this continuing soap opera.The City of Baton Rouge was a fairly quite city at night. It no longer is as the influx of people has crowded it and turned it into a city that is not sleeping easy.There are people walking the streets and traveling the highway at 1am in a quantity that is now noticeable.There are more people outside and more people doing things and of course with that, even if the law will not admit it an increase in unlawful activities.More later....
This hurricane has started something not new but something that is a part of everyone and hidden somewhere in the back of our heads.Media frenzy on the people that are dead and dying. A new sensationalizm has turned into what again is something that Americans now see as entertainment.Watch the loss, watch the misery. Talk about the pain and agony of those who can not do what others can.Promote the story anyway you can and allow the media the ability to go on and on with a story as dark as death and a tragedy turned into a real time movie.911/Katrina/Iraq anything that this desensitised country can watch.Okay so I am unrealistic.Send in more buses, vans, boats. Yes more. More copters and find a way to get a C5 to the airport and the people to the C5.No time to waste for this continuing soap opera.The City of Baton Rouge was a fairly quite city at night. It no longer is as the influx of people has crowded it and turned it into a city that is not sleeping easy.There are people walking the streets and traveling the highway at 1am in a quantity that is now noticeable.There are more people outside and more people doing things and of course with that, even if the law will not admit it an increase in unlawful activities.More later....
Thursday, September 01, 2005
A new organization is forming. WARW is presently organizing workers across the United States.
A new organization is forming. WARW is presently organizing workers across the United States.
Presently.
No Dues just Solidarity.
JULIE PIERCE WARW 225-273-4354
Presently.
No Dues just Solidarity.
JULIE PIERCE WARW 225-273-4354
Friday, August 26, 2005
Due to the unresponsive way that labor unions and Walmart treat and communicate with workers. I will do everything to explain and attempt to do good b
Due to the unresponsive way that labor unions and Walmart treat and communicate with workers. I will do everything to explain and attempt to do good by all workers. I will communicate, answer phone calls and questions and provide a pre publication copy of my book to anyone who is interested in making Walmart a better place for all associates. I will answer all communications from all who have an interest in making the workplace a better place. I will answer all correspondence from anyone including other union members, members and non members of any union. I will answer any media or corporate inqueries and I am Julie Pierce, searching for a name for the union that Walmart Associates need. I am Julie Pierce and will answer any question to the best of my ability to any member or non member of any labor organization, any political organization or any corporate officer. Thank you, Julie Pierce 225-273-4354
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Site is really good
http://www.retailworker.com/forum/210?from=75This site is really quite good.Presently I am still working on the book and sending out queries to agents and publishers.There have been a number of leads and I am doing what I can to find out as much as I can.I still have no real answer from corporate about my termination or as I was told, my walking off the job.I have no idea of why I feel I shouldn't pry about it. I have sent another email to corporate to see if I can get answers...I may have to get an attorney to actually find out. Walmart causes alot of it's own problems.
