Treatment of employees.

Posted Fri August 17, 2012 12:00 pm, by Lee L. written to Walgreen's

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I am an hourly employee for over 8 years. I work a department at stores in the deep south. I was hired as a specialist for my department. I am also am older employee with serious health conditions. I am not the only one in the same situation.
We here in the South have extreme heat and HUMIDITY. The humidity makes 80° feel like 100°. It also effects the human body like it is 100°. I have suffered a heat stroke from which I nearly died a number of years ago. I did not therefore agree to work in an environment without air conditioning. Corporate in Ohio has set up control for the AC at their location.

We are in a concrete and asphalt jungle with extreme high temps. We are required to wear hot restrictive clothing and closed in shoes. I have been to 4 medical doctors in the last week and had labs run. I am dehydrated due to profuse sweating. There is no air flow in my section. I am not the only one complaining. You simply are killing us. Yes, we work cheap. However, we are not fodder. Please treat us like we matter. Please turn the thermostat to a bearable number. 78° here in a bz 24 hr. store with all the extra body heay and the door opening every little bit is around 100°. The sweat is runing off my nose and pooling on the floor. I am too hot and ill to put out the wet floor signs and dry it up. Sooner our later there will be a lawsuit when a customer falls due to the wet spot. There is an old sayimg that you are only as strong as your weakest link. You have a torch to us quite literally. Your saving money is not worth any one of our health, safety, or life. We also need muvh less restrictive clothing and shoe options.

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Re: Treatment of employees. by PepperElf Posted Tue August 21, 2012 @ 7:53 AM have you considered asking HR first? Or brining in a doctor's note? I would think that jumping right to a public site may do more to burn bridges vs cooling things off... Reply Re: Treatment of employees. by McJohn Posted Sat August 18, 2012 @ 11:21 PM 78 is too hot?? I keep my house and business at 76 and that's only 2 degrees cooler. And if its 100 degrees out than 78 should feel like its freezing. Sounds like you need to get a new job. Reply