Uniform. Need it Won't Get It

 I ordered my uniform at the interview. I picked sizes I usually wear. Went to induction to find trousers don't fit. I ordered the next size up. Every time a uniform order came into store I'd go to HR asking if my uniform was in? Nope. I worked there for FOUR MONTHS and never got those trousers. I had to go and buy my own. No compensation for that. No apology. But they continued to tell me, you are supposed to wear Sainsburys trousers. Oh but how? The order is NEVER there! How can it take MONTHS for a pair of trousers to turn up?

The Nepotism and Unfair Working Conditions at Sainsburys

 Go into this particular store and ask anyone, they are all either related or sleeping with each other. So what does that say about the hiring system? How has one store ended up hiring so many relatives or partners of current employees? It certainly throws up the inevitable questions of possible nepotism. I was not the only one surprised to hear this.

Then there's the workers who have been there longer getting the pick of the jobs. So no dressing the more difficult aisles for them! That's given to the newer staff who cannot say no or they face getting told off. In reality NOBODY is allowed say no to any job. If the team leader is delegating a job to you, then you do it. That's what our guidelines tell us. But of course we soon find out this is never actually followed. I guess if I worked there for about 15 years I could abuse the same power, but why should I? I want to do things properly.

The Flawed Disciplinary System at Sainsburys

 So the way this story begins is I was robbed on my way home from work. I was working a late shift so I no longer felt safe travelling home at that time. I wanted to leave just a little earlier so I could get a bus that didn't take me into an unsafe location.

I would have totally understood if management just said they couldn't change it. But they didn't stop there. I was told "what did you think would happen working at those hours?" oh but I was working for YOU, so why ask such a dumb question? then "do you want to resign?" so you're telling me to leave? Nah you can't push me out.

Another manager completely ignores that I was robbed and starts bringing up hypothetical situations involving car jacking that NEVER HAPPENED. So safe to assume this idiot has absolutely no interest in making sure his staff feel safe.

I know I shouldn't have done this, and have never lied about it. I made a status on social media saying management did not treat me very well. I was grassed up by a colleague, I still don't know know who. I was immediately suspended. They tried to force me into an investigation meeting but I cut it. I was like, excuse me but I am allowed to have someone with me! But I was not allowed to say a word until I was frogmarched up to the training room.

Two weeks later investigation meeting is set. Its for gross misconduct blah blah. The union rep agrees to represent me at the meeting. I am unsure of her views on saying that Sainsburys are basically perfect. The person who ran the investigation meeting was fair. They had dug up old social media posts so its understandable that some posts would have nothing to do with Sainsburys. The person running the investigation agreed and threw out that piece of evidence. My understanding was it would never be raised again. How wrong I was. This discarded evidence was then REINTRODUCED at the disciplinary. I was like hang on why have you raised this again? Apparently he just wanted to know the details behind the posts, being a nosey little shit basically. He then reassured me twice that it would not influence his final decision. I knew there and then he had decided to sack me. You'd have to be thick not to realise that. Ok fine you wanted to sack me, you had grounds to do it. So why bring in evidence that was thrown out and question me about it? This is proof to me that this guy never intended to properly follow the rules and was just out to get me. I walked out as soon as he said I was sacked. I didn't want to hear anything else he had to say.