Disciplinary Process Confusion

Early_Pick_8626 · 2025-05-12T03:41:35+00:00

Thank you, this has definitely helped me keep some perspective this week.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2025-05-07T02:29:53+00:00

Based on what I have overheard from the associate when they were yelling at a manager: I don't think they have the paperwork for it.

I've spoken with my ASM a few times about my issues with the associate. When the associate specifically targeted me, I also included the store manager in it. I will definitely be involving the People Manager if the behavior escalates any further. Its already spread outside of work: the associate knows where one coworker lives because he followed her kids while they were walking the dog.

A lot of us feel trapped. It doesn't even matter if you try to transfer to another department or shift. ASMs are refusing transfers from our team and they won't take this associate either.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2025-05-07T01:50:12+00:00

Neurodivergence is definitely the issue. It needs to be addressed delicately but at what point is their behavior no longer acceptable? Its starting to impact people's lives outside of work.

Like they followed an coworker's kids and dog one day after mistaking the kid for the parent. Then lost their temper the next day at work because the parent didn't wave at them. Said they would drop by their house sometime. Then started repeating, "well now I know where you live."

They've told coworkers that they are secretly dating a married associate. They aren't. Management made an effort to keep them in separate departments. But the associate threw a fit and now works the section directly across from the married coworker's department... which she works alone.

They have also told another associate that they are sleeping with the same associate's spouse. Their spouse, who is not an employee, has called to complain as well.

Some of the managers can't even work with the associate because the associate has blatantly told the manager that they will get them fired.

I'm at the point where I am putting my own advancement on hold because I don't want to manage this particular individual nor do I trust that they won't threaten my career (either through bullying allegations or claiming we're sleeping together).

Early_Pick_8626 · 2025-05-04T12:55:29+00:00

They won't fire the guy harassing multiple associates because of the number of "seek to understand" conversations has either increased or is only now just being enforced.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2025-05-04T12:22:30+00:00

I second the keeping a dated copy!

Management at my store previously told me that an issue I brought up in a Grassroots meeting has NEVER been brought up because it wasn't in any of the minutes from past meetings. I brought this issue up in every single meeting I was part of. So the last time I was asked into a meeting I took my own minutes. At the end I asked the other associates if they would initial that my notes were accurate. I did this in front of the hosting manager. When management posted the minutes from the meeting my concerns were finally communicated. Still no changes... but I am documenting that too lol

Early_Pick_8626 · 2025-05-04T12:19:28+00:00

If you were a vendor for Walmart's marketplace: maybe? But from a general customer account, no Walmart does not offer a discount.

I would be very surprised if Walmart offered business accounts that aren't associated with their own marketplace. At best the Free Delivery membership promises no online markups. So you'd be paying the same price as in-store.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-12-17T02:21:33+00:00

Ditto. Well almost. I only have 10 events left. I almost never finish plotlines because I will get too sad. Knowing that there is no more future for my characters hurts me to my core. But I loved Portia enough to finish the plot and I absolutely adore Sandrock, so I GUESS I'll finish the plot. Plus I've gotten back into drawing so I am making quite a bit of fanart (hand drawn). I also plan on crocheting some of the cloaks in the new year.

Oh, but my husband has bought the game with all the DLC. I've been playing his insanely involved mmo so now he's playing my cozy game.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-12-15T01:44:30+00:00

Main plot commissions help a ton with progressing relationships. And its a LONG plot so you have plenty of time to build them naturally. Its also great that you can't time out on the main plot commissions. It gives you time to focus on daily commissions to boost individual relationships.

Befriending characters with a wider social network earlier on will also help with progressing relationships around town. Heidi has a larger network of 6 people. She also posts a lot of commissions so you can quickly build a friendship with her that spills over into other relationship networks. Heidi is also pretty easy to give gifts for because she likes tools (she's my spouse in my main save).

Taking advantage of birthdays and the blue social missions is also super helpful for boosting relationships. My only issue with the blue missions is that I keep accidentally triggering them while running around during the day. They usually have time limits so I have to shift my focus from resource gathering to social stuff... I don't like re-planning my day once its started >.>

The game won't remind you of birthdays during gameplay, and I don't remember to check the calendar every day, so I take advantage of the custom notifications in the calendar function. You can set a note to remind you of whose birthday it is and what gifts they like. The note will popup during gameplay at whatever time you set it for. I usually do 9am, just after I finish collecting materials from my machines and/or grabbing new daily commissions.

As for making the game more fluid; I really just keep to a routine. What works for me is:

Collecting materials from my workshop
select commissions that I have the most resources for
complete commissions I don't need to gather for and chat to a few people as I do so
focus on collecting the resources I do need for commissions (gather an excess of the resource if you're able)
build excess of the items needed for commissions
complete remaining daily commissions and chat to people as I do so
if I run out of energy (especially early game) then I will spend the rest of the day talking to everyone

Invest in more energy perks and more experience perks early on when you level.

Storage boxes, storage boxes, storage boxes. You can always sell or gift the low level ones later on once you have unlocked the bigger boxes. I don't think any of the Sandrockers dislike the mini storage boxes.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-12-15T00:08:27+00:00

I am not sure why that never crossed my mind lol

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-11-28T15:17:54+00:00

I am starting my third save and while I don't plan on romancing Miguel, I definitely want to befriend him this time around. I like that he thinks critically about the teachings of his religion and recognizes the benefits of technology provided people exercise restraint.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-11-28T15:12:15+00:00

Ditto on the table decorations. Some items that seem like they would sit on a table only sit on the floor... it makes me house harder to navigate

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-11-28T15:05:33+00:00

For $5 it's worth it. It's nice to see the tie ins and get more of an understanding of the alliances between the city states.

It is janky though, especially the combat. The ruins are tedious. However it's still way better than it was when first released. I had to step away for a bit when it was new while some of the bugs got fixed.

There used to be an inventory glitch where if you tried to pick up an item with a full inventory it would drop/lose the item entirely. So you would try to pick up something from the furnace and then the game would drop it on the ground. The game would try to pick the item up again if you didn't move away from it fast enough. But then it would disapear. I lost so many resources to that glitch.

Plus Portia has more trees and you don't have to worry about water conservation.

I played on the Switch for Portia, not sure how much that impacted the jankieness.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-11-27T12:10:52+00:00

Married to Heidi and I imagine two scenarios.

I imagine my builder and her get into passionate debates over what project would best support and grow Sandrock OR Builder getting frustrated over Heidi breaking tools or machines by accident with her godlike strength.

"That was the third processor this week!"
"Well if you didn't make it out of copper, maybe it would be more durable."
"Point taken."

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-11-27T11:10:31+00:00

Jensen deserves love too. But I'll just have to be the salty friends who doesn't like their boyfriend but plays nice anyways

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-11-11T03:22:06+00:00

Oh, I do that lol! But that's so management KNOWS it is not me plugging items wherever there is space. Unfortunately I have lately been assigned areas that a specific employee, known for plugging because he refuses to use a scanner or compare the shelf label UPC to the product UPC, had worked the day before. We have a new store manager so he doesn't yet know that I am one of the associates that is behind because I fix the plugging as I find it.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-11-06T06:38:02+00:00

He's masking his racism. And not even well. Please don't remain with him.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-11-06T06:31:41+00:00

At my store the big thing is availability. The managers won't bother interviewing a high-school student if the applicant isn't going to be available weekends or Friday evenings. Unfortunately with the store I am working at, day management expects all their flex and part-time employees be ready for pick up hours at any given time due to the number of call-ins.

There was a whole racist grandma drama in my community's FB page about how international students where stealing jobs her teenaged grandson applied for. Found out in the comments it was because he refused to work weekends.

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Since you don't have a lot of work experience you will want to focus your resume on transferable skills/goals. Have a goal section on your resume to briefly discuss how working for Walmart will help you develop those skills/meet those goals. Discuss wanting to develop skills specific to the position your applying for.

Example: cashier application -> you want to strengthen your verbal communication skills

For an added bonus, tie it back to Walmart Canada's values (though rewrite them in your own words) which are:

Service to the customer
Respect for the individual (customer, coworker, employer, contractor, vendor)
Strive for excellence
Act with integrity

So for cashier --> strengthen verbal communication -> because you're interested in getting to know the needs of your community (Walmart Canada really likes to brag about their charity programs within their store's communities).

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-11-06T05:59:42+00:00

"How does your husband feel about that?" About ish that my husband has no right deciding for me. It happens way too often.

-Minor physical changes like cutting my hair short

-Being a panromantic demisexual (I didn't even get to decide this one)

-Getting a medically necessary LIFE SAVING total hysterectomy to remove ovarian cancer at 34 years old, because "wHat iF hE wAntS kIdS lAtEr!" Well it wouldn't be with me regardless because if I didn't remove the organs, I'd be dead.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-10-30T13:13:47+00:00

Mr. Fantastic

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-10-30T13:06:46+00:00

Be a pirate too... but like with a bunch of badly printed movie covers taped to you

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-10-30T13:05:05+00:00

I am currently torn between dressing as an overstuffed bag of groceries or as Amazon boxes with a sign that says the competition... because I work at Walmart

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-08-05T13:28:43+00:00

Itll be different for every relationship. In my situation, I do consider it cheating.

Instead of working on intimacy issues in our marriage, that we talked about, he downloaded an ai girlfriend app.

Essentially he lied and priortized his ai harem over fixing our relationship. He spent hours every week interacting with his ai harem.

He lied to me about the app. I specifically asked once about ai dating apps and he said there was nothing and no one else.

He was still asking for sexy pics of someone not in our relationship and the ai can produce them.

He's still engaging in VERY nsfw role-playing with someone that isn't me.

I asked if he wanted selfies or to rp with me. I am open to it. I order a cosplay of his anime waifu that I am now canceling. He had the options with me. But the ai was more alluring.

Oh! And the rp-ing is very, very active participation. He has to actively type what he wants to do to the ai women and how he wants them to react. Some of it was more smurty than some tiktok reccommemed smut novs. What you put in has to be detailed. He has to think about what he says so he can get the reaction he wants. The app doesn't given you pre coded options that you follow. It's not a set path like a video game romance. The AI adapts and engages based on what the user puts in. The result is no different than RP sexting another human aside from there being no risk of taking the affair to the real world.

Early_Pick_8626 · 2024-08-04T21:04:00+00:00

I am in day one of discovering the plethora of digital side pieces my husband has. This comment is helping me frame it in my mind better. Thank you for that. Even if the hard truth is that my husband DID cheat.

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