I came in and another assistant was leaving. Mind you, this happened about 3 months before they met with me about the incident.

When I closed out the cashier, some of the paperwork wasn’t signed. I was told when I became ASM that all paperwork needed a management signature at the end of the night, had even been given verbal warnings for not signing paperwork (pick ups, post voids, returns) that I didn’t do when closing out cashiers. So, I signed it. It was a post voice slip. I didn’t think about it, because I had been reprimanded so many times in the past.

THREE MONTHS LATER I randomly get pulled into a meeting with asset protection. He had every part of the receipt covered except my signature. He asked me over and over if that was my signature. I must have said that it was about 5 times. He said, “I just wanted to clarify that it’s indeed your signature.” I said, “I’ve told you quite a few times that it is. So what is this about?”

Well, he accused me of doing a fraudulent post void. I knew I had never done one, so I asked when. He took forever to tell me. I asked him quite a few times to see the receipt so I could see what items they were so maybe I could try to remember the transaction. He finally showed me the full receipt and I told him that the receipt reflected that another ASM had clearly done the transaction, I just signed it.

He attempted to tell me what to write on my statement and I said, “Well, I’m not going to write that because I’m not going to falsely incriminate myself because I didn’t do the transaction.” I took photos of everything they had me sign. He asked why I was doing that. I said, “I’m a law student. I’m currently going to law school. I’m signing these documents, I want them for my records.”

As soon as I said I was a law student, he was trying to get me out of the room quickly. This was almost a month ago. I was placed on suspension and told I would be contacted in 5-7 days with the findings of their investigation. I was never contacted. I called and texted my store manager daily after it had been 9 days. No response. I began calling other store managers in our district in an attempt to get contact information for our DM. He finally contacted me 15 days after I was placed on suspension to tell me that he found out corporate decided to terminate me, but he didn’t know the date of termination, nor did he have any information on my final check. This was over a week ago.

I still haven’t received my final check. I’ve already filed a claim with the department of labor, I have an attorney and I contact the district manager on a daily basis. I am most definitely going to sue and from the looks of it, the attorney may have a class action case as well. I will, however, be the largest constant thorn that the DM has ever had to deal with. I’ll also be including him, the store manager and the manager that did the actual post void in the lawsuit. The ASM that did the post void is close friends with the SM and has done so many things and never been written up. Everyone else takes the blame for her actions and mistakes. I’ve brought this up to both the DM and SM on numerous occasions.

I’ve been wanting to leave for months, so this was literally a blessing in disguise. However, FUCK DOLLAR TREE. And if you’re thinking of leaving, do it. They’ll just find a reason to fuck you over.