I was an area supervisor at a Ross store here in texas up until a few weeks ago.
I had been with the company just about 4 years. The location i was at had a revolving door of store managers and assistants and when we would get decent role models and teachers they would get transfered or quit. I had been asked to transfer locations a few times because another area supervisor lived closer to my location than his current store. I unfortunately turned down the transfer because i can barely afford gas and upkeep on my vehicle as is and the transfer would be 25-35 more minutes travel for me. Three weeks ago i was called into the office by our loss prevention dm and a visiting manager whom i had never met before. The put me on administrative leave because they said i abused my discount by doing a return during double discount. It had slipped my mind that the double discount was coming up and i made a purchase two days prior to the start of 40% I intended on exchanging a few items for othersand went back during the double discount period. At that time there werent any clothes that i was interested in so i asked to just get back a few of my original items, I didnt return everything i purchased a few days before only some of the things and i did not buy back everything i returned. This was the abuse of discount that led to my dismissal. There wasnt anything in the associate handbook about this being against policy and we had just been asked to sign this policy a few weeks prior. The didnt give me an option of performance improvement plan nor had i been issued any diciplinary action in regards to anything discount related in my four years at Ross. I had asked for a raise on a few occasions seeing as i was the least paid supervisor which i wasnt supposed to know but word gets around and i had turned down 2 transfers. I believe they were looking for any excuse to get me out the door and now I think they are trying to fight my unemployment claim. Is there anything i can do?
