I was asked to transfer to Bentonville office from New York in the middle of the pandemia. I only worked in WALMART jobs .this office was understaffed and the electrical team especially. I would work over 45 hours in the regar basis and some people would worked over 65 hour a week. I had no choice because during pandemia NY was in really bad shape. At the end of September, I was supposed to get a raise since technically in the company I was making over a year but because of pandemia all raises and bonuses were suspended. I couldn't believe that my raise was less than 75 cents after all the hard work I did in those few months. I went to do punch list's for several stores out of the state. When I asked to review my raise, which I wasn't happy with, I was added 19 cents on top of it, which didn't it even make it to a dollar. I was explained that because I was working from home , it was a convenience for me and it was saving me money in my transportation, my living cost was cheaper in New Jersey where I reside than NY, and lastly, that I couldn't make more income than an electrical designer that has been longer in the office. Even from top management himself, told me that he can only offer me more hours to work , yet not more income. I asked to be transferred back to NY and j asked human resources to review all this, HR told me to speak to my office management.so they didn't resolve anything. NY management first told me that they could take me back, but then things changed , and I was told that if I wanted to leave, no raise was going to be given to me- when I found out people in NY that got hired the same time I did or after received about 11% raise. Also, that I need to work on projects for Bentonville office until they find a replacement for me. All this happening while Bentonville management would contact me every day and tell me how important and appreciated I was as a employee of the company and I was pile up with excessive amount of work and very hard deadlines. This was a situation I couldn't take anymore or anyone could take and I finally resigned. Bentonville was a sweat shop , then I found out a lot of the designers are not engineers and they use the same excuse, drafters cannot make same as a engineers. In this office people get yelled at as there is not tomorrow and almost the idea of work- life balance that the company preaches about doesnt exist in this office. Management uses all the excuses just to not give the right compensation to their employees.
