Wal-Mart paying $4.8M for overtime violations

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3. They're full of illegal practices

I worked as an overnight stocker at Sam's Club when I was in college. We'd be locked in all night with no one to open the door. When the managers arrived in the morning, if they saw something they wanted done, they'd tell us to go clock out and then come back and do it.

Yes, they felt they were in a position to make their employees work unpaid, because no one - absolutely no one - was getting overtime.

Suffice to say, I did not last long there. One day, a manager tried to get me to stay unpaid for so long, I was going to be late for an exam that morning. He threatened me (an unpaid worker) about the consequences if I didn't stay another hour. I told him where to stick it, walked out, and never went back.

Just awful.