MY BOYFRIEND HAS WORKED FOR SEARS FOR 29 YEARS AND HAS NOW BEEN TERMINATED BECAUSE OF HIS FRUSTRATION WHICH CAME OUT IN A HEATED ARGUEMENT CONCERNING WORK. HOWEVER. HIS FRUSTRATION DIDNT COME FROM THE WORK DAY, IT WAS BUILT UP INSIDE AS HE WAS REFERRED TO 'WHITEBOY' ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS BY HIS BLACK MANAGER WHO SERIOUSLY HAD NO MANAGERIAL SKILLS IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR WHICH HE WORKED. NOW I REALIZE THAT SEARS HAS MERGED WITH OTHER COMPANIES AND WAS LOOKING TO DOWNSIZE THEIR WORK FORCE AND REHIRE NEW PEOPLE AT ENTRY LEVEL TO SAVE MONEY, BUT, AT THE SAMETIME THE ISSUE HERE WAS THE WAY THE MATTER WAS DEALT WITH. IT SEEMS THAT EMPLOYEES HAVE NO RIGHTS AND CANNOT BE HEARD. ONLY THE EMPLOYERS HAVE RIGHTS AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HIRE AND FIRE WHOMEVER THEY WANT WHENEVER THEY WANT. MY BOYFRIEND, TRUE WAS NOT RIGHT IN HAVING A YELLING MATCH WITH HIS MANAGER, HOWEVER, IT WOULDNT BE THE FIRST TIME A BOSS AND EMPLOYEE HAD A DISAGREEMENT, BUT TO TAKE A MAN AFTER 29 YEARS OUT OF HIS POSITION AND PRACTICALLY PUT HIM IN THE STREET FOR RAISING HIS VOICE IS UNHEARD OF. HE WAS SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FOR 2 WEEKS AWAITING HIS SO CALLED VERDICT WHICH WILL SHAPE THE REST OF HIS LIFE AND MAYBE EVEN HIS SELF WORTH BECAUSE OF CORPORATE AMERICA AND WHO AND WHY THEY HIRE SOMEONE. THIS MANAGER HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A BUNCH OF TECHNICIANS, AND ABSOLUTELY DOWNRIGHT MAKING RACIAL SLURS TO ALL THE GUYS ON HIS WORKING ROUTE. THE REMANDER OF THE GUYS NOW ARE SEEING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THEY STAND AS MANY OF THEM ARE WORKING AS LONG AS MY BOYFEIND. THEY ARE ALL IN FEAR OF THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE SEARS HAS NO UNION WHICH THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD YEARS AGO, BUT THE FEAR WAS INSTILLED IN THESE GUYS AND THEY NOW SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR FEARS WHICH NOW SITS UPON THEM ANYWAY. THE HUMILIATION THAT SEARS IS DISHING OUT TO ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES AT ANY LEVEL IS OUTRAGEOUS AND GASTAPOISH IF THAT'S A WORD. IT PRACTICALLY COMPARES TO TERRORISM BECAUSE MEN WORK IN FEAR DAY TO DAY IN REGARD TO WILL THEY HAVE A JOG TOMORROW NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH. I THINK THIS IS APALLING THAT A MANAGER OF ANY RACE CAN COME INTO A POSITION WITHOUT ANY TRAINING OR KNOWLEDGE MUCH LESS ANY DECENT TACTICS IN DEALING WITH A RACE OTHER THAN HIS OWN (WHICH BY THE WAY HE SHOWS NO SPECIALTY, HE EVEN HAS CHOICE WORD CALLING FOR HIS OWN BLACK RACE) AND FILE CHARGES TO THE HIRE UPS AND RECOMMEND LOSS OF WAGES AND TERMINATION. THERE WERE WITNESSES TO THIS SPECIFIC INCIDENT I SPEAK OF, AND BECAUSE OF THE FEARS INSTILLED, NO ONE CAME FORTH TO BACK MY BOYFRIEND UP. HE NOW SITS WITHOUT PAY AND THEIR REFUSAL TO GIVE A REFERENCE AND DENIED UNEMPLOYMENT. I FEEL THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE AND ANYONE WHO WORKS IN CORPORATE AMERICA SHOULD WATCH THEIR BACKS AND ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN B TO BE PREPARED. YOU CAN GO AT ANY TIME WITHOUT QUESTION. KEEP YOUR EARS AND EYES OPENED AND YOUR MOOUTHS SHUT UNTIL IT IS OF GOOD USE! AND MIGHT I ADD ....DONT SHOP AT SEARS...DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS...THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOO HIGH PRICED AND THEY SCHEME THEIR WORKERS AND FORCE THEM TO SELL WATER FILTERS AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS WHICH ARE RIP OFFS...DO ME AND HIM A FAVOR AND SPREAD THE WORD AROUND..SEARS SUCKS