Complaint Review: Aaron's - Oklahoma City Oklahoma

 Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to let everyone know about the way Aaron's treats their employees. I was hurt from working at Aaron's and was on workman's comp. During the two months that I was on workman's comp with Aaron's I was only paid 1.24 from their Insurance Company (Traveler's). I have been hurting bad ever since the accident and had been to doctors back and forth for a while. Since I haven't any received any money for being hurt from Aaron's I needed to go to work. I was told by their insurance company that I can work light duty at Aaron's. I went back to the doctor and they released me to go back to work but not allowed to pick up anything over 10 lbs. Because of what happened I have permanent damage in my back and will never be able to pick up heavy stuff again.

When I returned to work I found out I was unable to clock in and out. I later found out I was removed out of the system. I had to talk to a Lex Lexander from Aaron's .. he told me that Aaron's policy states that if I can't pick up more than 50 lbs then I can no longer work for the company. After that I went to my attorney and filed a complaint on the company because I was on workman's comp and told I could not return to work due to my accident. After a couple of days I received a call from my manager telling me I can come back to work I told him I have to call Lex Lexander and find out whats going on. I got in contact with Lex Lexander he said that because Traveler's told them I can return to work that I can return. I asked hi "Didn't you say it was Aaron's Policy that I can't return because I have been hurt?" He stated " We were informed to let you return to work". I returned to work on the next day and still was not able to clock in and out. After a week of working I had been called from two of my garnishments and they stated that Aaron's told them I was terminated on April 16th. What is interesting about this is I was fired from Aaron's and was still on workman's comp. (illegal).

I now have two letters that Aaron's sent to the sate telling them I was terminated on April 16th. I have taken these to my attorney. After I have been working for a little over a week things were going ok. but I have found out I lost my desk I was working at and all my things have been thrown away. I was a MT 1 and got demoted to MT 2. all because I got hurt. This week was horrible. I went to work this Monday and because our manager was on vacation the let this rude person call Alan Wee come into the store. He was told to come into our store to fix a issue... (Me). Aaron's has been trying to find every way to get rid of me because of a pending lawsuit against them. So anyway this guy called Alan Gee came in and it was all eyes on me from him.

I have worked for Aaron's for over a year and never has the phones or cell phones been really a issue. I have a computer store on the side and instead of using the store phone I was told it was alright to just receive texts so it don't disrupt the business. This jerk (Alan Wee) came in and saw me call on the store phone for 5 min and came in closed the office door and asked "who was you on the phone with?" I told him the truth and he stated that "Aaron's policy states that we are not allowed to use company phones for personal use." (Just like it's against the company policy that I can't work for Aaron's if I can't pick up over 50 lbs. that was changed at a drop of a hat. I left to lunch and came back to work. I was working and i received a few texts on my phone but it did not disrupt my work. He comes in and brings me and another employee into the office and writes me up for using company phone and receiving texts. Alan also wrote me up for making only 12 calls from 5pm to 6pm. I looked over the call log and noticed that I did the most calls within the hour and stated to him. He proceeded to be rude and would not really listen to me about what was going on. I told him I take it you have a personal vendetta against me is what it looks like because other peoplpe use their cell phones talking and playing games but he was all eyes on me.

After I had the meeting I went back to work and was the only one still making calls till we closed. He also told me to put the phone on the left side of the computer and I'm right handed. I have always had the phone their on the right. I told him it don't work well for me on that side he stated that if I don't put the phone on that side then he will have a problem. Alan Wee was horribly rude and hateful. I told him that he is getting rude with me and other people have thir phones on the same side and he wanted to make a issue with me. I have called and complained about the issues and still waiting for Jason Everitt to contact me. It has already been a day and still no contact. I told Aaron's that I won't work at the store till I get the issue resolved at hand.

I went today to pick up my write ups that I receved from Alan Wee. I had the reports on my desk and the call logs stating how many calls that were made that day which would prove that Alan Wee was having a personal vendetta to me. when I got there Alan had the write ups but he stole the call logs and refused to give them to me. Alan stated that it is company policy not to give out company info (Call Logs). He proceeded to try to argue with me being a complete and total a*s. He told me if I want the call log I can get my attorney to request them. He kept trying to get completely rude and I was trying to be as nice as I could. He told me then "You need to just leave my store!".

So in a nutshell if you work for Aaron's and get hurt you won't receive anything from them except being fired, demoted, and hurt even more. I am continuing my lawsuit that I postponed and continuing because I refuse to be in a hateful and destructive environment. As far as Alan Wee this person is a hateful, rude, disrespectful, and a total jerk that needs to be terminated from the company. I will in fact file a lawsuit on this company. I suggest to everyone STAY AWAY!