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Walmart fires beloved, mentally handicapped employee for giving hugs and deals
It’s always difficult to fire an employee, especially one that’s popular, dependable, and out-going. And yet, a West Plains, Missouri Walmart did just that when it fired Frank Swanson, an employee with almost 20 years of service.

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Paul Cofer
July 17, 2021 at 11:58 pm
Oh! Mighty WAL-Mart! You fired Mr.Swanson for treating people like HumanBeings and giving the customer a good hug and a deal that keeps customers coming back. Wonder how Mr. Sam Walton would handle this!!! But the new generation of Machiavellian CEOs, managers and district managers do not or refuse to see that it’s still about the human element. It is bad enough that associates are discarded after being loyal to the ongoing of the company. But it is horrible to hire a special needs individual to exploit and exhibit company inclusivity and then let them go because of some technicality. As a former Pharmacy associate, I have experienced how that with advancing age they write you up for some frivolous technicality that they allow their “ spies” and “ pets” to get away with.
Either corporate condones such mistreatment if associates or they stonewall or distance themselves so they can say that they’re not aware of such unfair treatment of associates in the lower echelon of associates. At any rate, this action by WAL-Mart is very unfair to the feelings of this individual and the whole corporate organization from the CEO to the store mini-manager needs lessons on human decency!