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My lowes life4/29/2023 ![]() In response, employees are flocking to Twitter and Reddit, where they track coronavirus deaths and positive cases within the company, wary that there are likely far more infections than what’s been reported. And instead of taking what associates see as easy steps to ensure their safety, Lowe’s has only pushed sales to drive more people to physical stores - putting already understaffed teams at greater risk. While Lowe’s has made several high-profile announcements about protecting their workers, increasing pay and offering sick leave, employees say the reality on the ground is far from safe. I spoke with 12 Lowe’s associates and managers across the country who unanimously feel like their safety has been sacrificed for the company’s bottom line. “If only people really knew what it was like, if they only knew how broken we all are right now, would they really feel okay about carelessly venturing out to buy flowers and mulch? We have to pretend that we’re all doing some heroic thing, and it’s all a lie.” “I read the interviews with talking about how we’re all heroes, and I just want to scream at the injustice of it,” says 35-year-old associate Michelle (also a pseudonym), who is currently sick with coronavirus symptoms. Many of Andy’s coworkers are struggling with the same feeling. “I just hope in the next few weeks she doesn’t suffer for wanting flowers.” “All I could think about for the rest of the day was that I was dirty, and she could die because she touched me,” Andy tells me. And recently, when an elderly woman grabbed his arm to get his attention so she could buy a flower, he felt more like a villain. As the deadly new coronavirus creeps through America, Lowe’s Home Improvement has been on a PR blitz, posting on social media about its “heroic” employees, offering raises to associates and making a show of letting workers take Easter off.īut Andy, a 22-year-old Lowe’s associate using a pseudonym to protect his identity, doesn’t feel like a hero for showing up to work at a hardware store during the pandemic - especially when most of his customers are shopping for nonessential goods.
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