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Walmart greeter with cerebral palsy told he'll lose his job if he doesn't agree to new physical demands

Kristine Solomon

Kristine Solomon

Yahoo LifestyleFebruary 20, 2019, 4:37 PM GMT

 

A man with cerebral palsy who has worked as a Walmart greeter for 10 years was told recently that his job description has changed, and he’ll soon be required to agree to a new set of physical demands he’s not capable of. Now he fears he’ll lose his job.

 

Adam Catlin adores his job at a Walmart in Middleburg, Pa., and it shows. “Walmart is his heart,” said his sister, Amber Piermattei, to ABC affiliate WNEP. “His job is his driving force in life.”

 

 

Even customers attest to the fact that Catlin is an asset to the community in his role as a Walmart greeter. “He’s just a real good kid with a good attitude, and everyone enjoys seeing him,” said patron Stacie Camp. “If you’re having a bad day, you go in there. He makes your day,” added shopper Shannon Walters. “We go in every week, and I look forward to seeing him.”

 

Catlin got the stressful news that his job would be in jeopardy on Saturday, when his manager told him that due to a companywide change in policy in which “people greeters” will soon become “customer hosts,” he would soon be required to stand for the duration of his eight-hour shift and that he’d have to lift up to 25 pounds.

 

But cerebral palsy limits Catlin’s strength and range of motion — plus he relies on a walker. “I can’t lift 25 pounds and hang on to a walker. I need to be able to walk,” he said to the Daily Item.

 

“I understand that corporate policies change, so if they want to make this change, that’s fine,” Piermattei said of her brother’s place of employment. “But I think they should grandfather him in. He’s been there for 10 years.”

 

Catlin said he has until April 26 to officially comply or he will no longer have a job. “I’m not going to be able to do that,” he told WNEP.

 

On Monday, Catlin’s mother, Holly, posted a message about the situation — in her own words — on Facebook. She noted that because of Catlin’s disability, he’s always had the option to stay home and collect disability benefits but that he chooses to work.

 

“Adam loves his job so much and does it with his whole heart. He looks forward to you and your families, especially your kiddos,” she wrote. “He seems to know them all by name. He has always, always, had outstanding reviews and truly loves his work family, coworkers and all of management alike.” His mom said she was “sad and sickened” by the news, and that it’s a “huge blow” to her son.

 

 

The post went viral and was shared more than 7,500 times. Support also came flooding in via hundreds of comments. Some hope Catlin is able to keep his job in some capacity, even if he performs different duties at Walmart. Others demand the company reconsider its decision. “This not only angers me, but totally disgusts me that Corporate would be so insensitive to this young man!” one person wrote. “Think someone needs to start a Petition … I’ll sign it!,” another added.

 

When contacted by Yahoo Lifestyle, a spokesperson for Walmart shared this statement:

 

“More than two years ago we started a program in more than 1,000 stores using customer hosts to staff entrances. Customer Hosts give customers a welcome as they enter our stores and keep the front clean, safe and secure.

 

Over the last two years we’ve continued to expand this program and introduce more customer host roles in our stores, adding more responsibility and pay to the traditional People Greeter role.

 

We’re committed to always providing our customers with a positive and safe shopping experience, and we know there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution to staffing our entrances and serving customers. We look at the data from each store individually to structure the appropriate door coverage.

 

As we have done in other locations where we’ve added Customer Hosts, our management team will continue to support our associates as they consider other open positions in the store and those in nearby locations.”

 

For Caitlin and his family, another job is not the answer because he really likes the one he has proudly worked at for a decade. “I love everyone there and they are all part of my family and I would really miss that,” Catlint old the Daily Item. His sister added, “Even if he doesn’t get his job back, it’s important we’re raising awareness about this.”

 

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Sorry, dont care about him or his problems, especially from someone who should be grateful  that anyone ever gave him a real job.

Its Wal-Mart.  The real story should be that someone is taking pride in working for them - they treat their employees at the store level like crap.  

 

I'm surprised they are not accommodating him, isn't that what the American Disabilities Act is for?

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Its Wal-Mart.  The real story should be that someone is taking pride in working for them - they treat their employees at the store level like crap.  

 

I'm surprised they are not accommodating him, isn't that what the American Disabilities Act is for?

They hired him to begin with, in spite of the fact he's no doubt pretty much worthless, a walmart near me had a really bad off guy in a wheelchair, the guy looked like Steven Hawking, all slumped over, head leaning over. He'd be sitting in some aisle and as you'd walk by he'd mumble out " can i help you sir", it was irritating and people would try to avoid him(if you asked him where something is, it would take him 15 min to get there).

 

I give Walmart huge Kudos for hiring them at all, it's basically charity. The bottom line is if they need a guy to be able to lift a certain amount to presumable help a customer, then that's the job.

 

keep in mind, there could be more to the story, maybe the guy is getting entitled?

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Sorry, dont care about him or his problems, especially from someone who should be grateful that anyone ever gave him a real job.

im sure u dont only a Homosexual human being gets your attention and me commenting about goodheadted getting the credit for a blowjob gone wrong when it was u all along.

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im sure u dont only a Homosexual human being gets your attention and me commenting about goodheadted getting the credit for a blowjob gone wrong when it was u all along.

You should be grateful to me, i took your thread seriously, in spite of the fact you cant even write a sentence. What i did was an act of charity as well.

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You should be grateful to me, i took your thread seriously, in spite of the fact you cant even write a sentence. What i did was an act of charity as well.

no u saw A person who’s sexuality I admire in a thread and got excited then got angry when it was just about a disabled person u already got the credit as the guy that gave jessie the blowjob now take your Non heterosexual person trophy and b gone from the thread.

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no u saw A person who’s sexuality I admire in a thread and got excited then got angry when it was just about a disabled person u already got the credit as the guy that gave jessie the blowjob now take your Non heterosexual person trophy and b gone from the thread.

Cmon, I don't care how black you are, proof read your damn posts.

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I do just walk by and carry on with life.   I don't belabor the point.

This is a thread about greeters in an open forum, and I had an opinion so I expressed it.

 

 

But you're "really annoyed" by them, sounds like it ruins the rest of your day when you see them.

standing by the microwave cursing them while waiting the 8 minutes for your hungry man to be ready.

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