Does Anyone Who is Deaf Working for Lowe's?

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Does anyone who is Deaf and HOH working for Lowe's? I am just wondering how many deaf and HOH working for Lowe's. :wiggle:

I am working for Lowe's in Longmont, CO #1874.
 
That's cool, Blackpaws. Lowe's Hardware store? If so, I only knew of a deaf woman, a Puerto Rican working at Lowe's near where I used to live. She was featured in a regional newspaper written by the HOH reporter who happened to have connection with the deaf community.

I have never been to that store so I have never met the deaf woman.
 
Brian said:
That's cool, Blackpaws. Lowe's Hardware store? If so, I only knew of a deaf woman, a Puerto Rican working at Lowe's near where I used to live. She was featured in a regional newspaper written by the HOH reporter who happened to have connection with the deaf community.

I have never been to that store so I have never met the deaf woman.
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Lowe's is more like home improvement store. Go to Lowe's Home Improvement: Buy Kitchen Cabinets, Paint, Appliances & Flooring so you can get idea what Lowe's offering. Lowe's competition is Home Depot.

I am working as receiver (unload the truck nightly). At first, I worked as waterer (water the plants, trees, and flowers) then I became PSA (Product Service Associate) before I had a new baby then now I am working part time as receiver.
 
Blackpaws76 said:
Lowe's is more like home improvement store. Go to Lowe's Home Improvement: Buy Kitchen Cabinets, Paint, Appliances & Flooring so you can get idea what Lowe's offering. Lowe's competition is Home Depot.

I am working as receiver (unload the truck nightly). At first, I worked as waterer (water the plants, trees, and flowers) then I became PSA (Product Service Associate) before I had a new baby then now I am working part time as receiver.
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Yeah, we have several Lowe's here, but Home Depot is the huge player here. Several d/Deaf/HoH people work at Home Depot all over the US.

Do you like your current position at Lowe's? Do you plan to stay with the company for a long time?
 
I used to work for lowe's for almost 1 year in may 2002 to march 2003. i rarely meet customers who can sign. many hearing customers were rude, they just walk away when i said paper and pen because its hard to understand them sometimes.

i worked in the lawn and garden dept.
 
sequoias said:
I used to work for lowe's for almost 1 year in may 2002 to march 2003. i rarely meet customers who can sign. many hearing customers were rude, they just walk away when i said paper and pen because its hard to understand them sometimes.

i worked in the lawn and garden dept.
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That is unfortunate, and I understand a bit.

Some people seem to think I am stupid or not worth the time because I don't speak verbally or understand verbal speech. I have even had problems with a few sign language speakers who don't get the fact that even though I wear glasses and can see, I cannot follow the movements well and some just plain go too fast, and some are not used to what to do to let me understand by feeling what they do with their hands.
 
few of my Deaf buddies work in Lowe's too. Most of my friends work in chained stores.
 
Dunno about in Rochester..have few Lowes around here. But dunno if any deaf workers there.
 
i know several deaf ppl working at home depot stores in metro atlanta. they said it was not easy to get job or promoted at home depot. i remmy some sued home depot for the discriminations few yrs ago. i dont know what happened to them now.
 
i found an article -

EEOC SUES THE HOME DEPOT FOR TERMINATING EMPLOYEE WITH DISABILITY

The EEOC filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Atlanta, Georgia based retail giant The Home Depot, alleging the company failed to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation and terminated her because of her disability in violation of the ADA.

The lawsuit alleges that The Home Depot failed to properly accommodate Carolyn Pisani by terminating her because she is developmentally disabled in that she is a person with mental retardation resulting in learning disabilities. EEOC claims that Home Depot failed to accommodate Pisani by not involving her job coach when it disciplined and terminated her for allegedly failing to report to work.

The agency’s complaint seeks monetary and injunctive relief including back wages, compensatory damages, a change in employment policy to eliminate future disability-based discrimination, punitive damages, and the re-employment of Pisani with the reasonable accommodating of a job coach.

Further information about the fact sheet is available at U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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that was one of them... i m sure there are more info in google.com
 
Brian said:
Yeah, we have several Lowe's here, but Home Depot is the huge player here. Several d/Deaf/HoH people work at Home Depot all over the US.

Do you like your current position at Lowe's? Do you plan to stay with the company for a long time?
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Its not that bad for that current position (receiver / stocker) since I don't have to handle the customers very much but I always help the customers to find the staff like look for the right person for the department that the customers is looking for. I had been working since March 2006. I am thinking about staying with Lowe's a little longer. I kinda starting to have enough with complains from my supervisor since my co workers and I NEED MORE PEOPLE to unload the truck! So supervisor is NOT THAT GREAT to work with now because he never there to help us - he always work in the day to help the stockers but the stockers NEVER FINISHED the pallets that we unload things from the truck onto the pallets. Unloading the truck will take us 4 hours if the truck have more than 1,000 items! We recently had big boss came and visit the store and telling that WE SHOULD FINISH the unload truck in TWO HOURS. ITS IMPOSSIBLE with two or three people unload the truck! Those people who are complaining - THEY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED unloading the truck at all!!! :rl:
 
my brother work at lowe in North Little Rock,Ar and he love his jobs he do as pushing carts.

i never got jobs at lowes because i tried to apply online on lowes and never got call but my brother luck!
 
sara1981 said:
my brother work at lowe in North Little Rock,Ar and he love his jobs he do as pushing carts.

i never got jobs at lowes because i tried to apply online on lowes and never got call but my brother luck!
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COOL!! How I got this job at Lowe's?? I went to the job fair - its best way to get the job if you go to Lowe's. However if you plan to go to job fair at Lowe's, they will ask you to fill out the application online, too. That's what I did to get the job while I was looking for a job after I got laid off from my other job.

You can ALWAYS call Lowe's and tell them that you applied online and am still interest to have interview for the position that you are applying for. Hope that HELPS!!! :fingersx:
 
Blackpaws76 said:
COOL!! How I got this job at Lowe's?? I went to the job fair - its best way to get the job if you go to Lowe's. However if you plan to go to job fair at Lowe's, they will ask you to fill out the application online, too. That's what I did to get the job while I was looking for a job after I got laid off from my other job.

You can ALWAYS call Lowe's and tell them that you applied online and am still interest to have interview for the position that you are applying for. Hope that HELPS!!! :fingersx:
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i did apply online and never receive call! that makes me so stranges but im been apply at home depot and never receive call also its would be rude for deaf people to hires!
 
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