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Joe Depinto: 7-11 CEO Undercover Boss
by Sudha Krishna | February 22, 2010 at 07:08 am
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Joe Depinto, the CEO of 7-11 was featured in an episode of the new reality series Undercover Boss. Joe Depinto went undercover as a convenience store clerk in and worked with Delores a remarkable employee.
The point of the Undercover Boss series on CBS is to connect often removed CEO's of large corporations with their employees, usually with some sort of feel good ending. Clearly though, the CEO's and the employees are thoroughly vetted for that expected feel good ending.
In the 7 Eleven episode Joe Depinto travels from and works undercover in various 7-11 stores and bakeries - Dallas, Texas based 7-11 generates over 53 billion dollars in revenue across its 36,000 stores .
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at 06:52 on March 15th, 2010
I WATCHED THIS SHOW AND IT CHANGED MY OPINION ON 7-11. I AM A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THEM AND HAVE AN EEOC CLAIM FILED FOR THE UNFAIR TREATMENT THEY GAVE ME AS AN EMPLOYEE. I WAS SEXUALLY HARRASSED FROM DAY ONE. MY MANAGER WOULD MAKE SARCASTIC COMMENTS IN FRONT OF EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS I LET IT GO. THEN A PARTICULAR INCIDENT WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED IN THEFT AND REPORTED THEY GAVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE GREAT FOR HIM. TWO MONTHS LATTER AFTER PUTTING UP WITH MORE CALLED FAGGOT ECT FOR ASKING WHY MY HOURS WERE CUT ECT. ON MY DAYS OFF I NWAS ALWAYS CALLED TO WORKED EXTRA SHIFTS . THEN THE RUMORS OF ME AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAVING SEX IN THE STORE ON THE NIGHT SHIFT EMERGED I COULD NOT LET IT GO. I CONFRONTED HIM HE ADMITTED HE SAID IT HE THEN WROTE ME A LETTER OF APOLOGY WHICH I SAVED. THEN ON AUGUST10TH 2009 I WAS TOLD OVER THE TELEPHONE I LOST MY JOB OVER A 2.00 MISTAKE. I APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT WAS DENIED THE FIRST TIME .I APPEALED WITH NY PROOF OF DISCRIMINATION HARRASSESMENT AND THE LETTERS AND PICTURE I HAD. AFTER 4 MONTHS AND BECOMING HOMELESS I WON MY APPEAL. I SURE HOPE THIS LETTER GETS TO JOE BECAUSE I FEEL THERS ALOT OF EMPLOYEES LET GO WRONGFULLY BUT ARE AFFRAID TO FIGHT IT. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE GUY WHO HARRASSED ME WAS LET GO LAST WEEK SO I GUESS THEY BELEIVED ME BUT I STILL HAVENENT HEARD FROM EEOC YET. I AM ALSO WRITING TO CORPORATE OFFICE AND CONTACTING THE MEDIA AND PAPERS AND ILL SEE IF I GET ANY ANSWERS FROM THAT THANKS FOR READING MY STORY IM SURE YOULL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT AS I HAVE ONLY BEGAN TO FIGHT. ITS TAKEN 8 MONTHS TO GET RESULTS . BRIAN M BISHOP 1330 DERBYSHIRE CT 104E NAPLES FLORIDA 34116.