Kristopher Oswald
The Southeast Michigan man who was fired from his job at Walmart after he helped a woman being assaulted in the Walmart parking lot has been offered his job back.
But Kristopher Oswald, 30, refused the job.
Oswald was let go from his $8.70 an hour job as an overnight stocking associate in mid-October. While Oswald was taking his lunch break in his car, he saw a woman being attacked by a man. Oswald walked towards the woman and was attacked by the man, who has since been identified as 17-year-old Dylan Michael Tierney.
The company fired Oswald and the reason given on his termination papers says: "After a violation of company policy on his lunch break, it was determined to end his temporary assignment."
“The entire situation has left me with incredible anxiety,” the 30-year-old Oswald said. “Wal-Mart feels it’s absolutely not their responsibility to help an associate harmed while on the clock. I have refused their offer to take my job back for fear of retaliation.
“They could not guarantee that nothing would happen from management if I did take my job,” he added. “It’s a day-to-day struggle. I feel like if I say the wrong thing, I’m going to have a company coming after me.”
Messages to Wal-Mart’s corporate public information office for comment have not been returned.
