Employers making us stay til 3pm. Spouse thinks they are putting me in danger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP I am working today until 6pm, then working tomorrow and Sunday from 6am til 6pm both days.
My employer is putting me up in a hotel so I dont have to drive but i still wont see my wife and 3yo for 3 days, all thanks to the blizzard.
Suck it up.

I am not a nurse, an EMT, a cop, or anything important.... you are lucky you have a hotel and I'm sorry you won't see your family but at least you WILL BE SAFE IN A HOTEL OR AT YOUR WORKPLACE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I am working today until 6pm, then working tomorrow and Sunday from 6am til 6pm both days.
My employer is putting me up in a hotel so I dont have to drive but i still wont see my wife and 3yo for 3 days, all thanks to the blizzard.
Suck it up.

I am not a nurse, an EMT, a cop, or anything important.... you are lucky you have a hotel and I'm sorry you won't see your family but at least you WILL BE SAFE IN A HOTEL OR AT YOUR WORKPLACE.

Your wife is going to be stuck alone with a 3 year old for 3 days? You are a terrible husband and father.

[Anonymous]

This is one of the 1,000 reasons why I will never support a Republican candidate on any level. We need much more progressive workplace laws to address creepy sounding employers like this.

[Anonymous]

Don't leave at noon-- leave at 11:30. Once the federal government lets out, there is going to be a cl@sterf@ck, especially if it is snowing.

Seriously now is the time to say "I'm putting in for 4 hours leave. I need to leave at 11:30 because I don't think I can get home safely if I leave any later." Put it in writing (ie, email it). If need be CC: their manager. No one really wants the responsibility of holding employees who are not absolutely essential, and then having them get into an accident.

[Anonymous]

you'll be fine. it takes a while for snow to accumulate. if for some reason it's really bad when you are about to leave - don't leave and shelter in place. but thats not what you wanted to hear. you wanted to hear - they are horrible and if you stay you're going to die!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't leave at noon-- leave at 11:30. Once the federal government lets out, there is going to be a cl@sterf@ck, especially if it is snowing.

Seriously now is the time to say "I'm putting in for 4 hours leave. I need to leave at 11:30 because I don't think I can get home safely if I leave any later." Put it in writing (ie, email it). If need be CC: their manager. No one really wants the responsibility of holding employees who are not absolutely essential, and then having them get into an accident.

OP here. They are the owners. There is no HR!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you'll be fine. it takes a while for snow to accumulate. if for some reason it's really bad when you are about to leave - don't leave and shelter in place. but thats not what you wanted to hear. you wanted to hear - they are horrible and if you stay you're going to die!!

FWIW a lot of local bus systems are already stopping service early afternoon. AKA WALKING IN THE FUCKING SNOW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I am working today until 6pm, then working tomorrow and Sunday from 6am til 6pm both days.
My employer is putting me up in a hotel so I dont have to drive but i still wont see my wife and 3yo for 3 days, all thanks to the blizzard.
Suck it up.

I am not a nurse, an EMT, a cop, or anything important.... you are lucky you have a hotel and I'm sorry you won't see your family but at least you WILL BE SAFE IN A HOTEL OR AT YOUR WORKPLACE.

I am one of the above and our work has 4 wheel drive vehicles pick us up.

Their lack of concern for your safety is appalling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your wife is a dick. So is your boss.

The difference is your wife should understand you are in a tough spot.

And f your boss is leaving early then just leave ten minutes after the does. Problem solved.

+1 what that guy said!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am truly disgusted and sick to my stomach right now. They won't let me leave. I already asked.

Don't ask. Put the request in writing/ email. Specifically state you feel leaving later is unsafe. Force them to approve or deny in writing. No one wants to get sued when you have an accident. No one wants to be the manager who said no and caused you to be in an accident. It would come back and hurt them too -- a lawyer (not practicing law or giving legal advice on the internet!! Just going with common sense)

[Anonymous]

Your spouse is right.

[Anonymous]

People are jerks. Our nonprofit is open today. A manager was complaining that one of the supervisors encouraged staffers who ordinarily don't have flexibility to work from home today if they chose. NOTHING we do is essential or even in the same universe as essential, and all the senior people have flexibility and are going to be nowhere near the office. Luckily the VP ignored the complainer and went on to issue the same guidance to ALL staffers. A little human decency goes a long way.

OP, who's in charge today if your bosses are out of the office? Can you appeal to their sense of reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you'll be fine. it takes a while for snow to accumulate. if for some reason it's really bad when you are about to leave - don't leave and shelter in place. but thats not what you wanted to hear. you wanted to hear - they are horrible and if you stay you're going to die!!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I am working today until 6pm, then working tomorrow and Sunday from 6am til 6pm both days.
My employer is putting me up in a hotel so I dont have to drive but i still wont see my wife and 3yo for 3 days, all thanks to the blizzard.
Suck it up.

I am not a nurse, an EMT, a cop, or anything important.... you are lucky you have a hotel and I'm sorry you won't see your family but at least you WILL BE SAFE IN A HOTEL OR AT YOUR WORKPLACE.

Your wife is going to be stuck alone with a 3 year old for 3 days? You are a terrible husband and father.

For pete's sake, my husband is traveling. He left the day of the blizzard knowing that it was coming and that he wouldn't make it back on Saturday as planned. He's bummed and I am too. I'll manage despite having a 3 year old and an older child. My husband is not terrible, nor is PP.

OP is in a tough spot. So sorry that I don't have any words of wisdom to add here. Just stay safe. Good luck to you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am truly disgusted and sick to my stomach right now. They won't let me leave. I already asked.

There is no "let" here. You are an adult.