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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, however this turns out, you need a new job! What type of work do you do? ie. bookkeeping, sales, marketing, etc.? We have a couple of openings at my office - which already told everyone to telework, starting last night!

Yes I do. Admin work. Leads are welcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, however this turns out, you need a new job! What type of work do you do? ie. bookkeeping, sales, marketing, etc.? We have a couple of openings at my office - which already told everyone to telework, starting last night!

Yes I do. Admin work. Leads are welcome.

Our salary range is not great. But we totally pay for your health insurance/dental, get lots of vacation, close the office for a week at Xmas! and don't make people work during blizzards and hurricanes.

What salary range are you looking for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, however this turns out, you need a new job! What type of work do you do? ie. bookkeeping, sales, marketing, etc.? We have a couple of openings at my office - which already told everyone to telework, starting last night!

Yes I do. Admin work. Leads are welcome.

Our salary range is not great. But we totally pay for your health insurance/dental, get lots of vacation, close the office for a week at Xmas! and don't make people work during blizzards and hurricanes.

What salary range are you looking for?

What is "not great" I don't ask for much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can I just leave without being fired?

Aren't they just saying this now, then at noon let everyone go?

I've seen this happen a hundred times. Whoever's at the top and on scene will call and arrange for everyone to leave. They won't want to be left, so after the big bosses exit, whoever is in the highest position is gonna make that call.

Also, things will look very different once the snow starts falling.

Worst case scenario: Take lunch and don't come back. (Got caught in traffic...was snow blinded...locked in parking lot...).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Since we are in DC odds are very strong that her bosses are liberals, and not even remotely conservative or republicans.

Not necessarily. My wife works for the House Clerk's office and they do not follow OPM rules. House Clerk employees are scheduled to stay today for regular hours (6 PM). The House Clerk is appointed by the Republican House Speaker.

That does not mean they tell them how to do their job. The office does.

[Anonymous]

My husband works in a 24 hour building (nothing critical). If the building is open, they are expected to put their hours in or LWP. Be grateful that you can leave at 3. Luckily he has his hours in or can go LWP but he, like many are working today. Its not snowing out so you should be fine given schools and fed gov't are out so roads should not be as busy.

[Anonymous]

God, what is wrong with some employers? I work for a huge corporation, and they sent out the following guidelines in preparation:

Any employee who feels that it is unsafe to travel may exercise one of the following options:
• Telework
• Offset work hours
• Use liberal leave, by charging time to Paid Time Off
• Take unpaid time off
• Discretionary Time Off

You should notify your manager if you plan to telework, offset work hours, use liberal leave, or take unpaid time off.

There was more, but the essential part is that you don't ask, you just tell them your intentions for today and the rest of the days for which the storms impact the area. We get these messages often, because there are offices in every state. It's really not hard to ensure your employees are safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Since we are in DC odds are very strong that her bosses are liberals, and not even remotely conservative or republicans.

Not necessarily. My wife works for the House Clerk's office and they do not follow OPM rules. House Clerk employees are scheduled to stay today for regular hours (6 PM). The House Clerk is appointed by the Republican House Speaker.

That does not mean they tell them how to do their job. The office does.

The House Clerk Karen Haas is keeping offices open due to the March for Life.

[Anonymous]

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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.

+1

Let me tell you a story.

Some years ago I was interviewing for a job at Bank of America. I flew into Charlotte and checked into my room. I set an alarm on my phone for 7am and went to bed. At 6am I got a wake up call, didn't think anything of it immediately and went downstairs for breakfast, where I ran into anther friend also interviewing. He joked that I had set up his wake up call and that's when we figured out the company had done so for us. Kind of weird - can't you trust candidates to get themselves up for an interview?

Fast forward to lunch - interviews are done and we are supposed to have lunch with employees. For whatever reason there aren't enough employees to have one at every table so I'm just eating lunch with other candidates. My flight was at 7pm though so I had lots of time to kill - I check to see if there are earlier flights, and there one at 4. Realizing I'm done for the day anyway, I go find the recruiter and excuse myself, thanking him for the opportunity to interview. He replies "Lunch isn't done yet, you can't leave". I explain there are no employees at my table, so there's little benefit to staying and I'd prefer to make the earlier flight. He repeats his assertion. Stunned and unsure what to do, I go back to the table. The other candidates are confused and perplexed by my story. It then dawns on me how ridiculous this is and I get up, wave goodbye to the recruiter and leave.

I got the job offer anyway (and turned it down).

They don't own you. Go.

[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.

You are an asshole.

[Anonymous]

OP you are an adult. What would you do if they asked you do something blatantly illegal and threatened to fire you if you didn't do it? My guess is that you'd refuse. Same idea here.

Your safety is more important, leave.

[Anonymous]

I would love for OP to get a new, better job, then come back and tell us who these assholes are.

[Anonymous]

Or just fake an excuse as others have said. They can't "make" you stay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WHy did you ask? When you ask you give people the opportunity to tell you no. You should have just informed them via writing as someone said earlier and moved on.

Forgiveness is more easily granted than permission.

[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.

How do you know OP is a man?