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laundry_queen

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53. It's a very common tactic

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 09:25 PM

Oct 2015

It's happened at a few places I've worked at. I once worked at a large fishing equipment store and they were always asking us to volunteer at this derby or that derby. I resisted for quite some time, before someone let me know management was 'concerned' with my lack of 'team spirit' because derbies were about 'fun and relaxation'. So I went (to an ice fishing derby and got frostbite on my feet). ugh. it was a 12 hour day of serving people food, weighing fish, keeping track of teams etc. No pay. It sucked ass.

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Urban Outfitters parent company asks employees to work for free [View all] demmiblue Oct 2015 OP

Someone needs to report them to the labor board...nt joeybee12 Oct 2015 #1

A salaried employee who is FLSA exempt isn't entitled to overtime pay Major Nikon Oct 2015 #17

i saw that as well as a salaried employee youre paid on a 24 basis saturnsring Oct 2015 #21

Yes, it's pretty much up to the employer's discretion Major Nikon Oct 2015 #24

But they're doing work that should be done by others... joeybee12 Oct 2015 #23

It's not just supervisors Major Nikon Oct 2015 #25

You can't just have someone volunteer in another department joeybee12 Oct 2015 #27

Kinda hard to sue an employer when there's no violation of the law Major Nikon Oct 2015 #33

Bingo! Dustlawyer Oct 2015 #28

How would it be any different than if they had ordered the employees to do it? Major Nikon Oct 2015 #34

It won'y be promotion as much as the yearly pay raise of 1.5% vs 1.0% for the non volunteer. LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #37

Behold the magic power of "And other duties as assigned". (nt) jeff47 Oct 2015 #40

However they must make more than $455 per week. SteveG Oct 2015 #60

My qualifier makes that assumption along with all the others you listed Major Nikon Oct 2015 #61

Shouldn't the CEO be leading by example, in this regard? villager Oct 2015 #2

How about the idiots that came up with this idea work for free? hobbit709 Oct 2015 #3

lots of companies have been doing this for decades, like UPS. worst company out there. hollysmom Oct 2015 #5

If they tried that with me it would be "Pay me or I'm outa here" hobbit709 Oct 2015 #6

easier said than done, hollysmom Oct 2015 #13

I always worked hourly. I never wanted to be a stuporvisor type. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #18

I would say, "Pardon me? 'Work for fee?' Sure, I'll work for fee!" KansDem Oct 2015 #14

I'm ready to step up and help out by not purchasing their goods. bluedigger Oct 2015 #4

Me too! workinclasszero Oct 2015 #52

I luckally I can't afford the slave made dreck they sell olddots Oct 2015 #7

How many are afraid to not comply out of fear of losing their job? Solly Mack Oct 2015 #8

It's a very common tactic laundry_queen Oct 2015 #53

Just another way to treat workers like dirt. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #56

It wasn't the first time laundry_queen Oct 2015 #57

Exactly. And it's a double shaft - coercing those workers to work for free or lose jobs suffragette Oct 2015 #67

WTF! I'll encourage my daughter not to shop there. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #9

And corporatist sociopaths are saying... gregcrawford Oct 2015 #10

I'm shocked. Shocked! </sarc> KamaAina Oct 2015 #11

Gap, PA? KamaAina Oct 2015 #12

What complete and total assholes. yardwork Oct 2015 #15

Are there any questions? Aerows Oct 2015 #16

Geez, with that salary, you'd think this asshole could get a haircut and some clothes Nay Oct 2015 #39

When did bosses become such base animals! wolfie001 Oct 2015 #19

It used to be that the definition of chutzpah hifiguy Oct 2015 #20

I hope you'll delete your rape advocacy comment. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2015 #63

Wow. zentrum Oct 2015 #22

As a salaried employee ryan_cats Oct 2015 #26

everyone sing along olddots Oct 2015 #29

Must be hard for them to work there while walking around with a 2X4 stuck up their asses. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #30

in a pigs eye allan01 Oct 2015 #31

When my sons were much younger, SheilaT Oct 2015 #32

GFY is the only I can think of here 4dsc Oct 2015 #35

Maybe the 5 execs could offer some of their salary totalling over 12 million. valerief Oct 2015 #36

They have big balls to be asking them to work for free. Unknown Beatle Oct 2015 #38

A Union shop would not allow this. PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #41

I hope that Bernie's union bill gets passed by Congress. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #48

Hell, my employer did that for years... SoapBox Oct 2015 #42

As a team building exercise, grab your pitchforks hughee99 Oct 2015 #43

My boss is doing something like this - at a government job (college) MillennialDem Oct 2015 #44

Talk to an attorney. I can't comment on your specific situation, but a lot of attorneys, especially JDPriestly Oct 2015 #47

Are you sure that means they work for free? JDPriestly Oct 2015 #45

Article said SALARIED employees groundloop Oct 2015 #49

Sorry. If the employees are salaried, the employer could probably simply tell them when to JDPriestly Oct 2015 #59

Urban Outrageous! n/t GreatGazoo Oct 2015 #46

That's really bad. Renew Deal Oct 2015 #50

Every salaried employee who works for free is stealing money from an hourly worker. procon Oct 2015 #51

Time for a union GoneOffShore Oct 2015 #54

LOL, this company is something else ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2015 #55

Well I guess it all depends on if you like your job and company. dilby Oct 2015 #58

uh huh..,that's what they're asking'...free labor from salaried employees. ret5hd Oct 2015 #69

I make more than I ever did hourly. dilby Oct 2015 #70

If you expect me to work for free, fuck you. Initech Oct 2015 #62

Anthropologie, Free People, and Urban Outfitters - TBF Oct 2015 #64

How do people know it's not directed at lazy ass middle management? snooper2 Oct 2015 #65

Urban Outshitters: Selling Thrift Store Clothes at Saks 5th Prices! HughBeaumont Oct 2015 #66

K&R hedgehog Oct 2015 #68