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Urban Outfitters "work for free"
This place was just built, (last summer?) for $106 million. And most likely some pretty hefty tax forgiveness also. Thoughts on this please.
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100+ years of anti-labor, corporate brainwashing at it's finest !
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Besides a "work for free" business, it's also in a "tax free" zone. How nice.
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I'm not familiar with this company, what is its product(s)?
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Re: Urban Outfitters "work for free"
From the article, it says that they are asking salaried employees to volunteer to come in and help on the weekend. I don't see a problem with this, even if it was mandatory. They are salaried. Salaried positions pay a set guaranteed salary regardless of hours worked. Saying that they are 'working for free' is not true at all.
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It depends. If they made it mandatory, and the salaried employee had an employment contract, it may violate the terms of those contracts.
Even if it is, "voluntary", it really isn't. Emplyees who do not "volunteer" may rightly fear that it will affect their standing within the company or even endanger their employment status. It's coercion, and there's plenty wrong with that.
Also, do the salaried employees pack shipments as part of their regular duties? Salaried employees are salaried to perform certain duties,, they have a job description. If you are a buyer, sales associate, or work in the company's IT dept, and they "ask" you to pack shipments on the weekends,,,,, that's more than being asked to put in additional hours to accomplish your job. It's a different job altogether.
So, yea, they really are working for nothing. If Urban outfitters needs additional work done, they should pay people to do it. After all, if they are doing more business in October, it means that they are generating more revenue.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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I particularly like this line from the article:
"In addition to servicing the needs of our customers, it’s a great way to experience our fulfillment operations first hand. Get your co-workers together for a team building activity!" it says.
"Gee-willikers, could we bring our families along and they could enjoy a day shopping at Central Market in downtown Lancaster while we get together with co-workers and do some serious team-building?", said Phil Blitzflick, an accountant office employee in the Philly office. "Afterwards we could all meet at the Strasburg Railroad for a ride on Thomas the Train, drink soda pops, and have a slice of shoo-fly pie", Phil added.
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Why stop there?
No reason why the young ones can't pack orders, or even enjoy the thrill of driving a fork lift.
What fun!
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Why stop there?
No reason why the young ones can't pack orders, or even enjoy the thrill of driving a fork lift.
What fun!
Hey, you know, you might be on to something. There are these things called "agri-tourist" operations around here. It goes something like this: You and your family book a stay on a working farm, and while you are there you work on the farm............... milking cows, slopping hogs, feeding chickens, spearing tobacco, repairing fences, etc. People actually pay to do this and call it a vacation or maybe a ' family team-building' experience.
Now apply the same idea to staying and working in a warehouse with the family. This could be big.
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Just Fred wrote:
Why stop there?
No reason why the young ones can't pack orders, or even enjoy the thrill of driving a fork lift.
What fun!
Hey, you know, you might be on to something. There are these things called "agri-tourist" operations around here. It goes something like this: You and your family book a stay on a working farm, and while you are there you work on the farm............... milking cows, slopping hogs, feeding chickens, spearing tobacco, repairing fences, etc. People actually pay to do this and call it a vacation or maybe a ' family team-building' experience.
Now apply the same idea to staying and working in a warehouse with the family. This could be big.
That would give a new meaning to "packing for vacation".