Angry clothing store employees walk out of job, post scathing note to 'abusive boss'
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Nice. It would be better if they could spell "role".
Unless this freak was having his way with baked goods, then it's ok.
Unless this freak was having his way with baked goods, then it's ok.
Their little school yard trick, would suggest most likely they were crappy employees.
Funny, crappy employees don't usually quit. They usually cling to their jobs fearful of never getting another.
In my experience it's the good employees who have the confidence to walk, knowing that they can easily find another job just as good elsewhere.
I tend to agree Fuji. Surely they had jobs lined up elsewhere. Before anyone pulls such a stunt, you must be absolutely sure that such an antic won't haunt you down the road, and that you have all your bases covered.
I have seen letters from employees to their bosses after quitting complaining about things, but in a respectful way.
Of course they are! Good employees never rock the boat. Good employees take all the abuse hurled at them. And good employees never, never ever ever never never in a million years ever do anything collectively.
Too funny. Here's a guy with no clue. I guess it's ok to abuse employees in your book. You must be one hell of an employer to even think the way you do.
Good some bosses deserve it ...I highly doubt it will effect them getting another job most wish they could tell there boss to stop mistreating them bad anyways
kudos to Nikki Jess and TJ
kudos to Nikki Jess and TJ
Hate to say this but reading the sign that the employees put out, it seems to me that it's a case of workplace violence. In this case, the perpetrator of the violence is allegedly the owner.
Workplace violence and harassment is outlawed in Ontario by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. People in some occupations, such as clerks in smaller retailers, are more vulnerable and at greater risk of being involved in incidents of workplace violence and harassment.
On a specific point mentioned in the poster put up by the employees on the store window, the employees are alleging that the employer or the owner stated "Cancer is no excuse". This alleged statement seems to be connected to another workplace issue: the right of workers to have sick time, if they are eligible. (All of us are eligible for 10 days of personal emergency leave each year in Ontario under the Employment Standards Act. Our employer must, however, has to have at least 50 full time employees; all part-timers and casual are counted as "one (1) employee".
It is doubtful that any of the employees in this retail store qualify for the 10 days of personal emergency leave, as they're probably just part-timers or casual workers.
In the case, as in this one, the employer has allegedly told a worker he can't have a day off WITHOUT PAY because of an employee saying he/she has cancer, the employer simply has the right to ask the employer for a doctor's note saying he's suffering from cancer.
But that is no excuse for being "abusive" to an employee.
Fuji is right. Confident, good employees will not tolerate abuse of any kind and should walk out knowing they can find something else.
And just in case some of you readers out there think I'm just talking from my "academic" armchair about Ontario laws covering occupational health and safety and employment standards, I have personal experience, in a white- collar environment and in a middle-level professional position , of being "abused" by my manager with inappropriate abusive language.
Workplace violence and harassment is outlawed in Ontario by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. People in some occupations, such as clerks in smaller retailers, are more vulnerable and at greater risk of being involved in incidents of workplace violence and harassment.
On a specific point mentioned in the poster put up by the employees on the store window, the employees are alleging that the employer or the owner stated "Cancer is no excuse". This alleged statement seems to be connected to another workplace issue: the right of workers to have sick time, if they are eligible. (All of us are eligible for 10 days of personal emergency leave each year in Ontario under the Employment Standards Act. Our employer must, however, has to have at least 50 full time employees; all part-timers and casual are counted as "one (1) employee".
It is doubtful that any of the employees in this retail store qualify for the 10 days of personal emergency leave, as they're probably just part-timers or casual workers.
In the case, as in this one, the employer has allegedly told a worker he can't have a day off WITHOUT PAY because of an employee saying he/she has cancer, the employer simply has the right to ask the employer for a doctor's note saying he's suffering from cancer.
But that is no excuse for being "abusive" to an employee.
Fuji is right. Confident, good employees will not tolerate abuse of any kind and should walk out knowing they can find something else.
And just in case some of you readers out there think I'm just talking from my "academic" armchair about Ontario laws covering occupational health and safety and employment standards, I have personal experience, in a white- collar environment and in a middle-level professional position , of being "abused" by my manager with inappropriate abusive language.
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Really? Employees are abused and it can come back and bite the employees in the ass? Guess again. This could bite the owner in the ass as he may find he can't get employees to work for him anymore, or at least not good ones.
Having a store manager, a co-manager and a key holder quit all at the same time shows that it is the owner who is at fault here. They are not just regular little employees making some cash during the summer. Clearly this boss was a dick. The kind that wants his store to run, make money and never have to be there to do anything himself. Ok - so a bit of an assumption but I have seen it too many times.
What I don't understand is the fine for not being open??? If it is his store and he doesn't want to open, how can he be fined for that?
What I don't understand is the fine for not being open??? If it is his store and he doesn't want to open, how can he be fined for that?
It is a clause in the lease with most malls.
Your store must be open the same hours that the mall is.
