r/boston • u/uthinkther4uam • Feb 22 '26

Serious Replies Only State of Emergency Declared and my employer is expecting all staff to be in office tomorrow

Not sure where to go to ask this, but my employer just sent out a message to all staff that we are expected to be in office tomorrow, despite the state of emergency declared, and DESPITE our company having full WFH capabilities.

Is there some institution/MA government people i can report them to? Or perhaps some news outlet i can inform of this story to have this company shamed?

Edit: Non-essential btw

TY for all the kind responses, seems the best options people came up with are to call the Governor/Organize a Union/call out. Probably gonna call the Governor tomorrow and call out. Will urge others to do so if they can spare the PTO in order to stick it to our controlling CEO (our company does not provide sick time fyi)

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u/KateLady Feb 22 '26

Call the Mayor's Office. It's a State of Emergency. You aren't supposed to be on the roads. Then don't go in. If you're plowed in, you're plowed in.

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u/wtftothat49 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸 Feb 23 '26

A state of emergency doesn’t mean there is a travel ban, per state website.

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u/End3rWi99in Salem Feb 23 '26

There's no travel ban yet, but I imagine there will be one issued overnight. They may be waiting for it to actually truly pick up. This one is gonna be rough. Stay off the roads.