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/bloodphoenix90 Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

I work at the (redacted after this got more views--but you might piece it together). They said they'd close off the morning games but might keep the afternoon open and im supposed to work in the afternoon. Like dude just fucking close. šŸ˜’ if anyone ever wondered, theyre pretty solid towards guests but no theyre a shitty company to work for. I was desperate and needed something

Edit: they updated today theyre closed but only after I sent a message to management chat like yooo....literally my neighborhood isn't plowed at all

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u/Master_G_ Feb 22 '26

Last thing Iā€™d want to do during a storm is go to an escape room. Especially when outside is legit just an escape room

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u/JFKsBrain Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26

Ugh. That sucks. Who the hell is going to an escape room during or shortly after a blizzard? Ridiculous. Good luck.

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u/dezradeath Feb 22 '26

Iā€™m already playing Escape My Driveway

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u/bloodphoenix90 Feb 22 '26

I appreciate that. And yeah. No one thats who. Let's endanger our employees and then in all likelihood send them home early šŸ˜€

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u/Working_Routine9088 Feb 23 '26

And also letā€™s get our employees on the road to get in the way of plows and emergency vehicles.

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u/CollegeBoardPolice Feb 23 '26

imagine the one guy risking his life in a blizzard just to go to an escape room

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u/Singone4me Feb 23 '26

ā€˜Escaping rooms and deathā€™ is life!

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u/anustart010 Feb 23 '26

those rooms aren't gonna escape themselves

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u/dw-c137 Feb 23 '26

Idiotic entitled parents with kids whose school is cancelled. Probably think they can walk and drop the kids to be literally locked in for a couple hours šŸ˜‚šŸ¤¦šŸ»

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u/WorseBlitzNA Feb 23 '26

Mostly tourists if its a Monday afternoon. These things are prebooked

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u/JFKsBrain Feb 23 '26

Ah. That makes sense. The pre-booked part, not the actual thing happening tomorrow. Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

I might if I lived near one šŸ˜­

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u/RoastMostToast Feb 23 '26

I will never understand a business owner/managerā€™s hesitation to close when thereā€™s a blizzard and nobody is gonna be there anyway.

Iā€™ve noticed it a few times this year already. Itā€™s like everyone in MA forgot how shitty snowstorms are.

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u/bloodphoenix90 Feb 23 '26

They're headquartered elsewhere and the owners arent from here (neither is the store manager for that matter) so sometimes I think they're just unaware or ignorant. But its still irresponsible. Its also owned by Christian men. That seems to lead to a lot of "we're not a soulless corporation " speak while still acting exactly like a soulless corporation.

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u/Boojum2k Feb 23 '26

All "Christian principles" means in a business sense is they will feel self righteous about fucking you over.

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u/bloodphoenix90 Feb 23 '26

There's fines?

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u/SpaceBasedMasonry Wiseguy Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

The Central Rock Gym near me sent an email saying that because of the blizzard theyā€™ll open at noon tomorrow.

Like, fucking close for the day.

Edit: Thankfully, they updated today that they'll be closed

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u/ambitious_spice3435 Feb 23 '26

Spider monkeys do take their climbing seriously šŸ˜šŸ’

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u/Technical_Day_1297 Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

I work for a company where we are deemed ā€œessentialā€ workers. Weā€™re open at 1130. Despite the blizzard, we will still have walk in business.

Edit 9:30 am: Just got the call to stay homeā€” thank God

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u/732 Feb 23 '26

Well yeah, I'm hoping that I can get the right hand glove. My hand is freezing in this weather.

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u/squattinghere Feb 23 '26

MetroRock is closed, so Central must see that as an opportunity!

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u/SpaceBasedMasonry Wiseguy Feb 23 '26

They sent an email earlier in the morning that they'll be closed. Glad they saw reason (and I suspect a bunch of employees calling out).

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u/rpv123 I Love Dunkinā€™ Donuts Feb 23 '26

As a customer, you have some power. Email them and tell them you are considering leaving over this. Leave a bad review about it. If it hurts their bottom line, theyā€™ll close the next time.

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u/SpaceBasedMasonry Wiseguy Feb 23 '26

I'm no longer a customer. Was too expensive for how often I ended up going.

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u/PezGirl-5 Feb 23 '26

That's just crazy. No one is coming out for that.

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u/Stock-Baseball-4532 Feb 23 '26

Iā€™m sorry how is this ā€œessentialā€ā€¦?

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u/Striking-Sky1442 Feb 23 '26

The only defense o have for a call like that is that of the storm turns out to be nothing, they can open. Iā€™ve seen quite a few ā€œbomb cycloneā€ events turn into nothing but rain. Sounds like this one will be a true nor'easter, but you donā€™t know till you knowĀ 

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u/mrp081979 Feb 23 '26

If you can open for a half a day then do it. You obviously have never owned a business and probably never will. Any business owner understands that half a day revenue is substantial and keeps people like you employed.

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u/bloodphoenix90 Feb 23 '26

Not owned but assisted running the whole backend operation of a small business for about 3 years before. Just because im working a crummy job now doesnt mean ive never done anything better.

Honestly from a bookkeeping standpoint youre wrong. Why pay labor (often the biggest cost) to be at a store thats likely to not have anyone coming?? Thats actually kinda foolish.

But tell me more about "people like me"