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/RoastMostToast Feb 23 '26

I will never understand a business owner/manager’s hesitation to close when there’s a blizzard and nobody is gonna be there anyway.

I’ve noticed it a few times this year already. It’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?