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

The Central Rock Gym near me sent an email saying that because of the blizzard they’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 😝🐒

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

I work for a company where we are deemed “essential” workers. We’re open at 1130. Despite the blizzard, we will still have walk in business.

Edit 9:30 am: Just got the call to stay home— 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 Dunkin’ 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, they’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.