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hotrod0808

(323 posts)
6. Ohioan here
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 05:44 PM
Apr 2020

My employer is itching to reopen. We make glasses for the home & business. They have called me three times to come back to work because they say that stores are going to give our shelf space away if we don't fill their orders.

I find this difficult to believe. Our two biggest customers are WalMart & a restaurant supply company. Neither have our product flying off of the shelves. This, and other mitigating circumstances lead me to believe that they just want to protect their own bonuses for the month, and convince shareholders that our business is just fine.

Oh, and in all three calls the made to me, I asked if they would provide masks for us, if they had COVID ests available, and if they would provide cleaning solution to sanitize our forklift controls. Their answers were no, no, and no.

There will be another bump in COVID here because I fear most other Ohio companies will treat their employees in a similar fashion.

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