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RandySF

(57,636 posts)
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 01:15 AM Oct 2015

Urban Outfitters asks employees to work for free

With the peak shopping season approaching, Urban Outfitters is asking its employees to pitch in a bit more on the weekends. But there's a catch: they won't get paid for it.

In an email obtained by Gawker this week, the Philadelphia-based retailer told salaried employees that it was looking for weekend volunteers to help "pick, pack and prepare packages" for wholesale and direct customers.

Urban Outfitters, which operates its namesake brand along with Anthropologie and Free People said it would be a great "team building activity." Employees can sign up throughout the five weekends during the busy month of October. The company will offer transportation and lunch to those willing to show a little team spirit.

Urban Outfitters told CNBC it "received a tremendous response" from employees.

"Many hourly employees also offered to pitch in — an offer which we appreciated, but declined in order to ensure full compliance with all applicable labor laws and regulations," a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement.


http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/08/urban-outfitters-asks-employees-to-work-for-free.html

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Urban Outfitters asks employees to work for free (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2015 OP
UO must have read those "history" books from Texas solar Max Oct 2015 #1
Salaried worker! Yep happens everywhere. yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #3
Boy you got that right. KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 #5
Urban Outfitters can shove it as far as I'm concerned. cpompilo Oct 2015 #2
They could do it ironically. nt U4ikLefty Oct 2015 #4
Cost control is so important in a deflationary environment. nt bemildred Oct 2015 #6
I detest the whole concept of "team building" SoCalNative Oct 2015 #7
What a "charming" way Sherman A1 Oct 2015 #8
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
3. Salaried worker! Yep happens everywhere.
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 02:10 AM
Oct 2015

If you want to ensure you get paid every hour then don't accept a salary position.

KentuckyWoman

(6,666 posts)
5. Boy you got that right.
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 02:51 AM
Oct 2015

Most salaried employees are not managers. They are "nonexempt" and should be getting paid overtime. It almost never happens but it's shocking how many salaried workers get screwed on wages and benefits.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
8. What a "charming" way
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 04:58 PM
Oct 2015

to solve your seasonal staffing needs......

Not a place I would have shopped in any event, but certainly will pass this along.

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