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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
solar Max
(54 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)If you want to ensure you get paid every hour then don't accept a salary position.
KentuckyWoman
(6,666 posts)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.
cpompilo
(323 posts)U4ikLefty
(4,012 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)and corporate speak in general.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)to solve your seasonal staffing needs......
Not a place I would have shopped in any event, but certainly will pass this along.