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originally posted by: MisterSpock
a reply to: trollz
Wait about a month, buy a prepaid phone with cash and call osha anonymously.
I informed her that I'd like to speak to the manager in question, at which point she immediately became angry and snapped at me and goes "TROLLZ...! Do you understand that I AM HUMAN RESOURCES!?"
originally posted by: FamCore
a reply to: trollz
It's nice you are able to include some humor, even though this is a frustrating situation for you. They sound shady.. I wouldn't want to work for a company like that anyway.
originally posted by: Mach2
Let's look at it from their perspective. An applicant for a menial position appeared physically I'll, and started whining, and complaining BEFORE even being hired.
Workman's Comp suit waiting to happen.
You wouldn't be happy there anyway. Move on, and before you go to OSHA, consider those that would lose their livelyhood, if you shut the place down.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: Mach2
Why would it shut the place down instead of forcing the owners to clean up their act.
The owners wouldn't want to shut it down either.
It being their livelihood too.
originally posted by: trollz
I spoke to one of the HR girls and told her what happened and that I wouldn't be able to accept that particular position due to having breathing trouble in that particular environment (I've never had any breathing trouble in my life, the place was just that disgusting).
I asked if there were any other positions within the company,
and made sure to ask if I'd be working mostly in an office area or if I'd have to be out in that warehouse area.
And then the HR woman called.
This woman, beginning politely, proceeded to tell me that the managers were concerned about me having had a bad experience in the warehouse area and that there weren't any positions available for me where I wouldn't have to be working in the warehouse
I'm not exaggerating when I say this place was filthy. I feel like what happened here was the company was afraid of me saying something to someone and getting them in trouble for violating some kind of health and safety law or something, so they're trying to scare me out of wanting to take the job. F*** it, I'm not working for those people. I'm not going to spend my days breathing filthy air contaminated with dust and mold and who knows what else - and for barely above minimum wage at that.
originally posted by: Themaskedbeast
a reply to: Sillyolme
He can take the job then call osha they will have to clean up and it is against federal law for an employer to try to discipline him for it if they are breaking federal law they will have to pay him
originally posted by: TinySickTears
you might be one of those dudes that starts on monday and wednesday you head to the bathroom to ditch your hard hat and boots and leave without telling anyone.
we would get 20 new dudes in on a monday and on thursday we would have 4 guys.
originally posted by: TinySickTears
he can call osha anytime he wants.
nobody knows they were breaking any kind of laws. all we know is he said it was filthy and disgusting.
that dont mean #.
ive heard all this # before. in conversation with people. my wifes brothers friend or something. man the place was so dirty i should have called osha.
more than likely the place is dirty but within regs and they just dont know # about what regs are.
originally posted by: Sheye
Just sayin... the OP had every reason to be concerned, and it was to his advantage that he didn’t get that job, in my opinion.