Comments on: Friday Soapbox: Un-Hired! Are You Kidding Me…..

By: Lisa Fischer

Lisa Fischer — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:30:43 +0000

I’m with ’75 in reporting them. ’88 needs to do that on his own since he was the party that was “wronged.” The Better Business Bureau could also be contacted (for what that’s worth). Behavior like that is unprofessional and inexcusable. Negative word of mouth is perhaps the most powerful tool in your box. Bad press is very hard for a company to overcome if it’s done objectively. Unfortunately this experience is a hard lesson learned, but ’88 is smarter and wiser because of it now.

By: theycallmejane

theycallmejane — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:26:33 +0000

And I’m with Fae. Please report this, ’88. It’s not so much about causing waves as it is protecting the next unsuspecting “un-hired” person. ‘Cause you KNOW it’s going to happen again.

By: faemom

faemom — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:42:17 +0000

’75 beat me, but that’s what I get for coming in late. I know ’88 doesn’t want to cause waves, but the labor board should know about this. They may even compensate him. And if that doesn’t interest him, tell him that he’s probably not the only one that they took advantage of and will again unless stopped. The CA labor board take this stuff very seriously.

By: carol

carol — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:25:33 +0000

Wow! That is crap. I’ve got two sons (ages 20 and 18) both working retail this holiday season. Luckily, other than working them like dogs, nothing as bad as that has happened to them. The older one worked two years ago at a certain store that is associated with the color red and big red dots, THAT job was insane and he ended up not staying at it very long. It makes my blood just boil at how this company’s do business and treat their employee’s. The red store stayed juuuuuuuust legal enough that there was nothing anyone could do about it.

By: '75

'75 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:16:36 +0000

Ok, everyone make a pact….. No shopping there for the holidays. Only bath and body works if you gotta. How about that?

By: Yaya

Yaya — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:13:21 +0000

What?? That is a load of crap. Wow. Stupid Body Shop.

By: '75

'75 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:36:05 +0000

I would do it for the money that you could have earned, and the fact that it was illegal to make you work for free. I wouldn’t want it to happen to anyone else…. Plus the time wasted that you could have gotten another job earlier in the end. They don’t learn unless you make them pay. $$$$.

By: insider53

insider53 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:23:56 +0000

You know I won’t beat her but I want to, I really want to. :D

By: '88 THE DJ

'88 THE DJ — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:02:16 +0000

The thing is Mom and sis, and this is the first time I’ve written, I don’t really wanna go far with everything. All the legal crap, I’m not down. Yeah, asking me about my sexual preference was pushing a line (which I’m talking to an amazing girl right now so screw them) but I have too much going on that’s good for me that I don’t want the drama or all the legal issues. So, if you want to beat the hell out of her go ahead, I don’t hit girls. I will say one thing……when someone like that calls you to tell you some news like that, it does suck really bad…..but when they call you DURING A SET (while I was DJ-ing) that’s a whole new story. Body Shop so not worth it this season. LOL

By: '75

'75 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:24 +0000

Ps have him go into bath and body an apply for stock or customer service position. He will get treated right and they hire like 20 people for Xmas if it isn’t too late.