laurajess1
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? california
My boyfriend has been working for this RIDICULOUSLY strict company since March. We are currently living in CA but both from the east coast.
We are migrating back east at the end of August (which neither of our employers knows yet) but that's about the only thing that keeps him going everyday. Knowing it will soon be over.
When he was hired he was told about thier policy with piercings. If they don't show, you can keep them in. Male or Female... you cannot show ANY piercings.
He has a pretty big tongue ring and wears it everyday. HOWEVER, he also has two diamond studs (one in each ear) that he's been having to remove every morning and replace everynight.
Last week he started noticing (quite frequently) that various women thorughout the company were sporting earrings themselves... even DANGLY ONES. So this morning he put his earrings in and said, i'm going to weart them until someone tells me to take them out. We both thought "Damn the man! No one would REALLY say anything"...
Obviously you can see where this is going, he got a notice about a meeting with his supervisor asking him why he had them in. My BF flat out said, i saw other people wearing them. His supervisor asked him "who?"... BF told him (the list included a woman with alot of status in the company).
His supervisor, then said "yeah it's only men who can't wear them"
BF says: "that's illegal"
Boss says: "if HR hears you say anything with the word illegal, they'll find a way to fire you and state it as another reason"
do we have ANY options?
They have been so far out of line on more than one occassion!!
I know most people would probably say "oh just let it go" but... COME ON! THIS IS CRAZY!
My boyfriend has been working for this RIDICULOUSLY strict company since March. We are currently living in CA but both from the east coast.
We are migrating back east at the end of August (which neither of our employers knows yet) but that's about the only thing that keeps him going everyday. Knowing it will soon be over.
When he was hired he was told about thier policy with piercings. If they don't show, you can keep them in. Male or Female... you cannot show ANY piercings.
He has a pretty big tongue ring and wears it everyday. HOWEVER, he also has two diamond studs (one in each ear) that he's been having to remove every morning and replace everynight.
Last week he started noticing (quite frequently) that various women thorughout the company were sporting earrings themselves... even DANGLY ONES. So this morning he put his earrings in and said, i'm going to weart them until someone tells me to take them out. We both thought "Damn the man! No one would REALLY say anything"...
Obviously you can see where this is going, he got a notice about a meeting with his supervisor asking him why he had them in. My BF flat out said, i saw other people wearing them. His supervisor asked him "who?"... BF told him (the list included a woman with alot of status in the company).
His supervisor, then said "yeah it's only men who can't wear them"
BF says: "that's illegal"
Boss says: "if HR hears you say anything with the word illegal, they'll find a way to fire you and state it as another reason"
do we have ANY options?
They have been so far out of line on more than one occassion!!
I know most people would probably say "oh just let it go" but... COME ON! THIS IS CRAZY!