Boss Prohibits Employees From Adjusting A/C In Unbearably Hot Workplace, Thread Offers Lots of Clever Advice

Lately, workers have been taking to social media to expose certain e-commerce behemoths for providing horribly dangerous working conditions. Some of the more disturbing posts include pictures of room temperature thermometers giving readings in the hundreds. You'd think that other companies would take this current moment as a cue to do better, but unfortunately this doesn't seem to be the case. One redditor recently made a post in r/antiwork complaining that their boss wouldn't let anyone touch the A/C, even though the indoor temperature was nearly 90℉. People in the comment section had some interesting suggestions.

Posted by Mel Dawn

“is there anything I can do? my boss won't answer me, it's 90° and it feels like I'm going to pass out” Posted by u/snwflkobsidian

Included in OP's post was an image of a thermostat whose temperature read 87℉ (30.5℃). Underneath the screen, someone had written “DO NOT TOUCH” in black marker.

The comment section

“I was literally just in a Home Depot with no AC and it was miserable.” said u/BillyTalent87.

“Probably made you want to rush your shopping too, didn't it? Stores lose money when they don't make the shopping environment comfortable.” said u/Amazing_Current5610.

“Red touches yellow, that'll chill a fellow” said u/Astute-Brute.

“White touches black, that's a heart attack.” said u/Clickrack.

“I work in a hospital & we tape hot packs to our thermostat.” said u/_sometimes_always_.

“OSHA goes off the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) which was last updated in 2016. There is no set temperature just recommendation to limit heat exposure and best practices. Also the business will usually be fined a minimal amount for failure to provide safe practices free from risk of heat exposure and the fine is very minimal. $100-300.” said u/GloomyDeal1909.

“Can't upvote this enough” said u/bwuffie.

“Google the specs, find the factory reset button” suggested u/OGablogian.

“Had a unit at a place where you could pop off the face of that module and behind were switches, used to be one that would lock it” said u/Estereddit.

“This, except leave them wired. Let the asshole manager spend a while trying sort that out.” said u/techdaddy321.

“Yeah but if they figure it out, they'll implement measures to prevent it or catch it happening again” said u/JaysHoliday42420.

“No my boss threw the fan we bought out a few weeks ago ‘because it looked cluttered and unprofessional’” said OP.

“Oh hell no. Call OSHA on his ass.” said u/TheMusicMan11.

“So for anyone in HR or otherwise reading this: The original post makes the manager look bad. This person getting fired or otherwise retaliated against instead of resolving the safety issue of overheating will make the entire company look bad. We will make sure of it.” said u/Maebure83.

“Seems like a great company; HR narcs to the store manager that there's some bad publicity on reddit, but won't tell the store manager they're not supposed to have a sweatbox environment for their employees.” said u/AmbitionSpecialist.