Company demands employees pay for branded clothes, then forbids everyone from wearing them on shift: 'Wait, you thought you could actually wear the uniforms you paid for?'

Many workplaces force their employees to pay for the uniform they must wear to work, but you don't hear a lot about a workplace that forces employees to pay for clothes and then forbids them from wearing them.

Yet that is exactly what the corporation below did. Workers at a restaurant received a message from corporate stating that they will order winter gear for staff and that every worker must pay for their own clothing. We're talking jackets, hoodies. fleeces, every single item costing around $40, which employee have to pay for out of their own pockets.

While it can be quite a costly expense, it is not unheard of for workers to have to pay for their own uniforms, so the employees complied and ordered the required clothes.

When the clothes arrived, corporate started singing a different tune. All of a sudden, the winter gear is not approved as part of the uniform. Employees cannot wear the clothes they paid for during their shifts; they can only wear them while they are off duty. Basically, the corporation wanted employees to promote the restaurant while they were off, and to do so at their own expense. The store management claimed they had no idea that this was the corportation's plan, but of course, by this point, it was too late, since no worker could get a refund, and everyone had to find another use for the gear they spent their hard-earned money on.

The audacity…

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"Wait, you thought you could actually WEAR the uniforms you paid for?"

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What would you have done if you found yourself with clothing advertising a workplace that tricked you into spending your hard-earned money on them? Would you have worn them to work anyway, or would you have found another use for them so that your money won't go to waste?
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