Carnivore
Regular Member
Thats not a tough decision to make, you either want the income the job has to offer, or you want to look for another job that will allow open carry, Me Personally,,, I'd switch to ankle holster.
Don't forget that every prospective employer who calls your boss for a reference may hear "He carried a gun to work."
There's that misuse of "right to work" again.
Folks, please, look up "right to work." Please, make sure you know what the term means. Right to work laws prevent unions from forcing employees to join the union or pay the dues anyway.
This is a very good point. From the OP, boss said: "I want your resignation today unless you agree to not carry a weapon." [emphasis mine.]One more thing to consider, if you resign you don't get on unemployment for the next 99 weeks.
One more thing to consider, if you resign you don't get on unemployment for the next 99 weeks. If he fires you on the other hand you get to mooch for the next 2 years. That's a lot of bullets you can buy with those 'food stamp' cards. Hopefully the rabbit population isn't as diseased as when I lived up there so you can justify the purchase of raw food items.
Wow. Why are you people telling him to lay down?
It is NOT in the employee manual. I would stop carrying immediately, but DEFINITELY follow up with the next person up the food chain. If it isn't company policy you may get his decision over-ridden.
Zeke... Hello, are you there?
I hope his boss didn't make him resign from opencarry.org as well.
It's a very small percentage of people who are allowed to OC at work in the first place. While I'm sure you feel insulted and demeaned having the option taken away from you, welcome to the real world. Policy manual or not, notwithstanding any existing discrimination laws, if your boss tells you something, it becomes policy. The only recourse you have is to attempt a dialogue to determine what has changed and try to negotiate a resolution.
A few people have already mentioned this, but perhaps switching to CC while at work would be beneficial, at least until you get this problem resolved. Your boss sounds like a real piece of work. Opening a professional dialoge with him if possible would be best. Find out exactly what his issue is with you carrying openly.
I liked the idea of having him sign a piece of paper stating that he is personally responsible for your safety on the way to work, during work, and on the way home, and letting him know that you'd sue the ever-loving out of him if anything happened to you while you were disarmed. If you care about your job though I'd warn that this is probably a fast track to unemployment.
I guess it really boils down to how much you care about your job, whether or not you care if you piss off your boss, and how quickly you think you could recover if he fires you. Personally I wouldn't resign under any circumstances. If he wanted to fire me for carrying a pistol then he'd have to grow a pair of cajones and fire me, but I wouldn't quit just because he has some stupid issue.
why on earth would a boss sign anything? he's the boss. follow his directions or be fired. i think it's that simple
Geez, leave it alone, eye. Some folks are simply too thick skulled to figure it out, OK?
I think what he meant was a state such as Virginia where employment is "at will", meanig you OR your employer may terminate the employment with no notice at any time, for any reason.
Oh, and why are you pointing a gun at me?