Can your employer tell you to remove...

[missj1975]

I would like to know what the bumper sticker says too. It is kind of hard to form an opinion when I don't even know the whole story.

 

[Yacht Club Family]

Did I miss whether or not it is a company car? If so, they have every right to say what's attached to it as it's company property not personal. If not, I'd say it depends on what it says. . . still waiting for that, though.

 

[shirleyb]

Someone in our employee parking lot had a sticker that said (and I'll try to censor it so as not to get points!) "Silly (rhymes with maggot) *%#$ are for chicks"

I imagine you can figure out what it said. Don't you think the employer would have the right to tell someone to remove that sticker, because otherwise, the employer could be charged by another employee of having a hostile workplace?

 

[bumbershoot]

That actually IS the case if you work for PepsiCo. I was there, working a freelance job. I went to take a swig out of my bottled water and my boss almost went nuts, making me toss out the bottle before anyone saw it. The brand, which might have been Dasani, I don't remember, was bottled by the Coca Cola company. Oops!

I found out, that when hired, each PepsiCo employee has to sign a form stating they will not buy, own, use, carry, etc. any products by their competitors. Furthermore, if their car is searched in the employee parking lot, or they have a family picnic and Coca Cola products are in their car or at the picnic, they could be fired. PepsiCo employees are representatives of PepsiCo even in off duty hours.

I'm sure Coca Cola has similar employee rules.

Possible that has changed, or if you were at headquarters maybe it's different than in the plants. Friend of ours is a die-hard coca cola person, but needed a job, and took a job with Pepsi. He brought a Coke every single day and drank it in the break room, and no one had a problem with it.

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

Did I miss whether or not it is a company car? If so, they have every right to say what's attached to it as it's company property not personal. If not, I'd say it depends on what it says. . . still waiting for that, though.

Doesn't really matter what it says.

It could say something as innocuous as

Purple Ponies Are Pretty​

If the boss doesn't like purple ponies, he is well within his rights to ask that the car promoting purple ponies not be parked in his driveway. It doesn't matter if everybody else thinks that purple ponies are pretty, the only opinion that matters is the owner of the property's opinion.

The boss did not ask her to remove the bumper sticker, only said that she might not be able to park in the driveway anymore. And he is within his rights to forbid the car in his driveway as long as the bumper sticker is on the car.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

The company my sister works for prohibts their employees from smoking in there personal vehicles while parked on company property. So I am not sure about a bumper sticker. Why are employers so anal about stupid stuff.

 

[CathrynRose]

Alright - we still dont know what it said.

Will you end the suspense already????

 

[Papa Deuce]

Does the employer own the parking lot, or just rent it?

 

[Cool-Beans]

What is the point of starting a thread about a bumper sticker and not mentioning what it says? Why not just tell everyone?

Unless it were wildly offensive, I wouldn't care what was on anyone's bumper sticker. I generally like ALL bumper stickers, as they provide entertainment at red lights. Very PRO on the Bumper Sticker Issue.

My favorite bumper sticker of all time was, "Where am I going and what am I doing in this handbasket?!?"

I saw one recently that said, "Rush is listening. Use big words." I'm not sure if that meant that Rush is smart enough that our diction need not be restricted in order to prevent excluding him or if it was trying to say that using them would prevent him from understanding what was being said, so we could speak freely without worrying about his feelings.

The former would be silly, as there is no real purpose to pointing out that someone can understand big words. Big whup. The latter would be silly, too...whether you like him or not, you have to know he has a decent vocabulary.

So, the Rush sticker had me stumped. But either way, it was food for thought at the traffic light.

 

[lillygator]

COME on OP, what the heck does it say?

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

oh wow! I never knew this could happen!!

 

[DISUNC]

Wow. They want to control your grocery list? That's just nuts. Remind me not to buy anything sold by PepsiCo.

This just reminded me, that at my old company we worked for 2 years too get a multimillion contract with OVERNIGHT DELIVERY COMPANY A.
Finally they said yes, and they wanted the contracts sent over night....the idiot Salesman shipped OVERNIGHT DELIVERY COMPANY A their new contracts via OVERNIGHT DELIVERY COMPANY B!!!!!!

Needless to say OVERNIGHT DELIVERY COMPANY A say to buzz off!!!!!!!!
The sad part about this story is that this Salesman became CEO 1 month later!




There is not enough info to make a call.
It could be a bumper sticker that says "Dentist Drill for Obama" and this is a dentist office and he is a GOP county big wig or something?

 

[Nancyg56]

Possible that has changed, or if you were at headquarters maybe it's different than in the plants. Friend of ours is a die-hard coca cola person, but needed a job, and took a job with Pepsi. He brought a Coke every single day and drank it in the break room, and no one had a problem with it.

Not where my DS works. He brought in a bottle of water from a competitor and the supervisor freaked out. He had to bring it out to the care, even an empty bottle was not allowed inside the facility. He has worked in two different facilities and the policy is the same in both.

ETA: He asked the supervisor to get the filter changed on the water cooler and explained that he does purchase what is on sale so he felt that if he was required to keep competitors brands off site the site should ensure clean drinking water. It was changed that day and there has never been an issue with water quality since.

 

[Nancyg56]

The company my sister works for prohibts their employees from smoking in there personal vehicles while parked on company property. So I am not sure about a bumper sticker. Why are employers so anal about stupid stuff.

My employer threatened the same thing. W had a no smoking policy within the building and a designated smoking area outside the building. There were ashcans available in the front of the building to dispose of cigarettes and plenty in the smoking area. There was no smoking in the front of the building where employees and clients needed to enter. After the facilities manager spent the better part of another morning cleaning butts off the grounds he put his foot down and sent a memo that if he had to utilize his staff one more time cleaning up after smokers there would be a strictly enforced no smoking policy on the entire property. There was a lot of complaining and people insisted that they could do whatever they wanted in their vehicles, They were told they could, however they would be parking those vehicles off site.

I have no idea if they were really going to implement that but do understand the frustration employers may have if their employees abuse the property with cigarettes. My employer paid a lot of money to keep the grounds nice and we all were encouraged to enjoy the property, there was a large outdoor dining area, plenty of grassy areas with large shade trees, several ball fields as well as a walking path for us, It was hard to enjoy some of them when you were circumventing butts all over the ground. And eating was no fun either. Walking into the building was nasty too because there was always a cloud. My employer finally decided enough was enough.

 

[CathrynRose]

My favorite bumper sticker of all time was, "Where am I going and what am I doing in this handbasket?!?"

My favorite one Ive ever seen was incredibly cheesy and lame but I couldnt stop giggling.

It looked like a big bandaid - and was slapped across a dent on the corner of the bumper and said "Ouch!"

STILL - no word on what it said, aye???

 

[dzorn]

DH works for an automotive company. Employees driving competitors vehicles are only allowed in certain lots and certain areas of those lots.

I must go with the crowd and say "what does it say"

Also think the boss is with in his rights to not allow it on property, but is the boss the company owner. If not I would ask for the company policy in writing so you would know for future reference. If the boss is not the owner then I would wonder if he personally does not care for it but it has nothing to do with company policy. If he is the owner just start parking off site.

Denise in MI

Denise in MI

 

[lillygator]

where is OP?

 

[CathrynRose]

where is OP?

 

[famofsix]

where is OP?

I think OP can only access the Internet at the job she was fired from

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

where is OP?

Her light is on, so she is logged in to the DIS.

Come On OP...What does the bumper sticker say?