Thread regarding Follett layoffs

I have to buy my own water

There are a ton of things to complain about concerning Follett but this is not one of them. If you have drinking fountains down the hall then that qualifies as potable water for OSHA. I've never in my 35 years of retail jobs heard of companies providing water the way you are describing it in this post.

https://www.osha.gov/node/57095

Oh no! Follett forced to obey the law!??

Water for the hired help!!??

This will break the corporation!

From the OSHA website:
https://www.osha.gov/node/57095

Water is a basic human right.
Pennies for water in the store is going to break the company but the hundreds of thousands for VPs in the Ivory Tower is money well spent!

Yeah, water for the hired help in the stores! What an incredible expense!
Not like the VIPs in the Ivory Tower!
Of course they have water!

That's funny - what an unnecessary store expense.
Of all the issues in the store to complain about...

Seriously, many employees are worried about keeping their jobs and you’re worried about the water cooler. Just bring a couple of inexpensive bottles of water with your lunch each day.

https://www.osha.com/blog/water-requirements#:~:text=OSHA%20requires%20you%20to

My old store told us to stop paying for it years ago but we could buy bottled water in the summer because it was a a hot weather state

every other manager at my store for the past 20 years has provided drinking water until the new one took over

I was with follett from 2009-2023 and never had water provided. Is that really a thing?

HR isn't there to protect the employees it's there to protect the Ivory Tower.
Cheers!