My workplace is currently going to be doing a store remodel this winter.
I work In the office pt, and as a cashier pt. One day the office manager quietly pulls me aside and says that some days when I’m in the office and it’s slow, I will be working downstairs moving shelves etc. Helping with the big move. They are basically moving all the 21 departments around, painting and putting up new shelving. Huge project. At the time she didn’t ask and just told me that I’d be doing it. I said yes I can, and don’t mind but now I’m thinking about it, is that ok for them to be using their staff to remodel the store? Or should they be hiring externally? If so, how do I deal with letting them know I would only do it if they are compensating me for it?
We also had another store built this spring and they asked a few of my coworkers to clean out the building on hands and knees lol
Anyways you guys get the point, can and how do I refuse it, and is it legal they are asking this of us?