Yay! Fingers crossed and good luck!!! Money is good :) The store is like a cross between Urban Outfitters, Ragstock, and H&M. There's definitely some very cute clothing items, and DEFINITELY some "I would seriously wear this for the 7 hours I'm working and then throw it in a corner and glare at it" items. XD
I still go to Michael's regularly and love the store as a whole, but at the time I lived in ND and was promised that, as the person who had a 7-hour drive to see family, would get preference to have the Wednesday before and the Friday after Thanksgiving off. Instead, NO ONE got EITHER day off (and seriously, it was a college town in the middle of nowhere), so I had to drive 14 hours round-trip in a horrible and incredibly stressful snowstorm because of shitty work in which I was paid $6.25/hour. I just wasn't able to forgive my boss for that and stubbornly avoided them.
BEFORE she was fired, the woman went as high up as she could in our company, even having to request special access to files that should be public to avoid this sort of thing, and contacted the Department of Human Rights and Services, and was basically told that while the language was ambiguous, the assumption is still "same-sex" = "domestic partners" and that as a het woman she has the option to marry and therefore doesn't deserve domestic partnership rights. Silly turnaround of discrimination, isn't it?
And now that she's fired, the language has been amended:
"Spouse
Definition of spouse is determine the meaning of the word “marriage” means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word “spouse” refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
Domestic Partner
Defined by the following criteria:
• We have a long-term committed relationship of mutual caring and responsibility for each other’s common welfare; • We intend to continue our relationship indefinitely; • We are: o Same sex adults; o Not legally married to another; o Each other’s sole domestic partner for at least the previous 12 months; o At least 19 years of age; o Legally capable to enter into a contract; and o Not related by blood closer than permitted by marriage law in our state of residence; • We share a residence; and • We are jointly responsible to each other for basic living expenses and have included with this Agreement documentation of at least two of the following: o A primary beneficiary designation to each other (e.g. will, life insurance). o Health case power of attorney for medical emergencies. o A significant joint asset (e. g. bank account, home, car). o A significant joint liability (e.g. loan, credit card, mortgage)."
So now there is absolutely no ambiguity. But I can assure you, she never meant to do anything illegal, and wouldn't have approached them with a serious question abotu her insurance had she have known she was doing something wrong! DUH!!! She purposely called attention to it; obviously she thought there was no issue.
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I still go to Michael's regularly and love the store as a whole, but at the time I lived in ND and was promised that, as the person who had a 7-hour drive to see family, would get preference to have the Wednesday before and the Friday after Thanksgiving off. Instead, NO ONE got EITHER day off (and seriously, it was a college town in the middle of nowhere), so I had to drive 14 hours round-trip in a horrible and incredibly stressful snowstorm because of shitty work in which I was paid $6.25/hour. I just wasn't able to forgive my boss for that and stubbornly avoided them.
BEFORE she was fired, the woman went as high up as she could in our company, even having to request special access to files that should be public to avoid this sort of thing, and contacted the Department of Human Rights and Services, and was basically told that while the language was ambiguous, the assumption is still "same-sex" = "domestic partners" and that as a het woman she has the option to marry and therefore doesn't deserve domestic partnership rights. Silly turnaround of discrimination, isn't it?
And now that she's fired, the language has been amended:
"Spouse
Definition of spouse is determine the meaning of the word “marriage” means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word “spouse” refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
Domestic Partner
Defined by the following criteria:
• We have a long-term committed relationship of mutual caring and responsibility for each other’s common welfare;
• We intend to continue our relationship indefinitely;
• We are:
o Same sex adults;
o Not legally married to another;
o Each other’s sole domestic partner for at least the previous 12 months;
o At least 19 years of age;
o Legally capable to enter into a contract; and
o Not related by blood closer than permitted by marriage law in our state of residence;
• We share a residence; and
• We are jointly responsible to each other for basic living expenses and have included with this Agreement documentation of at least two of the following:
o A primary beneficiary designation to each other (e.g. will, life insurance).
o Health case power of attorney for medical emergencies.
o A significant joint asset (e. g. bank account, home, car).
o A significant joint liability (e.g. loan, credit card, mortgage)."
So now there is absolutely no ambiguity. But I can assure you, she never meant to do anything illegal, and wouldn't have approached them with a serious question abotu her insurance had she have known she was doing something wrong! DUH!!! She purposely called attention to it; obviously she thought there was no issue.