0% nicotine not allowed on work property!! HELP
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A company can fire anyone for any reason at any time -- that's the beauty of being the employER instead of the employEE. And whatever they may SAY is the reason, may just be window dressing; they can fire you for any reason, and say anything they like about why. They can even bide their time after they've decided to fire you, just to obscure their actual reason.
Someone vaping 0mg will not suffer any physical withdrawal from abstaining -- but I think we all know that there is a LOT more to the "need" than mere physical addiction, or else those stupid patches would have worked a LOT better. So I think saying "you don't need it anyway" is a rather rude and disingenuous argument; abstaining even from 0mg vaping might cause a severe deficit in attention-span and productivity, and unfortunately there is no placebo for 0mg vaping -- 0mg vaping IS the placebo.
But the fact remains that there is very little that can be done about this, short of leaving that employment and finding another, which is a long way from being as easy as it sounds nowadays. If you make a huge fuss, then they may just fire you to get rid of the fuss. You could send letters to HQ in an attempt to get someone sane to actually look at the situation and evaluate it on its merits, but again, probably not going to change anything -- because how does the company know for sure, if they see someone vaping, whether there is nicotine in it or not? People can say anything. They can pour 36mg into a 0mg marked bottle at home. If the company is determined to take an ignorant and bullheaded stance, then one has to decide if one values one's job enough to put up with it, keeping in mind that jobs are not easy to find these days, and good jobs even rarer. It's an employer's job market.
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Someone vaping 0mg will not suffer any physical withdrawal from abstaining -- but I think we all know that there is a LOT more to the "need" than mere physical addiction, or else those stupid patches would have worked a LOT better. So I think saying "you don't need it anyway" is a rather rude and disingenuous argument; abstaining even from 0mg vaping might cause a severe deficit in attention-span and productivity, and unfortunately there is no placebo for 0mg vaping -- 0mg vaping IS the placebo.
But the fact remains that there is very little that can be done about this, short of leaving that employment and finding another, which is a long way from being as easy as it sounds nowadays. If you make a huge fuss, then they may just fire you to get rid of the fuss. You could send letters to HQ in an attempt to get someone sane to actually look at the situation and evaluate it on its merits, but again, probably not going to change anything -- because how does the company know for sure, if they see someone vaping, whether there is nicotine in it or not? People can say anything. They can pour 36mg into a 0mg marked bottle at home. If the company is determined to take an ignorant and bullheaded stance, then one has to decide if one values one's job enough to put up with it, keeping in mind that jobs are not easy to find these days, and good jobs even rarer. It's an employer's job market.
Andria
Unfortunately, you're screwed. It's their company, they set the policy. Despite the fact that the policy makes no sense and is unfair to you, it's their company and they make the rules. Now, depending on which state you live in, a company may be able to fire you for no reason at all. I live in Texas, and it's that way here, as long as the company isn't using discriminatory reasoning as a means.
They always say the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and to some degree that's true, but if a wheel squeaks too much, or starts making legal threats, they get rid of the wheel and find a quiet one that doesn't cause friction. Anyone is replaceable.
Yep, the policy blows and seems that it wasn't thought out very well, but it's still their policy. As I'm sure your HR manager will tell you, if you don't like it, find another job. It's probably in your best interest to bite your tongue and vape off property.
They always say the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and to some degree that's true, but if a wheel squeaks too much, or starts making legal threats, they get rid of the wheel and find a quiet one that doesn't cause friction. Anyone is replaceable.
Yep, the policy blows and seems that it wasn't thought out very well, but it's still their policy. As I'm sure your HR manager will tell you, if you don't like it, find another job. It's probably in your best interest to bite your tongue and vape off property.
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The company I work for bundles vapor with cigarettes in their policies, and quarantines both together in a special shaming area. I try to just stay under the radar - I disagree with them - but don't see a need to start a revolution just yet.
That's just ignorant. I have had people on sidewalks stop me and tell me I'm polluting their air. Really? The general public needs to get educated. Vaping is the best thing since, well, ever. We smokers finally have a solution. Plus we smell better 
Or stealth vape in the bathroom -- since someone evidently did point out that there are no cameras in the bathroom.
If you hold the vapor in, no one will even know, they'll just think someone sprayed a nice air freshener. (ETA: use very-high-PG -- it makes less vapor!)Andria
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