Your workplace does not allow concealed carry. Do you still carry?

[Smoke]

Supposedly all HR can tell a prospective employer is your hire date , separation date , where you fired or resigned and are you eligible for rehire but I am also sure that the HR people in a given town in a given industry know each other at least professionally. So I assume that if I were terminated for a carrying a firearm against company policy that when my next employer checked my out they'd find out about it.

My rule if I carried against company policy would be to tell no one period. If one person knows everyone knows especially in an office.

 

[BC38]

Since we have to walk through metal detectors on the way in AND the way out, I obviously don't even try to carry at work.

 

[Old cop]

When I retired from active LE I went to work for the federal gov't at a fairly high level and travel was a big part of what I did. Weapons were expressly forbidden and any violation was a firing offense. Our offices were protected by armed security, all retired cops who I got to know. They told me if I wanted to carry they would look the other way but I did not want to lose a very good job and only carried "after 5 PM."

It was a difficult adjustment but I was fortunate enough to stay out of harms way until I could collect my second retirement. I've carried every day since being fully retired & will continue to do so until I'm just too old to take care of myself, if I live that long.

 

[Smitty357]

My work advised me that if i fail to show up with my weapon. I may very well end up without my job at the end of the day.

All of our customers as well as surrounding businesses know that we are a bunch of war veterans (not me, but the majority of my co-workers). And for some reason we are always on a conversation about guns in our shop, lol.

So far we have never had any problems in or shop or in any business near our shop. However, down the next block there have been several businesses robbed by those thugs.

But we do have a sign on our front door that says. "Carrying of firearms is allowed in our business by both our customers and our employees."

 

[Donn]

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but I'm genuinely interested to know what your thoughts are.

My workplace rules specifically state that carrying a weapon at work is a terminable offense. Or more appropriately, getting CAUGHT with a weapon at work is terminable.

Given that, do you still carry while at work?

The company I worked at had the same policy, firearms on company premises was grounds for immediate dismissal. I didn't have a CPL back then, but even if I did I wouldn't have carried on the job. Paying the bills and feeding the kids came first.

 

[Frizzman]

Other than during my LEO days, as far as anyone I worked for or with knew, I didn't own a firearm. I never discussed it with anybody in such an environment. I was fortunate that I never had the need to produce a firearm for defense while at a job...If I go to a place that prohibits firearms, I either leave or secure my firearm...If I ever carried one...somewhere off of that property. The environment where I consider working and the risks of that environment to my safety are major issues that factor into where I would seek employment...I wouldn't take a job in a place with high threats of fire or explosion, etc if I had a choice...

 

[Smoke]

My last job in the medical field was working for a doctor who told me the second day I was there that he wanted me to carry because there was an onsite pharmacy in the office. I knew good and well that if I ever did draw my gun to defend his drugs I'd be unemployed before the shell casing hit the floor. Only time I ever lied and told someone I was carrying when I wasn't.

FWIW when I interviewed for the position he asked me where I was working now and when I told him I was a Security Guard he lit up like a Christmas tree and asked if I had a gun. I said yes but I understood that there were places where a firearm was appropriate and places where it was inappropriate (I was trying to get a job). I watched the "what a dumbass" look cross the office manager's face when he said it. Should have known then and there it wasn't going to work out

 

[colts4u]

My work has a written policy which states that "the unlawful carrying of weapons is prohibited." Notice the word "UNLAWFUL?" I did. I have a permit so I figure it is allowed, and if I ever get diciplined for doing so I figure I might have a legal case.

You might have a case, or a box to pack your stuff in on your way out.
No matter what the circumstances are, the employer has the last word. Sure you can challenge it, let's say you win, and keep your job. How long do you think it will be before they find a way to get rid of a troublemaker? Unless you were hired to think, don't! just follow the rules.

47 years in industry.....I've seen about all of it, from both sides of the aisle.