As Hurricane Milton prepares to circumcise the United States, please remember your job isn't worth it. If your area is under an evacuation order, please evacuate, even if your shitty job is telling you to stay and show up for work. Please stay safe.
At will employment. Even if it is illegal they could fire you the next day with no repercussions as long as they don't say, "I'm firing you for (ABC illegal reason)". You'd be surprised how often employers fuck that up and get sued successfully.
I'd imagine it is illegal or at the very least that you don't have to obey that them telling you to stay put. It could be that the companies don't give a shit either way
It's possible that they're just parroting their own boss' bullshit out of fear for losing their own job. It never hurts to give them fair warning. But it remains for them to be smart and brave enough to defy their boss and leave.
One of the first lessons I learned is it's better to take the half day then wait for management to let you go.
Office will keep you there until the roads close before letting you go home. But then how do you go home?
When I lived in South GA, and we were expecting snow for the first time in 5 years, I begged bosses to let us go before it got there. I lived less than 10 minutes from work and used to live in Michigan...but we know what to expect. They said things will be fine.
Look Florida is obviously an injured limb that's festering. It needs to be amputated and Milton signed up for the job. We tried to offer it to Helene but she decided to take a mountain vacation during this sprint.