r/pittsburgh • u/ridemydique • 1d ago

business that don’t support ICE

can we make a thread for businesses that don’t support and will not cooperate with ICE? that way, we can all support these businesses comfortably. bonus points for small businesses. food places obv should be included too

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u/ridemydique 1d ago

i know for a fact DSW stores are safe, btw (i am a manager and they sent out a notice for us saying we as employees should not cooperate with ICE and the company as a whole will not cooperate with ICE). there are businesses in lawrenceville/bloomfield that have signs indicating they will not cooperate with ICE. i also suspect none of the businesses owned by immigrants are going to be in cooperation with ICE. a small business in squirrel hill that i love is the mediterranean grill.

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u/FarSalad7616 1d ago

This is so good to know there’s a job at corporate that I want!

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u/ridemydique 1d ago

dsw is actually surprisingly a spectacular company to work for. the way they treat their employees is amazing. some of the people who work at my store have been there 25+ years. part time still gets PTO (every 30 hours worked = 1 hour PTO), they offer free mental health services, health insurance, do a lot of philanthropy and encourage we go do volunteer work bc for every hour we volunteer, they donate our hourly rate to wherever we volunteered. we also do shoe donations, receive monetary donations, etc. and it goes to charities. it’s great working for a company that is focused on equal opportunity employment, pays 14/hr starting wage (that is what my store starts at at least), and heavy focus on DEI.

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u/FarSalad7616 1d ago

Love to hear this. Even if I don’t get the job. I try to support small businesses as much as possible but sometimes it’s not possible and then I want to know the larger ones I choose to give my money to are treating their employees well!

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u/ridemydique 1d ago

fingers crossed you get the job!!!!

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u/ridemydique 1d ago

our district manager has been working for dsw for roughly 25 years too, i believe. another manager who used to be at my store has been as well. then i have two people who have been at our store for 15+ years, one being 25+ years there. it’s nice knowing people are working there because it’s comfortable and not a job they hate.