Black Friday sales are officially set to begin in just two days, and though several people are gearing up to line up at their favorite stores and grab big deals on electronics, toys, home goods, apparel and other things, retail employees are gearing up for the one work day they despise most each year.

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While stores are offering hundreds of huge discounts and deals to get shoppers to come to their stores and spend their hard-earned dollars, those who choose to shop when stores open up on Thanksgiving Day may be forgetting one important thing-the impact on those who work for these companies.

But why exactly is Black Friday one of the worst shopping days of the year for retail employees?

1. Though shoppers are willingly cutting their Thanksgiving dinner plans short to wait in line for sales, retail employees aren't willingly doing so-and some are even threatened that they will lose their jobs if they don't report to work.

When people shop on Thanksgiving, employees have to report to work-and can't escape working on the day by requesting time off, which some retailers ban their employees from doing.

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