Yes. After 3 years at a crappy car wash, I am doing new work. I liked the job for a while, and the guys I worked with were awesome. But the economy got bad, the owner jacked up the price to $6 for the cheapest wash, and the place has been dead for the past year. Tips went down the tubes, he eliminated our 401k, 3 years no raise, and I've been sent home so much that in a 35 hour scheduled week I'd work 12-17. I was sinking fast.
My dad has a business, building for pulte homes (maybe you guys heard of it?). He calls me up at 8 am, "Hey I just fired two guys, I need you to work, you in?"
I tell him yeah, and that's it. Called my boss yesterday, i told him I got a new job and they need me to start today and they'll need me tues., which was a day scheduled for the wash, which btw, the owner sent them home at around 10 am today (i think) because it was cloudy and expected to rain. Good thing I didn't go. Waste of my time. That guy was messing with my livelyhood, he knows I bought a car and a bike. Not hard to pay a guy 7/hour for 35 hour weeks. Once in a while, fine, but not everyday, ya know? If he can't be there for me, I can't be there when he needs me. Can't work that way. I gotta get paid, not just when he does.
This new job is great. No on people, no crappy customers, no worrying about the owner coming in grumpy because his biz is slow, and not to mention $5 more/hour. I can't complain. Fresh air, hard work, days go by quick, get to sit down and eat and not be bothered with customers. I'm happy.
Just had to share.
My dad has a business, building for pulte homes (maybe you guys heard of it?). He calls me up at 8 am, "Hey I just fired two guys, I need you to work, you in?"
I tell him yeah, and that's it. Called my boss yesterday, i told him I got a new job and they need me to start today and they'll need me tues., which was a day scheduled for the wash, which btw, the owner sent them home at around 10 am today (i think) because it was cloudy and expected to rain. Good thing I didn't go. Waste of my time. That guy was messing with my livelyhood, he knows I bought a car and a bike. Not hard to pay a guy 7/hour for 35 hour weeks. Once in a while, fine, but not everyday, ya know? If he can't be there for me, I can't be there when he needs me. Can't work that way. I gotta get paid, not just when he does.
This new job is great. No on people, no crappy customers, no worrying about the owner coming in grumpy because his biz is slow, and not to mention $5 more/hour. I can't complain. Fresh air, hard work, days go by quick, get to sit down and eat and not be bothered with customers. I'm happy.
Just had to share.
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