I’ve posted here before about my ex-employer, an abusive narcissist who made my life a living hell for the last 7 years. I finally got the nerve to walk out in mid-June. Since then, he’s called twice and he’s had his wife call, and his lapdog has called a few times as well, all trying to convince me to return. I told him I wasn’t interested, blocked all three numbers and found me a bright and shiny brand new job with benefits.
Problem is, as happy as I am here, the pay was less so I’m needing extra cash. Today I got a call from a guy who used to be a sub for my ex-boss, he says he’s striking out on his own and needs help learning to estimate plans. He’s offered to pay me to help him on weekends.
Great. But I’m concerned. Ex-boss could be using this as a way to trap me so that he can try to browbeat me into returning to work. I have no interest in returning, but I also don’t want to just blindly pass up a good $30/hour for easy work if this is a true opportunity. I don’t know what to do here.
The guy who offered the job was always a nice guy to me, never had any issues with him. But when I worked for mr. asswipe, he was a very loyal employee who’d been there for 15 years, I could see mr. asswipe offering him a bonus to concoct this little scheme for him. But there’s a chance it’s real.
What do y’all think?