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Want someone on call, but not willing to pay on call rate

I interviewed at a start up company in Oakland – Fitness in Transit. Needs an ops person. They said that the average time a week is about 20 hours. Ops person must be able to be the front person, maintaining contracts, hiring people to fill the classes, and fill in sometimes if no one else can. Run fast, run far. They expect you to dedicate yourself to make the business successful. Actual sentences said: You would use your personal equipment and phone to run the business. You must be available to answer phone calls from 8-6, sometimes weekends. But you work about 20 hours a week. The owner calls you to unload problems and to use you as a sounding board. Can you set your emotions aside? Teachers aren't really teaching the classes or following protocol, and have called in last minute saying they can't do the class. We really…


I interviewed at a start up company in Oakland – Fitness in Transit. Needs an ops person. They said that the average time a week is about 20 hours. Ops person must be able to be the front person, maintaining contracts, hiring people to fill the classes, and fill in sometimes if no one else can. Run fast, run far. They expect you to dedicate yourself to make the business successful.

Actual sentences said:

You would use your personal equipment and phone to run the business.

You must be available to answer phone calls from 8-6, sometimes weekends. But you work about 20 hours a week.

The owner calls you to unload problems and to use you as a sounding board. Can you set your emotions aside?

Teachers aren't really teaching the classes or following protocol, and have called in last minute saying they can't do the class. We really don't want to cancel, and use it as a last resort. You will have to fill in from time-to-time if no one else is available. How do you feel about that?

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