I’ll let you be the judge but I’m pretty sure this is textbook gaslighting. I got a new job, It’s delivering appliances for Lowe’s, but it’s down a contracting chain. Lowe’s gives the contracts to LCS or whatever, and then they hire contractors like my boss, who then go hire random people like me to drive box trucks and install appliances. It’s not an hourly job, I get $140 a day. The issue is I start at 6am and usually get off around 6pm, the latest I’ve gotten off so far is 1 am, yes the next day. Oh and my boss actually expected me back at work in five hours. I just said I didn’t sleep at all (I was smokin weed pretty late) and then he’s like “ ok see you tommorow. It will get better. I care about you I don’t want to see you out that late but work is work . Once you learn the tricks you’ll be done faster. You’ll have nights like that again but you’ll just have to tough it out the next day.”
When I went to the warehouse to meet my boss , (guess the red flag was basically hired instantly), he said once you get good at the job you’ll be off by 2pm like me and x. Well he and X might be getting off at 2pm, but theyre not getting the routes they give us. Yesterday , four stops canceled, and most of the stops were done in under 20 minutes. 12 hour day. We drove to two different states. Breaking my back lifting heavy fridges and washers up and down stairs , for $12 an hour basically. With no overtime.
Oh. Back to that 19 hour long day. It’s actually a long story but eventually my boss was out there with us cuz we couldn’t get a fridge up some stairs. A few stops later around 11pm hes bitching at me , so I start serving that shit right back and end up laughing in his face just cuz why not. He says “ur fired!” And I’m like “WOOHOO”. Then he says “and you’re not getting paid!” Im like that’s illegal. He’s says it’s not because he can claim damages for undelivered items that cost him $100 a piece . So then eventually he just tells me to get back to work and I’m like no you just fired me. So he says ok get walking . (80 miles from home). Tbh I forget the details but eventually I just get the washer in the truck and he starts saying how he cares about me and he needs me and how I’ll get good at this job and things are going to get better. super wacko guy ngl. Requires me to text him when I wake up and when I’m on the way to work. And will call me when I’m driving , and if I don’t pick up , continue calling forever.
Well I got a call for a new job the other day and I asked my boss when my next day off is . He asked me why do I need a day off and I say because I need to work on my car (so it could be asap). got Monday off . And then today after work he calls me and just gets to saying the same shit. How he cares about me and wants to see me grow, how he got me that day off so I could ‘fix my car’…. He’s such a creep! It’s been three weeks of this shit and I’ve wrecked my body to shreds . On top of everything, I’m supposed to pay $40 for a company jacket , $20 per shirt, and $15 for a hat. I need all black shoes , ANY white, even a logo, is unacceptable. I’m honestly scared to tell him I’m quitting, (I’d til my next job starts , can’t afford not to ), I’m afraid he’s going to not pay me though.