My husband has been having an extremely rough go at finding work since March. Jobs are either not offering liveable wages or during multiple interviews of his now, he's been told “we're not actually hiring, we're just trying to get people lined up for when a spot opens”.
So when a friend of mine let us know about the lawncare company her friend started the beginning of the year and that her friend wanted to hire him on, we were thrilled.
The work was great, the pay was great, they were talking about adding health insurance into the company. Everything seemed to be taking off exceptionally well. We even attended a party at the bosses house less than 2 weeks ago to celebrate the success of how quickly the company was taking off with clientele.
This was until 10pm last night. I recieved a call from my friend, whom sounded devastated, letting me know my husband needed to find new work. She let me know that she'd just discovered that the company was bankrupt.
The boss had taken out a 50k loan to start up the buisness. She spent some on a new truck and the equipment needed to work. However, over the last few months, she's spent the rest on purchasing lavish gifts, paying for lavish vacations, and spending money in every which way she possibly could.
The money she was collecting from clients, she was adding into her personal bank account and using to spend as she pleased. Including, but not limited to, dipping into the payroll. Which has left her unable to – as of this week – pay my husband for his work last week. My friend also informed me that the boss (again, her friend) didn't even pay her last week.
My friend then informed me that she found out that her friend didn't even actually register her buisness in our state, nor was she actually insured. All things in which she'd told my friend she had properly done.
The boss had been taking out taxes on everyone's wages, which she was just pocketing – something else my friend discovered last night.
Their friendship, has obviously come to an abrupt end. And now we're exploring our legal options we should pursue should the boss choose to not pay my husband this Friday as we are currently anticipating.
Needless to say, this is probably the craziest thing we've ever dealt with. I also feel guilt for helping him get the job, although none of us were aware of what the boss was doing behind closed doors. Of course, he doesn't blame me or anyone but the boss.
Anyway, just felt this was the right place to share this absolutely insane story.