So I started a job doing AV systems installations last Monday.
Interview left me with a good impression of the owner. He talked about how sometimes staff will doovernights out of town, and there's a “possibility of overtime” when this happens too, I said this sounds good. I was in the office for the first few days and I was kind of confused about how he kept introducing me to people saying “he's willing to work out of town, so we should look at getting that setup immediately”.
So as of last Friday, about an hour before I finished work one of the managers shows up on site and says “you're going out of town Monday morning (about 2.5 hours out of my home city) and driving back on Thursday”… I looked shocked, and tried to think in my head about college stuff, social stuff, life stuff that I planned for this week. Manager notices this, and even though I said “yeah I'll make it work”, boss man calls me about 1 hour later saying “So the word is you're not willing to go out of town now”… My fear of losing my job kicks in and I begin assuring him I'm entirely okay with it… even though I'm not, even though I have JUST heard that my job is now going to be working and living 2.5 hours away from my friends and family for until July.
He asks me if I told him I was studying before then, I say yes, and that it's on my resume. As if I need a reason to want to go home after work. At this point I realise all these weird questions he asked probing if I'm single etc.. were made in service of him deciding if I deserved or had reason tobe close to my home.
My mother celebrates a big birthday this week, and I grappled all weekend with going away… but the sense I had is that while I'm currently quite depressed and lonely, committing to that week was something I was doing out of fear, not reason or desire. I decided last night to email him and say Iwas resigning the position.
I think I have a legal right to do this given I was never given any employment contract. I'm worried now about them not paying me for my first week, but primarily I'm just super disappointed about losing the chance to do an engaging job that I found rewarding and fun.
I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts or similar experiences, particularly with bosses who decideto omit things in service of trapping their workers/colleagues. I could really use some “you did the right things” but I think I might benefit from criticism too.