Trying my luck on craigslist, found a mason, cool, I've been a surveyor for 9 years, looking for a change. I call the guy, hit. Epic.
I call him on a Monday, he says he has someone else who he's gonna try out; helper 1 is working Wednesday, I'm working Thursday. Then he's gonna decide. “But it's not a competition”.
Oh. Fucking. Shit. Here we go. I know I gotta “impress” this dude so I'm really casual and chill in texts, and on the phone. He says I sound humble, so he picked me to help. Great. Great hiring process thanks.
Wednesday night, I text him, nothing. Thursday morning, I'm calling him, nothing. Damn, I was looking forward to this.
FRIDAY at 630 pm he texted me exactly this :: I haven't forgot your buddy bear with me we're trying to get through this last job and then I'm going to bring in if it's still available at the time
He said he'll call me Monday, he texts me Tuesday morning, says his address and for me to be there Friday morning. Brings us to the screenshot.
When will employers start treating thier employees like people who just want to pay rent, and aren't out trying to get 20 hours a week to be an “apprentice” in 5 years just so you can send me off to jobs on my own and I can make you easy money.
There is no screenshot of the text message, because there is a rule for no text message screenshots on Tuesday ***. Here ya go
Employer texts me Tuesday morning: Our pqy periods run Friday to Friday. Be at my house at 9 am on Friday .(normal human address) drive. If you work out we can use you a few days next week too
I text back: Can I work more hours? Please, this isn't some vacation I'm on, I don't have the luxury of waiting for some awesome apprenticeship that you keep dangling in front of me.
Employer: You were going to come out Friday and I was going to see how you're going to work out but don't worry about it now have a good day