And I think I might have made a huge mistake.
I went to an interview on Wednesday. I was offered the job on the spot. It’s a new location in my area for a really bomb barbecue spot. The grand opening was Friday. I interviewed with one of the owners. He said the position was mine as long as I could be there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this week. He said that he knows it would be a gamble for me because I’d have to quit my current job, but he’d make it worth it. It was $17 an hour, plus tips so it would come out to be about $24 an hour.
He wanted me in Thursday morning so I could fill out paperwork and give him my documents. I let him know I got out of my morning job earlier than expected so I’d be able to meet up with him earlier than when we had scheduled. He texts me saying, “Tbh I can’t let’s push paperwork and you can still start.” Cool. So my start time was for Friday at 4. I show up Friday at about 3:50 thinking I’d still need to fill out the new hire papers. I meet with another one of the restaurants owners and he asks me why I wasn’t at the orientation the day before. I’m confused. I let him know that the other guy said not to come in and that id still be able to work the Friday 4pm shift. So he tells me he’ll call me either today or Sunday so we can do the orientation, and sends me home because “it’s not safe to start working without doing an orientation first.” I quit my evening, bread winning, decent paying job with absolutely no notice so I could be there opening the restaurant with them this weekend. I haven’t heard anything from anyone.
I texted the original person I interviewed with this afternoon, no response. He promised me I was going to be taken care of, and that I was going to have a job and be working. So I’m basically jobless except for my shitty part time morning job that I get about $350 every two weeks from.
I’m gonna call tomorrow morning I guess. I’ve never been so anxious and so uncertain. If I had known this would happen, I would never have quit my other job. I feel so taken advantage of and stupid. If he tells me that they don’t need me, what can I even do? Hope I find a new job that makes close to what I was making before? My rents gone up significantly, and for the first time in many years I don’t know where my next paycheck is going to come from.