To preface, I’m a college student with three (now two) part time jobs to make a living. This job is pretty much me as a tech support contractor to people’s homes. Basically I had an appointment where I trained a new guy, who gave me a ride because my car is at a shop due to an accident, and it ended up being longer than expected but it also ended up the customer writing a check for a couple grand. Usually when paid in check I hang onto it until the I have a few of them before going to my boss’s bank to deposit them. This is something he has also told me to just do with checks.
As I didn’t have a car the guy I trained just took me home without much thought. I had my other job the next day and had my friend take me to work. At this point the check is safely at home over a half an hour away, and I’m at the mercy of my friend going anywhere anyway. Oh, and I work until 4:30. I get a text from my boss in the middle of my shift at about 3:15 asking me “When are you depositing the check today?” I’m like, first of all I don’t have a car anyway so how am I supposed to do that? And yes, he is aware I have no car. Second I’m at my other job so I can’t just leave early anyway to go home, grab the check, and somehow make it to the bank. I informed him politely that I can’t go anywhere today. He proceed to ask me why wasn’t it done yesterday and then said if I don’t deposit the money today he will adjust my raise. I proceeded to inform him I will deposit it tomorrow when I get my rental. He gets mad at me, saying it was a part of my job to deposit checks to which I say yes but it was not clear that I had to deposit it right away. He then berates me and I politely chew him out how not consistent or clear he is about when he wants checks. He never responded.
The next day I deposited the check after I got my car, sent picture proof it was deposited, then put together a polite two week notice check. He still has not responded. I’ve given him my timesheet and will email him again if I don’t get my pay by Monday.
I don’t take being harassed lying down or my money being threatened, and I don’t need to be working for this guy anymore. I have better ways to spend my time and places that actually respect me.
The cherry on top? I was his only employee in the area, he lives in another state. He gets to have the new guy work for him now.