(November 1, 2021 at 4:35 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Boss, on a Friday afternoon: ‘I need you to work this weekend.’
Me: ‘Ok, but I may be late - you know how slow public transport is on the weekends.’
Boss: ‘What time do you think you’ll be in?’
Me: ‘Monday.’
Boru
One of my first bosses was a bit like that:
I was 18 and needed a temporary job until my public service job came through.
I was hired by the manager, not the owner.
First morning, the manager tells me the owner can't afford to pay me $X, so he's going to pay me $X minus.
Then I meet the owner who tells me that he doesn't pay over time, he gives bonuses at Xmas.
My response was "That's fine, but I get paid over time for any extra time I work" He didn't reply to that.
A few days later he gave me a job at 10 minutes before knock off which would take about an hour. I told him I would be knocking of in ten minutes----a few days later it was " Can you come in half an hour earlier?" I replied "No"
This was an entry level storeman/driver job. I didn't care if he fired me. He was just a pretty crude and gutless bully.
Didn't seem all that funny at the time. It does now.