I’ve been here for awhile and I feel like I need to start at the beginning. For simplicity stake, I will be referring to my boss and her brother as B1 and B2 – just like the Banana in Pajamas. I can also tell you that this will result in lessons in how to not to do business.
I think we should start with my first day.
I arrive at 10am which I’m pump about as it means I got to sleep in a bit. When I arrive, no one knows that I am starting or what I’ll be doing. My bosses B1 and B2 are not ‘at the office’ yet so no one can help. I start to wish that I brought some reading material as I sit and wait when no one even knows you’re suppose to be working there, they don’t just offer to show you around, afterall you could be a liar. When they finally show up, they don’t have anything for me to do and I can’t log onto a computer. Easiest first day ever! If not the most boring first day ever!
I had yet to sign a contract, although I repeatedly asked for it before I started. We had not officially worked out title or salary so I really wanted to know those things. I brought it up again and was told I’d get one soon. A few days later, B2 presents me with my contract. There were blanks! She gave me a contract full of blanks – salary = blank; title = blank; everywhere that there should be pertinent information = BLANK! It took her days to hand me a contract that didn’t answer any of the questions I had! The next day, I bring in the contract with those blanks highlighted and there was a clause that said I could never work for any business that was in the same industry and I said I wouldn’t sign that part. B2 said that contract would be revised and the blanks filled in by the lawyer…it’s been months now and I still have yet to sign a contract.
I did get to pick my title - ‘assistant general manager’. My new co-workers start to hate me just a little as none of them believe they need to be managed.
All in all, a *wonderful* start.
Ps * denotes sarcasm
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