Jeff in BigD
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I was hired by a former teacher to work on a project. His company is being contracted by a company (let's call it ABC) to help with a project. ABC told him that they need someone ASAP. The understanding was that I'd hit the ground running & be working like a madman. The initial meeting was on January 9th & I bought a $3000 laptop (which they said I needed) to work on this after they we were good to go. I also quit my job to get this done & everything looked great.
Then the heel dragging began...
ABC then started telling us that late February was when we'd start. My teacher/boss felt bad, so he said he'd advance me the money. He then said I wouldn't have to pay it back & that he'd buy my laptop in a few weeks if this doesn't pan out. He also told me that "Ken" another former student had a great job but jumped on board (on the teacher's word) with ABC because they initially told him that they'd give him $15k more a year. They then turned around & told him they'd like to hire him for $15k less than he was making & $30k than they initailly told him he'd make.
We went to another meeting & my boss said that they'd have to come up with some work for me since this is my only source of income & because I'd be working a ton on their say so. It sounded like at the least I'd be working on this project from mid/late Feb to mid-June. It was also my understanding that once I started working I'd go from module to module (3 total in this project) with no lag time.
Then I get the project schedule today...
Here's what they're expecting:
March 17th-April9th (module 1)
May 7th-22nd (module 2)
July 7th-25th (module 3)
So I'm stuck for 6 weeks with no work or income! Then another 4 weeks without work. Then another 6 weeks including all of June!
This sucks! My teacher/boss is pretty upset about the whole deal. He's been making some contacts trying to get me work with someone else, so hopefully that will pan out.
Then the heel dragging began...
ABC then started telling us that late February was when we'd start. My teacher/boss felt bad, so he said he'd advance me the money. He then said I wouldn't have to pay it back & that he'd buy my laptop in a few weeks if this doesn't pan out. He also told me that "Ken" another former student had a great job but jumped on board (on the teacher's word) with ABC because they initially told him that they'd give him $15k more a year. They then turned around & told him they'd like to hire him for $15k less than he was making & $30k than they initailly told him he'd make.
We went to another meeting & my boss said that they'd have to come up with some work for me since this is my only source of income & because I'd be working a ton on their say so. It sounded like at the least I'd be working on this project from mid/late Feb to mid-June. It was also my understanding that once I started working I'd go from module to module (3 total in this project) with no lag time.
Then I get the project schedule today...
Here's what they're expecting:
March 17th-April9th (module 1)
May 7th-22nd (module 2)
July 7th-25th (module 3)
So I'm stuck for 6 weeks with no work or income! Then another 4 weeks without work. Then another 6 weeks including all of June!
This sucks! My teacher/boss is pretty upset about the whole deal. He's been making some contacts trying to get me work with someone else, so hopefully that will pan out.
