ForTheArborist
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I noticed he was slacking off on sales this week, and he was having trouble lining up work. He's never had that problem before. Any work he did line up, he wasn't getting prices that he could profit on after paying us and paying for costs to do the jobs. I start getting worried because I didn't think this guy could get this company through a summer, and I've been depending on this. I already knew he had trouble with managing a business, but it was nothing I couldn't keep tabs on and patch up. As long as he kept those customers paying him top dollar, I thought things were going great. I had a salary.
By the end of this week he wasn't picking up the client checks. He was delaying paying us. It was looking shady, and crew became angry and highly concerned about not being paid. One of them went over to one of the HO's to get paid directly from an HO, and it worked. Otherwise the rest of us wait to be paid quite a bit of money.
The boss called us all lousy, slow, hazardous, white trash bunch, but that was only after he tried to sell his company to me for $10,000. I said he had nothing to buy, and I would not be buying his imagination. After that it was on. He threatened to have me locked up if I went to his wife's house (only known address listed on his new/second known contractor license listing online) or if went collecting checks from any more HO's. Then he says he doesn't owe me as much as he does. I have a chart I update every day showing what is owed to everyone. He has told me that he keep track of things in his head, and he writes nothing down.
Basically he's acting like I and the crew screwed up, and I'm fired for lying and causing him grief. We all know he's pulling the plug and moving out of town. I haven't lied or been trouble since I've known the guy, but I get serious about his unusual business actions this week, and suddenly he starts piling the mud on thick. He's a con too. Total con. I've seen him do his work.
Basically the truth is that he wasn't going to tell anyone he took the first trip up state to move his stuff to his new house. He still hasn't said anything about being out of town, but we know he's out of town because he hasn't picked up any of the client checks for this week. I don't know that he would have or plans on picking up the checks skipping town without paying.
At least I can sell the few saws and power pruner for the amount he owes me. I definitely want to keep the power pruner...and his smart phone.
By the end of this week he wasn't picking up the client checks. He was delaying paying us. It was looking shady, and crew became angry and highly concerned about not being paid. One of them went over to one of the HO's to get paid directly from an HO, and it worked. Otherwise the rest of us wait to be paid quite a bit of money.
The boss called us all lousy, slow, hazardous, white trash bunch, but that was only after he tried to sell his company to me for $10,000. I said he had nothing to buy, and I would not be buying his imagination. After that it was on. He threatened to have me locked up if I went to his wife's house (only known address listed on his new/second known contractor license listing online) or if went collecting checks from any more HO's. Then he says he doesn't owe me as much as he does. I have a chart I update every day showing what is owed to everyone. He has told me that he keep track of things in his head, and he writes nothing down.
Basically he's acting like I and the crew screwed up, and I'm fired for lying and causing him grief. We all know he's pulling the plug and moving out of town. I haven't lied or been trouble since I've known the guy, but I get serious about his unusual business actions this week, and suddenly he starts piling the mud on thick. He's a con too. Total con. I've seen him do his work.
Basically the truth is that he wasn't going to tell anyone he took the first trip up state to move his stuff to his new house. He still hasn't said anything about being out of town, but we know he's out of town because he hasn't picked up any of the client checks for this week. I don't know that he would have or plans on picking up the checks skipping town without paying.
At least I can sell the few saws and power pruner for the amount he owes me. I definitely want to keep the power pruner...and his smart phone.