> Dear Tanzmetall,
>
> Last week Francois had told you that we needed you to work and be
> available at our schedule and not yours. When he had hired you it was to
> be full time. He hired you with the understanding that certain tasks were
> to be completed within a timely manner. This has not happened. You have
> scheduled working for us around your schedule of your other jobs. This is
> not working out for us. Unfortunately for the above reasons, effective
> immediately, we no longer need your services. We wish you the best of luck
> in your future endeavors and our sorry that your employment did not work
> out.
>
> American Sensors Corp F.R. Industries, Inc. [email redacted]
This came as a huge surprise to me last week, since I was, in fact, hired part-time for 20 hours a week, which I worked diligently except when road conditions in Oakland made it impossible to come in. If I was a full-time employee, then I should have been paid like one. That has not happened, since it is not what we agreed on when I was hired. I think it is unreasonable to use a double-standard for pay and responsibility. Furthermore, I said repeatedly when hired: my other job is shift-work, and I need to go in when I have a shift–I was assured every time that this was not a problem.
If François has not looked at the work that I did, then he should do so immediately, because it is quite remarkable that I got anything done at all. To do my job, I was not given a computer for four weeks, and when I was, I was given a computer running an operating system that was designed ten years ago. It does not even have a CD drive. I was not given a desk–let alone an office–and the room I worked in was barely insulated, poorly lit, and littered with industrial equipment. I had to repair a chair just to have a place to sit.
All throughout my employment, I had to perform tasks that were not in my job description. I worked in shipping and inventory for two weeks (and beyond, when asked); I was expected to bring my own work gloves. I performed all of these tasks because I assumed that, sooner or later, I would be recognized for my patience. I encourage you to ask [innocent name redacted] or [another innocent spared] if they had any problems with me “performing tasks in a timely manner”.
When I was hired, I was promised training; this did not happen. I was told to make posters and promotional materials on a computer that lacked any kind of software to do so. I asked for software. This also did not happen. I asked repeatedly to be trained and to have a computer to use. My requests were ignored, but expectations that I would somehow complete my assignments were raised.
All of this overlooks the day I came in for work and found that the powerpoint presentation had been deleted. If I had not backed it up two days before, something I was not asked to do but did anyway, your company would not have a sales plan. I was never even thanked for restoring it. In fact, I was accused of unproductivity when I spent my day laboring to bring it back to the status quo.
Ultimately, I was met at every turn with a dozen tasks that needed to be completed before I could even begin to work on my assignments.
If François wants my help, part-time as agreed, he can absolutely have it. What he cannot have is time beyond what we agreed that I would work—not for wages that are in the bottom 4% for my job description.
Sincerely yours,
Tanzmetall
So this petty. I agree. But it isn’t untrue. And until my old boss died, his full name and email were in this article for all to see. I have no regrets about that. And, him being dead now doesn’t mean he was any less of a dick to me. But since there’s no point in leaving this where only a grieving family can find it through Google, and since there’s less of a reason not to work at the place now, I have redacted his name. I have nothing but sympathy for the family, who never did anything to hurt me.
I know. This is supposed to be a comedy site. Sorry.
