burnt bridge on resume
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- IloveQBN0
My friends from school always put me on there reference list. It'd be perfect If they are working in the same field as you. Most places asks before calling your references.
In most job interviews, they always ask why you left or want to leave your job. Just be honest about it. Don't try to tell them that story, they may think you are lying.
- unknown0
I'm confused. You said you quit, but you are expecting severance pay?
- i_monk0
I am in Canada, so that's a small silver lining in this big stupid cloud.
I just called the office and confirmed that today is a regular pay day, but the boss is at the dentist so I couldn't talk to him. I'll get in touch with him sometime today, but it'll put off the grievance filing until Monday I guess. Assuming he still wants to be a dick.
- i_monk0
mitsu: Heh, actually I gave him a month's notice because two weeks would have been bad timing for him at the time.
Still I think it counts as being fired early and I'd be happy to take even more money from him.
- mbr0
I think that he's probably playing that poker game with your cash. He's probably pissed and wants to vent, so the easiest thing to do is just hold up your pay. He'll assume that you will eventually not want to deal with it and let it go.
Don't. People like this need to be reckoned with! Don't let him step on you as he has no doubt stepped on someone else in the past. It's business, you gave a reasonable (more than) notice, and pursued other options, that's respectable and should be expected.
Pursue this with the utmost professionalism, by the book, learn the terms, and it will more than piss him off again, it'll scare him. Then he may pay you and think twice before f*in' the next guy.
Damn, I can't stand unprofessional crap like that!
Good luck
- architype0
hes just bitter cause now he has to hire someone. his loss - move on
- IloveQBN0
imonk, you should get someone from work to print out your last month's time sheet. that is very most important because if he decides to sue you, you'll have proof that you actually worked those hours. Otherwise you'll have a tough time proofing that in court.
- IloveQBN0
kill him and burn down the office!
- zephyr410
I don't believe shift is correct. Previous employers CAN say anything they damn well please. However, it has become a de facto standard for your previous employer to NOT say anything other than "yes, he worked here for XX years/months" whatever.
to say anything more, i.e. -- he was a total asshole, I wouldn't hire him if you paid me--opens the employer to a huge lawsuit. False claims, restraint of trade (I believe) etc.
And in this litigious society (U.S.) employers just provide the minimum.
- i_monk0
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- kote0
his hours should be on the check, no?
- i_monk0
I filed a complaint at the labour board yesterday, so now I guess I wait.
*bump*
- welded0
What an ass. I think the law's on your side, i monk. I'm no lawyer, though, I just like to pretend. If, say, he takes you to court and he ends up losing, I do believe you will then have grounds to recover any incurred expenses and perhaps then some. Make sure to look into that too.
Good luck! Keep us updated if you can.
- i_monk0
He paid me a small sum before Christmas - $200, claiming he was being "more than fair". That's about a quarter of what I should have gotten (before taxes). He didn't write out a pay stub for it either, because he didn't calculate taxes (hurting his new argument that I only worked 20 hours in two weeks).
I now think I should have refused that $200, but I was quite literally broke.
I'm worried that he might try to forge the time sheet - it was in pencil, and nobody initialled anything (I didn't know I was supposed to). It's criminal if he does try it, but I worry that it will prolong the whole thing...
I and everyone I've spoken to is confident that I'll win, but I still worry.
I hope he's not expecting the surprise Health Board inspection I'm going to arrange, because the bastard (and all other employees) smokes in the office.
I'll just have to see how this goes. I'll post updates if/when I can.
- i_monk0
Anyone?
- fishbulb0
If it does go to court he will have to provide the time sheet, with you initials? no?
It won't, your hourly wages will = much less than court expensess, he sounds like a cheap bastard, and this will become your leverage.
Whatever you do from here, go by the book. Don't negotiate with him unless the labour board suggests that.
He can't mess up your resume, and if you think it will be a problem let him know that you are aware of your rights, and willing to defend your interests.
- Biofreak0
well, i would use them asa reference no matter what the parting circumstances were.
i would just fudge a bit on the contact person. so if the place was large enough, and you had some friends there, put down their name as the contact.
my boss at my old job didnt like me cuz i was a green haired freak back then, but the webmaster did like me, so i just give people his number and say he was my boss. works great for me!
- i_monk0
Well he's an unhappy new development: I finally reached him today and he told me that he's going to be suing me because somehow I now owe him money, that I only worked 20 hours (instead of the ~78) in my last two weeks there, and I'll be served my papers next week.
Well now I guess I'll be moving back with the parents, because I have $8 in my bank account and can't afford this month's rent.
Happy new year!
- mitsu0
yikes... whatcha gonna do?
- i_monk0
update:
I got a letter from the labour board today, saying their investigation into my former employer will begin within the next 60 days.
That's all.