Turned up in plenty of time for the interview but the director I was to see had been delayed by an hour would I mind waiting? Sure no problem I'll just go to the coffee shop round the corner and come back in a bit.
As I'm leaving one of the guys in the open plan office says I'll join you so I can fill you in on some details of the job since it's me you'll be replacing, good stuff.
Turns out he's leaving for another gig on Friday because he hasn't been paid for two months and it's unlikely I'd ever be paid since the people who own the company have a history of running up debts only to resurface doing the same thing leaving the debts behind. There was much more detail that I won't go into.
Since I got home I did some due diligence and sure enough turned up a lot of interesting stuff that corroborates the other contractor's tale. I've told the pimp that technically it's not my bag and I won't be taking the gig so that's it over with. I've also had three voicemails and a text from the director asking me to come back in again this afternoon and not to worry the gig's mine and can I start tomorrow
I think I got off lightly.
As I'm leaving one of the guys in the open plan office says I'll join you so I can fill you in on some details of the job since it's me you'll be replacing, good stuff.
Turns out he's leaving for another gig on Friday because he hasn't been paid for two months and it's unlikely I'd ever be paid since the people who own the company have a history of running up debts only to resurface doing the same thing leaving the debts behind. There was much more detail that I won't go into.
Since I got home I did some due diligence and sure enough turned up a lot of interesting stuff that corroborates the other contractor's tale. I've told the pimp that technically it's not my bag and I won't be taking the gig so that's it over with. I've also had three voicemails and a text from the director asking me to come back in again this afternoon and not to worry the gig's mine and can I start tomorrow
I think I got off lightly.
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