Pirate_463

37d agoWork

Boss calls me for unpaid help “as a friend”, after laying me off at Christmas… Sorry, but NOPE!

In December, I was laid off from a small family business. I’d been there four years. Mr. Boss hoped to hire me back “when business picks up”. *Maybe*. I told him it was cool to reach out to me, but was clear I wouldn’t be waiting around. I started a new job this week. It’s going incredibly well. I’ve also gotten three very long panicked voicemails from Mr. Boss this week… The only other employee, (his wife) left him and the business. She didn’t train him on how to do our jobs. She only packed up her shit and left. She won’t answer his calls. Not sure how this is my problem… Now he expects me to come in and train him “As a favor to a friend”. Not being rehired, totally unpaid and out of the goodness of my heart. Nope! He laid me off two weeks before Christmas! Also… He’d love me to come in Saturday or Sunday, because that “works for him”. NOPE… I don’t care what works for him, because I don't work for him anymore! We aren’t “friends” and it’s NOT my problem. The audacity is audaciting! It astounds me that a business owner would think this is an okay thing to do.