i quit that job
Well, for the first time in my life, I completely walked out on a job with no notice.
This job was ridiculous. I took it because it would be easy. Mall jobs are easy and managing retail (when there's a good system in place) isn't too hard. Instead the owner of the company called me until midnight most nights. He never read the financial reports I prepared proving our store was not missing money even though he repeatedly accused us of missing money. He completely underpaid me. But the last straw was ... he shorted by time card 12 hours. When I discussed the error with him he said it had to by my fault and that once the pay period ends, if I didn't audit my time card, he couldn't help me.
That was enough. I cannot be undercompensated, over worked, treated like crap, AND not paid for my time. I told him right then I was quitting and I left my keys.
Felt pretty good actually.
So I am working this coming week part-time at my mom's office. Then starting 12/13 I am training part time until the end of the year for my new job! I start full-time Jan 3.
I will be the executive assistant to John Kim at Symphony Financial Services. The firm does financial consulting for individuals and closely held corporations. My boss, the founder and CEO, also has a JD and offers legal services for his clients (wills, occasional domestic work, criminal stuff) and he takes some criminal cases on a probono basis for certain cases. (Usually involving cops misbehaving, as he says).
So, I will be doing for him what most assistants do.... setting calendars, organizing travel schedules etc... but I will also be a paralegal/law clerk and help handle the research and prep for the legal work he does.
I am excited about this job & he is excited about me. The company is expanding and he sees my role as the hub of communication between the rest of the office and him. The company is also going to pay for me to get my insurance and securities licenses so I can help with some of the financial services work as well. And, he's going to help pay for me to take the bar in July as well.
Basically it will be a great experience, a chance to earn some other certificates while working. I will be delaying the bar until July but I will have a fulltime job so it should work out.
:)
Jess
This job was ridiculous. I took it because it would be easy. Mall jobs are easy and managing retail (when there's a good system in place) isn't too hard. Instead the owner of the company called me until midnight most nights. He never read the financial reports I prepared proving our store was not missing money even though he repeatedly accused us of missing money. He completely underpaid me. But the last straw was ... he shorted by time card 12 hours. When I discussed the error with him he said it had to by my fault and that once the pay period ends, if I didn't audit my time card, he couldn't help me.
That was enough. I cannot be undercompensated, over worked, treated like crap, AND not paid for my time. I told him right then I was quitting and I left my keys.
Felt pretty good actually.
So I am working this coming week part-time at my mom's office. Then starting 12/13 I am training part time until the end of the year for my new job! I start full-time Jan 3.
I will be the executive assistant to John Kim at Symphony Financial Services. The firm does financial consulting for individuals and closely held corporations. My boss, the founder and CEO, also has a JD and offers legal services for his clients (wills, occasional domestic work, criminal stuff) and he takes some criminal cases on a probono basis for certain cases. (Usually involving cops misbehaving, as he says).
So, I will be doing for him what most assistants do.... setting calendars, organizing travel schedules etc... but I will also be a paralegal/law clerk and help handle the research and prep for the legal work he does.
I am excited about this job & he is excited about me. The company is expanding and he sees my role as the hub of communication between the rest of the office and him. The company is also going to pay for me to get my insurance and securities licenses so I can help with some of the financial services work as well. And, he's going to help pay for me to take the bar in July as well.
Basically it will be a great experience, a chance to earn some other certificates while working. I will be delaying the bar until July but I will have a fulltime job so it should work out.
:)
Jess