Sometimes you just need to scream!!!

[MA_PE]

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A big scream for my sister. She has been transitioning into the office manager position at work...trying to teach the others what she did so they can now do that while she can move on to more manager duties. She got a give ol slap in the face, stab in the back yesterday when the owner of the company (where nepotism runs high) comes into her office and says yeah so I am hiring my wifes nephew to be the new office manager because he needs a job, his insurance company office is going bellyup...oh by the way you need to tell Jim (sort of the vice president of the company)about it. thanks bye.

so does she still get a promotion and the presumed associated wage increase? Why is it her responsibility to tell the VP of the new hiring? Sounds like a small operation, is it?

 

[snickerd3]

^That part is still unknown at this time. That is just the way the owner is he does things without discussing with others or against what the group of upper management folks want. It is a smallish company they own/operate about 20-30 autobody repair shops in the chicago area.

An example of doing what he wants...the investment group said NO to buying two more autobody shops that were in $ trouble, but he went ahead and did it anyways.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

An example of doing what he wants...the investment group said NO to buying two more autobody shops that were in $ trouble, but he went ahead and did it anyways.

That won't last long.

Tell her to keep the resume polished up.

 

[MA_PE]

^That part is still unknown at this time. That is just the way the owner is he does things without discussing with others or against what the group of upper management folks want. It is a smallish company they own/operate about 20-30 autobody repair shops in the chicago area.
An example of doing what he wants...the investment group said NO to buying two more autobody shops that were in $ trouble, but he went ahead and did it anyways.

20-30 autobody shops sounds like a decent sized outfit. Hard to believe that he has absolute authority if there's an investment group around, but if he's got the votes/power then he can do what he wants to. Did he turn those shops around or did they lose a bunch of money?

 

[snickerd3]

^That part is still unknown at this time. That is just the way the owner is he does things without discussing with others or against what the group of upper management folks want. It is a smallish company they own/operate about 20-30 autobody repair shops in the chicago area.
An example of doing what he wants...the investment group said NO to buying two more autobody shops that were in $ trouble, but he went ahead and did it anyways.

20-30 autobody shops sounds like a decent sized outfit. Hard to believe that he has absolute authority if there's an investment group around, but if he's got the votes/power then he can do what he wants to. Did he turn those shops around or did they lose a bunch of money?

he has 51% of the votes. They are in the midst of reopening them under their name. One of my sisters many headaches because he neglected to tell her about them until the day before he wanted them reopened. Takes more than a couple days to transfer utilities, set up bank accounts, etc...

 

[MA_PE]

he has 51% of the votes. They are in the midst of reopening them under their name. One of my sisters many headaches because he neglected to tell her about them until the day before he wanted them reopened. Takes more than a couple days to transfer utilities, set up bank accounts, etc...

good for him. I hope he takes care of your sister.

 

[maryannette]

I hope your sister will be okay when the dust settles.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

So I finally got the statement from the landlord regarding the deposit. He has the balls to bill me and additional $100 above the security deposit, including things like trash removal ($120), replacing two non-existant screens ($200), cleaning the carpets he told us would be replaced ($200), and full price for the one section of carpet he did replace ($520).

More than anything, I am pissed that he didnt even contact us to give us a chance to take care of things or even try to get something worked out. I really hate dealing with passive aggressive chicken-shits.

 

[snickerd3]

THat sucks dex!!! Hope you can negociate some of that away.

Well it seems like crisis avoided for my sister. She and the VP guy had a nice long 4 hr chat yesterday. The outcome was that the owners relative will not be getting the office manager spot, my sister gets to keep that position. THe new guy will be getting a newly created position that takes over anything related to the investment group...which was like a quarter of my sister workload, a portion of the VP's work load and a portion of the lawyer workload.

she is still not happy that the situation even came to pass, so she is probably still going to polish the ol' resume and put it out there and if the perfect dream job comes along, she wont have a difficult time in leaving.

 

[maryannette]

She and the VP guy had a nice long 4 hr chat yesterday.

Four hours is a LONG chat. Glad things are better.

 

[MA_PE]

THat sucks dex!!! Hope you can negociate some of that away.

Well it seems like crisis avoided for my sister. She and the VP guy had a nice long 4 hr chat yesterday. The outcome was that the owners relative will not be getting the office manager spot, my sister gets to keep that position. THe new guy will be getting a newly created position that takes over anything related to the investment group...which was like a quarter of my sister workload, a portion of the VP's work load and a portion of the lawyer workload.

she is still not happy that the situation even came to pass, so she is probably still going to polish the ol' resume and put it out there and if the perfect dream job comes along, she wont have a difficult time in leaving.

sounds like a reasonable solution. Best of luck to your sister in her new job, with a reduced workload.

 

[Master slacker]

A 4-hour chat is called a "come to Jesus" meeting.

 

[envirotex]

It's always good to keep that resume fresh!

 

[Master slacker]

I'm going to freshen mine up this weekend.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Febreeze Fresh?

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Just got off the phone with a lawyer who deals with these issues and he's sending me a few links to state statutes as well as a template letter that essentially states "give me my money back in 7 days or I will sue you because these are all wear & tear items".

I originally wanted to have a sit-down discussion with the landlord to try to work this out, but getting blindsided with this out of left field doesn't sit with me too well.

 

[MA_PE]

Just got off the phone with a lawyer who deals with these issues and he's sending me a few links to state statutes as well as a template letter that essentially states "give me my money back in 7 days or I will sue you because these are all wear & tear items".
I originally wanted to have a sit-down discussion with the landlord to try to work this out, but getting blindsided with this out of left field doesn't sit with me too well.

not sure what the vaule of your deposit is, but it generally costs at least $1000 to have a lawyer write a letter about anything.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

The lawer is a friend of a friend and basically offered a free "consultation."

I'm writing the letter myself and the lawyer agreed to give it a once over. And typically Colorado doesn't allow lawyers in small claims court.

 

[MA_PE]

free is always good.

 

[willsee]

A 4-hour chat is called a "come to Jesus" meeting.

Only down south