I realize it's been a while since my last post. I have been busy, for once. Along with my own jewelry business, which has grown and I am starting to do a lot more I am working for a guy who's getting audited. my dad helped him out of a jam and he needed someone to run the numbers that didn't mind working long hours, mainly alone. That sounded like a perfect fit and I have been with the company for over three months and it's basically my boss, myself and his son who pitches in when his insomnia isn't too bad. My job involves data entry for all the employees that have worked for the three companies that my boss owned. The data goes back to 2007.
A couple of years ago he sort of just pulled a Dave Chappelle and checked out, and all the big contracts the companies had went with him. I have no doubt he knows how to be successful,and will be again, but he can be abrasive, sort of like myself. Also, and I told my dad this after my first day, that I think my boss and his son are both somewhere on the spectrum. The son is quiet, but they both make a lot of off color jokes and don't really handle stress well. Both are very smart and will ramble on if given the chance to speak of something they are passionate about. One thing I found odd, though, is that after 17 of not smoking my boss started up again four years ago. I asked him why and he couldn't give me a clear answer. I told him I thought it was a pretty stupid idea and he agreed.
The funny thing about working where I do is that it is sort of relaxed but you have to get your work done. my 'office' is actually just a separate space in the basement with everything I need. My commute is only a mile and a half and that is only one or two turns and I'm there or home. The pay is all right, but not high. Every Wednesday, payday, I ask him if he's "fired the printer up yet", a way of asking for my money. We are pretty open with how we feel about things, not much subtlety like at the other jobs I have worked in the past.
I don't have to deal with anyone really. I'm in a room, given work and I do it. I don't even see my boss most of the time. He checks in and answers any questions, but often he Houdini's for hours at a time. I text him, or call if he is really needed, and he says he'll be back soon or to just wait, and I understand that I'll be paid for it. Last Friday I arrived and just as I was getting out of my car he yells to me "Get back in your car, I have a meeting with my lawyer so there won't be any work today, but pay yourself for four hours and head on home". He didn't need to tell me twice.
Since it is steady work, I got nine to five most days, I'll try to hold onto it until the audit is complete. It seems to be getting there as he has been to the IRS and had a bunch of lawyer meetings lately. I mean, realistically, how long can those guys give you to get your stuff together? For now I will take the money as it comes, spend it as I have been on jewelry that will only make me more money (I am a pro at this) and save the rest and reinvest what I make off what I just bought. Whenever it ends I will be in a much better place than when I started, that is for sure.
A couple of years ago he sort of just pulled a Dave Chappelle and checked out, and all the big contracts the companies had went with him. I have no doubt he knows how to be successful,and will be again, but he can be abrasive, sort of like myself. Also, and I told my dad this after my first day, that I think my boss and his son are both somewhere on the spectrum. The son is quiet, but they both make a lot of off color jokes and don't really handle stress well. Both are very smart and will ramble on if given the chance to speak of something they are passionate about. One thing I found odd, though, is that after 17 of not smoking my boss started up again four years ago. I asked him why and he couldn't give me a clear answer. I told him I thought it was a pretty stupid idea and he agreed.
The funny thing about working where I do is that it is sort of relaxed but you have to get your work done. my 'office' is actually just a separate space in the basement with everything I need. My commute is only a mile and a half and that is only one or two turns and I'm there or home. The pay is all right, but not high. Every Wednesday, payday, I ask him if he's "fired the printer up yet", a way of asking for my money. We are pretty open with how we feel about things, not much subtlety like at the other jobs I have worked in the past.
I don't have to deal with anyone really. I'm in a room, given work and I do it. I don't even see my boss most of the time. He checks in and answers any questions, but often he Houdini's for hours at a time. I text him, or call if he is really needed, and he says he'll be back soon or to just wait, and I understand that I'll be paid for it. Last Friday I arrived and just as I was getting out of my car he yells to me "Get back in your car, I have a meeting with my lawyer so there won't be any work today, but pay yourself for four hours and head on home". He didn't need to tell me twice.
Since it is steady work, I got nine to five most days, I'll try to hold onto it until the audit is complete. It seems to be getting there as he has been to the IRS and had a bunch of lawyer meetings lately. I mean, realistically, how long can those guys give you to get your stuff together? For now I will take the money as it comes, spend it as I have been on jewelry that will only make me more money (I am a pro at this) and save the rest and reinvest what I make off what I just bought. Whenever it ends I will be in a much better place than when I started, that is for sure.
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