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WilliamDavid

January 22, 2012 | Author Admin

So in my tireless search for a job, I had a friend who suggested this salon WilliamDavid. I’ll be honest I have never heard of the salon prior to the suggestion, so I did what I always do and research. I learned that they had two locations one in Buckhead and the original location in Alpharetta. I figured it had to be successful because the locations are in areas where the tax bracket is above my pay grade (for now anyway).

Now let’s fast forward…

I got the job, it was one day a week and the pay was meager but I was thankful for a job so I was going to treat it like I had a fortune 500 CEO salary. My first day of training was a rainy day in Georgia so I had class in the morning and then I went to training. I was amped because two people who I’ve worked with before were my immediate superiors. I wasn’t even in the salon 10 minutes before I felt unwelcome. I was scolded for a dress code violation but instead of the owner, who by the way was there my first day, speaking to me directly he had the director of operations call and reprimand my immediate boss.

First impressions are crucial so if you make a wrong one people develop their opinions about you without even trying to get to know you. Any who I came in and worked my day always with a smile and positive attitude because any job is better than no job. Nothing I ever did met the owners standards but instead of saying something directly it was always told to me through third party. I couldn’t understand how an owner and director of operations couldn’t call or speak to me directly.

Here’s where the story gets interesting.

The director of operations used to be my boss when I was an independent contractor at Spa 29, before the heart attack. So this is why I was surprised when she wouldn’t converse with me about my performance or lack there of. This is the same woman who called and checked on my while in the hospital and got all my information to send flowers, that never came, so her track record was far from stellar but hey who’s counting.

December 17th was the last day that I worked because the business was closing which is always a bittersweet roller coaster of emotions. Pay day was supposed to be the Friday before Christmas but instead we were informed (the 25th hour) that we wouldn’t be paid. We didn’t get checks but the owner still enjoyed his holiday while leaving his employees who dependent upon the monies earned to make a way out of no way.

It was a hard pill to swallow to not get paid but to add insult to injury with no explanation or empathy was an even bigger pill. The director contacted everyone via text that she had our checks, a week later. She also included in the text that we were paid for two weeks, which is what we should have been paid for. I’m not the one to get excited for what’s rightfully mine. I received my check, which i was grateful because the bills I owed could finally be paid.

Nope the check was short, and when I contacted the director she tried to throw another co-worker under the bus. We then corresponded back and forth via text for a week. I explained whit great detail what days I worked and the hours that I should be paid for and the response I got was generic and insulting. While the director was posting pictures whit her family during the holidays in Savannah, I didn’t have gas to go do the street and you want to insult my intelligence.

After a few weeks, and contacting the Georgia Department of Labor I finally got my money but I learned a few valuable lessons. The first lesson learned is loyalty, you are as loyal to an employer as they are loyal to you. People no longer give 20 and 30 years to a company because companies won’t give their employees 20 or 30 minutes. If I wasn’t able to do the job then WilliamDavidSalon could have fired me. Georgia is an at will state which means that either party can break the relationship with no liability. I worked the hours given with pride and never complained.

The second lesson was one that I’ve known for a while now, when one door closes another will open. Since the location has closed I have had several job opportunities open up and I look forward to the next job opportunity. I’ll admit when i thought about writing this blog I wanted to name names, and I was pissed off. I wanted to shout from the roof top how I was wronged and the ball was dropped but the anger I had in me would make me no better than the wrongdoer. I received my money and the relationship has severed.

That which does not kill you can only make you stronger.

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Tags: at will, director of operations, employment, loyalty, paycheck, williamdavidsalon |

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