"How are things going?"phyllispsu
Well- I am still there and quit date is expiring. Boss is treating me ok- like the "old" guy I knew in the past without all the craziness.
Weird thing is he is not sending out tons of emails like he did when he first started, but he is also not answering the emails I send him. Sometimes I have to send them again and he still doesn't answer them, so I have to talk to him in person to get a verbal answer. I don't get it.
The most recent conversation was that he claims I am not getting fired. That he is hiring a second marketing rep. He is not going to hire the 1099 guy who works for the new company and covers several sites. He says he pretty much does exactly what I do. So I ask- "what exactly is the new person going to do then?". He says the new company has a new marketing program this person could work on. I know this is BS as the person would be going to the same places I go to with the information. There is absolutely no need for a second marketing person.
Just think- the guy he chose not to hire is working for SEVERAL centers- not just one. And this company thinks our single center- big as it might be- needs 2 reps?!! I don't think so!
Then he tells me he really wants this other person- the the young woman I suspected all along who is related to his key assistant- but she doesn't have experience. She worked for us for a number of years at the front desk and he recently brought her in the train the newbies at the front desk and help answer phones.Then there is the one who works for our competition who he claims has been there for a year. I ask him why she is leaving and he tells me she was fired! He is concerned she is BS'ing him about her contacts. I explain she goes to the exact places I go to. Sure- it's possible she has a couple of in's, but if she was fired. well.....how good can those "ins" be?
I ask if these people he is considering are willing to work as 1099's? He said they were.
He says it is possible our new company might acquire that competing company as well as he heard they are not paying their bills and are in financial straits.
He then says probably by the end of the year- January 1st- they will make me a 1099 employee. I tell him there is no such thing as a 1099 employee. You are either self-employed or you're not. He agrees. I tell him I am not crazy about having to pay my own taxes and it would all depend on what is in the contract. He stresses again that they have no salaried marketing people. (Well- from what he was saying previously it seems like they just have this one guy doing a few centers, plus a Marketing Director for two centers). So then he changes his tune and says he would not make me a 1099 employee- he would leave me as salaried.
Of course, with this guy- you just don't know what to believe. The whole thing is nuts.
Yet- I am getting emails from the COO referring to me as the Marketing Director and introducing me to a few people in the company- her brother- who does graphic design whom I have been speaking with via phone the past 2 weeks- and also her project manager/assistant.
I have been setting up appointments for the new CEO to meet with doctors in the community. He did a first round and now next week will do a second round. All is good with that.
So- each day I tell myself I am getting another paycheck and I am going with the flow. As long as the environment stays civil, I am good with that!
Although in many ways, I was so looking forward to not working, LOL!
, I am glad to have the money as there are changes going on with my husband's employer, so we are not in a secure position income wise. And we need the health insurance. So- I am plugging away!