Thursday, May 5, 2011

Secret Plan Part 2

So I left off with Job#1 boss offering me more money and freedom to come and go as I choose.  I fully intended to work both jobs and let the money roll in.  That is until after I was settled in and found some things out about my current employer Job#2.  In the interview, everything was love and roses.  Supposedly, they are a small (only 4 other people besides me in the office), family oriented company.  Although a specific schedule was never discussed, it was stated that as long as I don't work more than 25 hours per week any schedule would be good and I could design my schedule to accomadate my son's preschool schedule.  During the first week, I trained with the girl I was replacing.  Her schedule was 8-noon so I just assumed that I'd be able to do something similar to that.  Umm, not so much.  On my first day of employment (on a Friday), I left at noon like I had been all week.  At about 2:00 that afternoon, I received a call from the owner's wife (she was the interviewer).  Apparently, the office busy body had heard me discussing my schedule arrangements with the girl I was replacing and told the owner about our conversation.  The wife called to tell me that her husband (owner) was concerned because that was not the schedule we discussed in the interview and that it wouldn't really fit their needs were I to leave at noon everyday and that she wanted me to stay until 2:00p everyday.  Ummm, lady we never talked about my specific schedule.  You just said that I couldn't work more than 25 hours per week and that you'd like it if I was there by 8:00 in the morning and being there at 8 was the most important thing.  By my calculations, if I worked 8-2, that would be 6 hours per week.  I expressed my confusion to her and tried to extract what her exact expectations of me were.  This proved to be a useless exercise because she never specifically stated what she thought my hours should be.  She kept spouting the most important thing is that I be there by 8:00.  So as of now, my schedule is 8-1.  That in and of itself is not that bad.  But add to it the fact that I was hired as an administrative assistant (i.e. filing, answering phones, answering client questions) and my boss (the owner) wants me to handle his "writing" of the business.  He is an insurance agent and has agents underneath him.  They all handle their own stuff, but he wants me to meet with clients to discuss their insurance options, walk them through the applications and submit their paperwork (basically "write" their business) and even wants me to sign for him.  #1 I am NOT a licensed insurance agent, so the fact that he wants me to run their quotes and discuss their options is not legal.  #2  I will NOT sign his name to any document, legal or otherwise.  I don't even sign my husband's name.  So far I evaded these not so subtle hints.  I was hired as an administrative assistant not an insurance agent.  Six months is my "I'm out of here" date, but things may end more quickly if he outright demands that I do something that I find unethical or illegal.

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