Quit my job but the owner is an idiot.

Yeoface

I work for a Home Theatre company in Canada, and Ive decided to quit after having paychecks bounce, expenses not paid out, no T4 tax slip until a month after it was legally due, among other problems. To top it all off, the owner is a douchebag who is separated from his wife, has 2 kids and is dating a 19 year old waitress from a local restaurant (he's 37). He also rents his house in a trendier area of the city and rents a Chrysler 300 to try and look rich, when in reality the company is floundering.

The problem is that he recently told a friend of mine that "some people just can't handle the real world" when he brought up me leaving. Aside from just telling him to go to hell, is there anything interesting or creative I can do in my last 3 days of work to get back at the guy?

Oh, also I already have a new job lined up in sales for home theater (which I've done before in the past) as well as potentially starting my own small home theatre company on the side, which I have a client base to work off of as well.

eternalbl

He sounds like a loser... I think reality already has your back.

Besides, unless you already have something lined up you might want the reference.

werehippy

Don't do that. You go in, you do the bare minimum required to properly do your job (but no less), and you leave in three days. Getting cute with an employer never turns out well.

Now, as to checks bouncing and expenses not being paid, that's a different matter and it wouldn't hurt at all to gather all the relevant information and any evidence you may have and taking it to your local labor board.

bsjezz

leave quietly and become tremendously succesful

Chu

My honest advice: many people face significant hardships from PoS employers, ranging from misapplied medical coverage to fiscal trouble to serious financial hardship (foreclosure, for one). You managed to "live through" this and you're getting out. Let it lie; you learned something valuable from this. There's no reason to do anything destructive or subvertive.

Corvus

Yeoface wrote: »

I work for a Home Theatre company in Canada, and Ive decided to quit after having paychecks bounce, expenses not paid out, no T4 tax slip until a month after it was legally due, among other problems. To top it all off, the owner is a douchebag who is separated from his wife, has 2 kids and is dating a 19 year old waitress from a local restaurant (he's 37). He also rents his house in a trendier area of the city and rents a Chrysler 300 to try and look rich, when in reality the company is floundering.

The problem is that he recently told a friend of mine that "some people just can't handle the real world" when he brought up me leaving. Aside from just telling him to go to hell, is there anything interesting or creative I can do in my last 3 days of work to get back at the guy?

You could try being the bigger man and just ignoring his petty shit.

Lurk

werehippy wrote: »

Don't do that. You go in, you do the bare minimum required to properly do your job (but no less), and you leave in three days. Getting cute with an employer never turns out well.

Now, as to checks bouncing and expenses not being paid, that's a different matter and it wouldn't hurt at all to gather all the relevant information and any evidence you may have and taking it to your local labor board.

This should not be overlooked.

noobert

Work well up until the end, thank him for the opportunity and shake his hand at the end of your last shift.

Go on to live a successful happy life.

jasonlester

yep, noobert hit it on the head. DO IT.

It not only is the right thing to do, but it will probably get to him. People like him hate being ignored.

Kris

As a fellow Edmontonian, would you be able to give out the name of the company? That way I can make sure people I know stay away from this place.

tardcore

bsjezz wrote: »

leave quietly and become tremendously succesful

This.

This would mess with him so much and really put him in his place.

LewieP's Mummy

and knock the dust off your shoes as you leave.