ive posted about this before but DS has a part time job for a local internet marketer. DS has some special needs (he has aspergers/dyspraxia and dyslexia) but is doing a computer science degree at uni and has worked for this man part time for about 3 years. DS is a php programmer who is self taught, and does all sorts of work for this man.
This month he has not paid him.
This man also employs a team of indian programmers who were working on the same project DS was working on, but a different part of it. They did not password protect the project well and it was hacked, and the DS boss was blackmailed for his project back which the idiot has paid.
He is very angry about this and is seething that he has lost money. DS cannot speak to him at the moment because when he tried he told him he was out of a job.
DS does not know if he meant it or not - he is managed by another one of his bosses friends who has said he should just hang fire for now because he suspects he is just annoyed about the hacking thing and doesnt think he meant it
but DS has worked all month, and is without any wages right now. In less than one week he has direct debits to pay. While he is at uni i pay for his food. He earns about £400 a month - he used to pay him £250 but i kicked up a fuss because it was not a legal wage. Coincidentally DS is 21 next week....call me a cynic but im wondering if he wants rid before he has to give him an age related rise...or if he is just threatening him with the sack to keep him from asking for a rise when he turns 21. He does need the job. (or at least a job....)
His boss goes on holiday tomorrow. If he does not pay him tomorrow, he will not get paid until he gets back, by which time it will be too late for all his bills etc.
He has been told by the guy who manages him to continue to work as normal.
I am dying to email him and ask him what the hell he thinks he is playing at - but DS is scared that if i do anything to annoy him he will simply sack him.
should i let DS try and sort this out by himself?
or should i step in?
DS doesnt want me to do anything but i am finding it very hard to bite my tongue, but DS is scared that if i upset him he will just fire him as he keeps threatening to do.
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should i bite my tongue and sit on my hands? until when?
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ThatVikRinA22 · 25/11/2012 20:08
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