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Kinda fishy...

Posted by: Teh Happy
Date: 4/19/2008 9:50:51 AM

First off, I'm a new user, so hello everyone!

As for my reason for posting, I've made a few little discoveries about my boss and her buisness. I'll start with the little things and move up from there, heh.

First, my job takes place in the basement of my bosses house (Wasn't aware of that when I met them at the job fair!) She generally has me working with computers, usually editing out mistakes in the sound for instructional CDs. As of late, though, she's been trying to sell her house, so who better to do landscaping work than the sound guy!? I laid mulch, pressure washed her garage and dock, and even drove into town to drop off her tax materials for her. All this is a little irritating, but it's tolerable. She just wants some help around the place, and I suppose I can understand that...

And then tax time came around. Part two of my complaint: She told me since day one that I was working for her as a contract employee. I understood that I would have to do some different work on my taxes, but I have a tax guy who could tell me exactly what I needed. Come tax time, my tax guy tells me that I am NOT on contract. I had to pay a hefty self-employment tax because I am technically FREELANCE! Needless to say, I was a little... iffed.

And then the kicker... Part three: Illegal buisness practice, I think. Without giving away too much, the buisness I work for sells courses for continuing education credit in medical professions. To do this, she had to get certification. Problem? Turns out she was using a false name to get certification and does, in fact, sign each of the cerificates she sends out with the same false name. I took the liberty of calling the folks who certified her, and they told me that she couldn't do that.

Weeeeeeell, some time passes and I overhear my boss talking with another employee about a call she got from the people who certified her. They said they didn't have any records of her, and she told them that she changed her name. They seemed to be satisfied with that and hung up. My boss seemed to think it was a funny story. She still has certification due to an outright lie. I'm fairly sure that breaks the law.

Well, that's my story! There's more, but everything is generally connected to that last one. I guess I don't really know what to do next. Yes, I am looking for another job, but I almost feel obligated to take proper action with this job.

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