Posted by T in NE on April 12, 2016 at 14:57:15 from (97.32.70.183):
In Reply to: Re: BTO posted by gtractorfan on April 12, 2016 at 05:19:50:
Lousy communication, things not getting fixed due to said lousy communication, being lied to when I tell him there's something that needs checked over on a truck "I'll have it looked into" but it never leaves the yard. 2-3 hours worked per day on wage while the hand on salary is working 8-10, being busy just long enough to get caught up from the last time we were slow, if I'm lucky. Being the only hand during harvest because they won't let a guy they want to hire use enough pasture for his dozen cows.
Being told there is nothing wrong with the trucks because the shops can't find anything wrong with the trucks, when they are only told that there is a problem, but not what the symptoms are. That keeping brakes properly adjusted is why they hang up (never mind new drums and shoes going in with 20 year old s-cams and old rusty hardware), and I need to use the engine brake instead of the air brakes (which only worked on 4 of 6 cylinders). Steer tires that were perfectly good tires yet (with 3/32 tread left, legal minimum is 4, had to threaten to not drive it to get his attention on that) and I couldn't drive in a straight line on gravel with new drive tires and old steers. Being told all I do is b**** about stuff when I'm turning wrenches putting shock absorbers on it that I bought myself so I could drive it more than 20 minutes a day without a 4 day migraine. I did get paid back for those.
If things would have got fixed and communication would have been better and I got thrown a bone now and again (let me drive a nicer pick-up or one of the smoother riding 4-wheelers) I'd have stayed, even though I was making 2/3 of what every one else his size is paying.
But at some point you have to say enough. I can't afford the tickets that would be in my name if I was in a wreck. And I know darn well he wouldn't pay any of them.
Of course he got mad when I told him I can't expose myself to the liability any longer to save them a couple thousand dollars. Thought we were on good terms when I left but now I can't get him on the phone or catch up to him to get the money he owes me for a parts truck I sold him because I had no place to put it.
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