Work, work, work!

All we do is work. Life is work, marriage is work, and  for those things to work, we must... work. Its not terrible.  It keeps us busy, on our toes.  The things you work for are more important than those you don't.  You always appreciate the things you've worked for so much more than the things just handed to you.  

Matt's job is a job, and we're both grateful to have jobs.  The only problem is, I don't believe Matt's bosses are grateful for him.  Matt has always been such an example when it comes to work, he does what he's asked, even if he doesn't want to, and he's pretty even tempered.  Lately though, his bosses have been taking serious advantage of him.  He has been there for about 5 months, and when they said they would make him an armed guard and pay more, we were stoked.  Even more stoked when he was made the head of the Re-Po division a month or so later.  Unfortunately, that didn't last long. The company lost the contract and Matt was then made a Field Supervisor, (okay...) his job is to drive to the different stores and sites to check on the other employees in his division, and to report to the main office.  He was promised a "work car", never happened.  A month or two ago, Matt asked his boss about the car, "we're  working on it." was the response he got.  Well, how about reimbursement for my gas? "we're working on it."  "we're trying to get you put on salary right now, then we'll figure out the car situation".  About a week and half ago, Matt gets a disturbing phone call from his boss... "why haven't you been getting your 40 hours a week?" "you're on salary you know".  Matt had never been told, and he'd been working what he was scheduled.  He asked his boss to take a look at his pay stub, because when he received it, it didn't look like he was on salary.  Guess what? HE WASN'T!  He was being harassed for nothing.  I just can't believe his bosses.  We just found out they hired a new Private Eye three weeks ago (Matt was also supposed to be licensed for Private Eye but they dropped the ball on that too).  Not only does he make more than a "Field Supervisor", he gets reimbursed for his mileage and his gas.  What is the point is sharing this story in a blog?  I don't know, I guess just to vent.  Check back next time, hopefully for a happier story.  Like one that involves an attorney, and a new job.  :)