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11-21-2011, 04:11 PM
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I would start your own company, as in an actual company. sounds like you have 4 or more real good references right now, you got the photos to put together a porfollio. you can hire and train a helper so he to does it the right way and when you are comfterable with him you can make him a lead and hire two new helpers and so on and soon you will be running your own crews. I find a lot of people will pay a little more to make sure the job is done right, especialy in these days when there are so many crooks out there.
Steve
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11-21-2011, 07:45 PM
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Yes, and you can get these first 3 customers to write up reviews for you as testimonials.
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11-21-2011, 09:00 PM
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Same thing happened to me $4700 because the home owner didnt agree with the bill. alwasy sign contracts if possible. I place a building lean on the house, and 2 years went but until the lean expired, she said she would give me $1000... No way was I settling for that, long story short with the lean expired and her now off the hook, the only thing to do was file a claim, and wait another 6 months- a year to even get into court to settle it, plus head ache from dealing with it, lost hours at work, lawyer fees etc.. What ever Karma is a bitch and she'll get what she deserves at some point. You ex boss will too, what goes around comes around. it still sucks that it happens but thats just how greedy some people are. thats why its good that there are still the few of us that are honest people. thats a value seldom come by now a days.
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11-21-2011, 09:59 PM
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so heres the update hortly after i wrote this he sent me a e mail and said to come by and he will pay me so i thought great once i got there and waited for 3 hrs he finally showed up he was in a horrible mood and basically said his business is gone to **** and hes not paying anything for anything anymore....
sooooo..... ive talked to employment standards after a lengthly conversation of what happened ive been advised to take him to court as they feel like i can easily proove my case. today i went down to the colurt house and got the papers ill fill them out tonight i explained my case showed them what i have they also feel like its worth my time there will be some colurt fees but he will have to pay those ill have to cover my own fees for lost time and witnesses. i have about 300 photos, e mail's ,witnesses from co workers and witness from his clients....and even text messages and video(not sure if i can use those or not lol) the emails,witnesses testimonies and pictures are all good documents that will help me. once i file the papers he has 21 days to either pay me or prepare for his case....i have a friend who is a lawyer in calgary and he is going to help me once hes back in town next week. the bill is for 3500 and around 3000 for the other worker. ive done nothing wrong i simply accepted a by the hour job in which i showed up and did work everyday and did great work at that so he has no reason what so ever to not pay me his only excuse is hes re considering opening a business because of the finances it has.....which has nothing to do with me if his company isnt making money then he should pay his employees and lay them off as such not just keep their pay......still a crappy day as it will now be weeks before i even know whats happening.
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11-21-2011, 11:00 PM
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andddd haha sorry guys feel like venting today but ive been in calgary for about three months and this is the third company thats scredwed me over not as bad as this but the first paid my way up i did 15 condos for him in 2 weeks ranging about 300-400 sq ft each easily a 1000 worth of abour i charged out at 25 hr so he pretty much got each unit done for 250 and pocketed the rest when it came ime to pay me the bill was almost 4000 at 4 o clock i gave him my hours and at 6 he had a check for 2grand he said he would owe me the rest next month in an effort to not get scammed i had to quit or be owed twice as much
the second guy was very nice and were still friends we did some amazing houses on marda loop some of the most high end jobs ive done but unffortunately he has no clients so were off between jobs for a week or more and the third is this guy and well we know how this turend out lol better screening preocess for employers is my new goal untill i decide to work on my own again 
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