What To Do?

ak47caretaker

ak47caretaker

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last week the day before payday my boss tells me that he cant pay me the following week,he said well i guess u got three options, collect unemployment, work with out pay or find a new job. i am a commercial fisherman on the great lakes and we cant seem to find any fish at the moment. my boss is also a good friend of mine and i dont want to leave him hanging, but i cant work with out pay, i think i can get on another boat for a different company, not sure yet though. im just looking for some outside opinions
 
mygirls

mygirls

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ak47caretaker said:
last week the day before payday my boss tells me that he cant pay me the following week,he said well i guess u got three options, collect unemployment, work with out pay or find a new job. i am a commercial fisherman on the great lakes and we cant seem to find any fish at the moment. my boss is also a good friend of mine and i dont want to leave him hanging, but i cant work with out pay, i think i can get on another boat for a different company, not sure yet though. im just looking for some outside opinions
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here in coos bay oregon there are some deck hands needed. and a few captains.. good luck with your situation..
 
dam612

dam612

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i know hes a friend but sometimes you gotta go with what pays the bills, but if u can tuff it out for a week and he comes through then that great, but if moneys real tight and u can get on another boat go that route-but u might not find fish on that either. if nothing works out then unemployment it is (i hear its an easy weekly form u gotta fill out online)\
good luck man, hope u find the fish
 
high|hgih

high|hgih

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you gotta do what you gotta do man. I'm sure your boss will understand. just keep in touch with him because you never know, it might be an easy way out of your NEXT miserable job :p

Not saying any of your jobs are miserable, I'm just saying, IF your job turns out to be miserable and your old boss somehow came back up, youd have an easy job :D
 
beardo

beardo

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you said it is your friend work with him until you guys make money when you do, make sure he pays you.
He is probably counting on you to keep his company going, and you might need the job more than you realize so make it work for both of you, bust your ass and he should take care of you.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

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Are you fishing White fish? If so, it looks like they are in the decline again which sucks.
I work with commercial fisherman daily here & there are no shortages of jobs available, but then again our Salmon are slamming right now.
Good luck.
 
ak47caretaker

ak47caretaker

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i bust my ass every day, i work with two brothers that are both 50+ yrs old and a 160 lbs soaking wet. im 35 and do most of the work. and ya i am the one holding his business together. his brother is a big pain in my ass out there and things would work better if he was gone, but that probably wont happen. i will probably try and stick it out but i cant live to long without some cash
 
ak47caretaker

ak47caretaker

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the other company is big enough to withstand this slow time, and it is a younger crew. the bad thing is the guy that owns the company is a asshole, his captains arnt as bad, and one of my freinds is one of the captains and is short a guy. they work a crew of 4 we work a crew of 3
 
dirtsurfr

dirtsurfr

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Go find another job and the pain in the ass brother might have some karma comming.
Stick it out only if he'll give you a rack and meals with a promise on paper for full payment
heck you could work out a share of the boat..
 
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