By pigs_do_fly_in_2020 • Score: 3 • April 27, 2025 3:44 PM
End of last year I parted ways with my career of 15years on very bad terms.
For the past 2 years my husband has been running his company with some casual staff helping out.
In Feb of this year, he asked that since I'm still applying and looking for work, could I come in to his work to help out during the week as he has no-one there to help him.
I agreed and all was going well, it was actually really good for our marriage too, we spent more time together and I got to see why there were days he would come home in a bad mood (customers being stoopid)
3 weeks into this arrangement, one of his weekend Staff members wasn't available for the day so he asked me to help out. I did and all went well. 2 weeks later, again I was asked to help for a weekend day.
That same week, the 2nd person told him that she has found a full time job and won't be coming in anymore.
No discussion was had, it was just assumed that I would start working weekends as well, and I did.
I worked 18days straight before I asked for a day off, and this week I've asked for a day off again and was told no, it's too busy.
His reasoning is that in 2.5 years he hasn't taken a day off - I truly feel this is a him problem not a me problem.
I want to go back to working 5 days a week. The "honeymoon " phase in the beginning has turned ugly, he constantly micro-managers me and shouts and argues with everything I do.
It's mentally draining, and I cannot stand having to be there even for a minute of the day.
I think I'd be the asshole because this last month he paid my full expenses and not a small salary for the hours I'm there ( 5hrs a day) but I really feel like I'm being taken advantage of. I'm happy to help during the week for min pay and find a way to cover the rest of the expenses myself.
This was supposed to be a short term thing but 3 months and working 70 days of the 77 has been a killer.
WIBTA?
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