Re: Employment with MeritservusThursday, February 26 3:03 AM
From: John
To: "Michael Davies" Cc: "'Persella Ioannides'", "'Heidi Katariina Pajunen'", [email protected], [email protected], John
Dear Mr. Davies,
Yes, I resigned on February 20th. I left the office at the request of Persella Ioannides prior to the completion of my notice. [Note that in Mr. Davies' first response, he tries to make it appear that I left the office and then resigned. Only problem is I resigned the previous week on the 20th Feb and I only left two days short of my notice completion AT Persella's request. This was immediately after the final meeting with her and Panos.]
It is irrelevant what you think about my abilities. Everything that is stated in my resume is true. Are you accusing me of lying? Please state this explicitly. [To tell someone they are misrepresenting information is a euphemism for lying. Of course I tell small white lies (everybody does) but I have NEVER lied on my resume. To have this reptile (Persella) accuse me of lying is both outrageous and infuriating. ]
Persella carried out the appropriate reference checks and confirmed by email (which I still have) that she was satisfied in moving ahead.
1) I clearly explained to Persella and Goran what I knew and what I did not know. To say that I misrepresented myself is frankly a case of sour grapes and you will not succeed on this basis in a court of law.in addition to keeping a daily journal (which I have already submitted to the department of labour as part of my complaint), I am a very competent and honest individual which is more than I can say for certain people at Meritservus. Persella's accusations are irrelevant she is bitter that I would not continue at Meritservus, after all, she asked me to delay my resignation stating her father verbally requested this.
2) Unfortunately, Persella did not specify any clear tasks or due dates, she simply badgered me about what progress was being made. This is understandable given that she lacks technical expertise and has very little knowledge of complex computer software.in this light, I find it strange that she or anyone else at Meritservus is even remotely qualified to assess my skills or resume, let alone claim I misrepresented myself.
3) Regarding expenses: I have spent far more than Meritservus, but this is nothing in comparison to the amount of stress I have suffered since day one.
4) In regards to you putting me on notice', let me advise you that under no circumstances will I allow anyone to enter the apartment before I leave. I also want to advise you that I will be submitting a statement to the police station on the main beach road to the effect that should any physical or other hardship be caused to me, Mr. D Ioannides and Persella Ioannides will be the first people to be questioned. Any other individual will be questioned regarding their relationship with these individuals. [I found out later from the police in Cyprus that landlords are allowed to conduct such inspections while a tenant is present. This is unheard of in first world countries like the United States! So in this light I decided to vacate the apartment on the 6th March]
5) I am considering continuing my stay if my pay is not in my bank account by next Monday morning. Money is owing to me for the period 2/10/09 thru 2/27/09. [I did not continue my stay]
Finally, Mr. Davies, I have a contract with Meritservus and according to this contract, I am on the right side of the law. The labour department acquiesces in this direction. I strongly caution you to advise Meritservus wisely.
As for the condition of the apartment, it will be clean and tidy on the day I leave with all the furnishings intact. I will leave the key in the apartment and close the door. Once again let me make it clear that I do not wish to see any employee or associate from Meritservus before I leave. Please ensure that my salary for the days worked is deposited in my bank account.
Sincerely,
John
& On Wed, 2/25/09, Michael Davies wrote:
From: Michael Davies
Subject: Employment with Meritservus
To: John
Cc: "'Persella Ioannides'", "'Heidi Katariina Pajunen'"
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 11:27 PM
Dear Mr John,
We have noted that you have left the office and resigned. [Oops, misrepresentation on behalf of Meritservus from the very first sentence - to be exact, I resigned on 20 th Feb and served my notice with two days left to go. I left at the request of Persella after our final meeting.]
We consider that you have misrepresented yourself and your abilities and in reliance on those misrepresentations we employed you and paid considerable expenses. [Meritservus is desparately trying to get out of paying me. As far as expenses, I spent far more than Merritservus and had nothing but bad luck from my first day in Cyprus! British Airways lost all my luggage. The apartment door was faulty and my key got jammed in the door. I believe this is a common occurence in these apartments and no one from meritservus had the decency to warn me of this by suggesting a contact number for a technician.]
At this stage we put you on notice that we expect you to vacate the apartment provided pursuant to your terminated engagement with Meritservus on 6th March. Furthermore be informed that we shall arrange for the inspection of said apartment on the morning of 6th March in order to verify that the apartment is in the same condition as when first occupied by you. We expect it to be in this condition.
[The apartment was clean but as stated in my previous update, it was far from being in a perfect condition.]
All our rights remain reserved.
[This is so funny. I wonder why Michael even bothered including such redundant rubbish. Of course their rights remain reserved! So does everyone else's. If this were not so pitiful, I would laugh]
Yours sincerely,
Michael Davies
Head of Tax and Legal
Meritservus
Tel: 357 - 25 85 77 00
Fax: 357 - 25 35 60 10
Direct: 357 - 25 85 7903
www.meritservus.com
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