Lightning Specialists Inc
Charlie Wilson Not paid for hours worked, working in an unsafe environment

I worked for Charlie Wilson for 2 years.in these 2 years I basically ran this man's buisiness for him and made sure everything ran smooth with the electrical contractors that he works with on a regular basis. Very shortly after being hired I was made foreman of his crew because I proved myself to be honest, hard working and had a great attitude. I was promised bonuses every couple months which I never recieved. I was blamed for all of the things Charlie forgot to do, like order supplies, finish jobs etc. Charlie was rarely available throughout the day when I called him as he was usually fishing or hunting out of state.

I got along with every electrical contractor that we worked with due to my work ethic and wanting to get the job done correctly. I was contantly praised and told that they would definitely send more business our way. Charlie was never anything but mean and greedy man.

On 7/7/10 I was fired. When I asked why, I was told that "this is Florida, and I don't have to give you any reason" and sent out the door. As you can imagine I was a little upset to be treated like this by a man whom I'd worked very hard for, although having been exposed to his selfish and erratic behavior in the past in firing employees for no reason, I was not suprised.

I waited to recieve my last paycheck in the mail. When I recieved it, it was for only 1/3 of the hours I was supposed to have been paid for. I called Charlie to inquire if maybe there was another check on the way, or if there had been some kind of mistake, I was met with a very angry response, cursed at and told that if I wanted my money 'I'd better get a lawyer.' After saying this he remarked that he wasn't worried though because I probably didn't have enough for a laywer anyway.

This is a classic example of a greedy businessman taking advantage of his employees. I am definitely glad to be out of such a bad work environment, but am left with no income and in a fight to get the money owed to me.

I hope that this posting will at least detour anyone seeking a job with this company, or anyone thinking of doing buiness with this company. If this is the way he treats those that work for him, you can only imagine his lack of caring about the customer.

Company: Lightning Specialists Inc
Country: USA
State: Florida
City: Palm Harbor
Address: 4757 Belden Circle
Phone: 7279383560
Site: lightning-specialists.com

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