People Tell Us How They Got Back At The Worst Boss They Ever Had
26 . How My Boss Went From The Tattoo Studio To Caravan Life
"I worked in a tattoo studio reception when I was about 21… The owner was an absolute jerk but we all put up with it because there were not many opportunities in our area to work in this field.
He would often try to short-change people, paying in cash and just randomly coming up with “tax” deductions from it (UK so PAYE applies).
What he didn’t know is that I had worked in payroll for three years before, working in PAYE, so I knew he was lying.
I had access to petty funds, so I ordered some wage packets and a stamp with the company name and logo. Every week I would write down the figures that he paid us and his “tax” amounts, stamp it with the company stamp and take it home.One day, after planning it all out, I stood up to him when he was shouting at everyone, knowing I would be fired on the spot. Before he had the chance I told him that he could “stick his freaking job”… man it felt great.
On my way out I told him that I would be back in one week for my p45. His partner tried to lie to me, saying I didn’t need a p45 because I didn’t pay “enough tax”… It was then that I smiled sweetly, pointed out that I had in fact worked in payroll, that she needed to provide a P45 or I would report them to the Tax Office.
The look on her face was priceless.In the end, I took all of my “payslips” along with a letter I had prepared on company-headed paper which confirmed my employment dates, took them to the Tax Office, and innocently queried the tax amounts because I thought they might have been incorrect.
In the end, with an investigation and my help, they took him for a lot of money, he lost his business and his house and he ended up living in a caravan."
