The Boston Learning Center

I would like to dedicate this post to my Brothers and Sisters out there who have been stiffed by an employer in any way shape or form.

This is a very simplified version of events that have occurred as I do not want to be divulging too much information as I need to at this point.

That being said, dear readers, I would like to let you know that this author has been waiting to be paid by The Boston Learning Center via Sheldon Fischer and John Batarse since April, 2012 for $1,625. This may not seem like a lot of money, but it was during a time I was a District-Coordinator for them and I was a top level manager.

I started to work for them in January, 2012 and things were going well. I was able to get student's paired up with tutors and started right away.....well, by right away I mean in more than a month it took for the office in Boston to get their act together. Then once hiring decisions were made, and I got the ball rolling.....again after much waiting, books came much later on. Much after this we had a pay dispute, but I was paid, and I am here now waiting because they have issues getting the money they are owed, which really doesn't surprise me. I should have seen the warning signs from the beginning (I was told I might be on a sinking ship) but although I made this mistake it does mean I have learned a very valuable lesson.

See, what happened here was there simply were people put in place who could not manage a business if their lives depended on it. A quick Google search, which I should have done in the first place, would reveal that Mr. Fischer apparently couldn't have his credentials verified by groups at Harvard University (http://extensionstudent.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=1804) and Mr. Batarse was a General Manager at a Suzuki Dealership. Now, granted being a GM at a car dealership is huge, the fact I was in the auto industry and see he was a Suzuki dealer just makes the whole situation laughable at best.

Text messages, e-mails, phone calls by me and John Batarse only wound up in circles. He would ask me for information, I would give it to him with no response thereafter. I try to call or text message and only when I act like a bill collector do I get his attention. I've since filed a complaint with the MA Attorney General which is doing something but not fast enough.

I'm now being accused of harassment and told to get my lawyer to talk to them. I don't have a lawyer because you see folks, I've learned how to deal with people on my own and I don't need a lawyer to get my point across.

Lesson learned, don't mess with a Labour Activist, ever.