Locked Out: How a “Family Business” Learned the Cost of Firing Their Only Tech Support
Working for a family business usually means being "treated like family", which, in this case, meant being underpaid and ignored. After weeks of setting up a new $20k POS system solo, I was fired on the spot during a pay dispute. Two days later, the system crashed, the store was paralyzed, and I was the only one with the password. Suddenly, my back pay wasn't the only thing they owed me.