BinaryData Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 So, as the title states, My former employers are still paging me with outages. I get texts/phonecalls at 4AM in the morning or throughout the day. It's happened 3x this month alone, and frankly I'm tired of it. What I've done so far is; 1. Texted my former Lead and requested he remove me from the paging system. He said it was done. I have proof of it as well. Received another notification, this time at 4AM. 2. I contacted my recruiter and spoke to him. He said he would take care of it, and make sure it wouldn't happen again. Well, I got a level 4 page today. Now I'm ######... What do I need to do or can do? Clearly the message isn't getting around that I no longer work there. I have one of the higher ups at my former contractors, I was thinking about mailing them. I'm not very happy about this. This is absurd, especially for a Fortune 500 Company. So, what I'm asking is, should I contact my former boss's boss, as well as my recruiters boss and let them know people are screwing up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I would contact the highest person up and let them know if you are not removed from the paging list, you will be sending them a certified letter with a bill for your time. You are no longer employed with them, no reason they should be asking you for anything and it is unacceptable the be receiving messages at 3/4/5AM when you now have a new commitment. +Raze, DConnell and madd-hatter 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 6 minutes ago, Circaflex said: I would contact the highest person up and let them know if you are not removed from the paging list, you will be sending them a certified letter with a bill for your time. You are no longer employed with them, no reason they should be asking you for anything. From both sides? The company I worked for, and the company I was contracted too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 6 minutes ago, BinaryData said: From both sides? The company I worked for, and the company I was contracted too? I would say the company you worked for as long as they are the ones still contacting you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madd-hatter Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 22 minutes ago, Circaflex said: let them know if you are not removed from the paging list, you will be sending them a certified letter with a bill for your time. Good tactic. I had a similar experience once with an ex-employer; I mentioned in an e-mail that any further communications between us would be parsed by my lawyer. I didn't have a lawyer but I never heard from them again. Circaflex 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 block their incoming text number on your phone. Then setup a conditional forward to send any calls from their paging service number to something really bad, like a phone sex line, the FBI, or the whitehouse main switchboard, etc. Then lulz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 Email sent. The contract manager has been notified, and he's looking into it. I didn't email the other party simply because I want to leave on good grounds. I did mention that if it continues, I'll be billing them for a weeks worth of pay. Which is 4 days, $1300. Don't think they want to pay that If not, I'm more than happy to call my land lord and have her sue them for me. She LOVES to sue people and drown them in legal documents. Kind of why I haven't bought this place yet, I'm scared of doing business with her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 It's always a good idea to stay on as good terms as possible with your previous employer. You never know what the future may hold, after all. You might need them for a reference, or maybe even your old job back... Telling them to please fix it or you''ll have to bill them for time is probably the best way forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 block his number with your mobile provider, especially as he sacked you and was a douche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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