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Some context:
Been working this informal job for this guy for about a year now and have become his right hand man. Just doing random jobs(shipping, deliveries, landscaping…) just me and sometimes if I can find someone else.
My side: - supplements income and has kept me busy while regaining my footing at a sober house in town - lets me use his woodworking shop, space and pricey machines, free of charge. I’ve developed woodworking as a hobby ever since. -seems he’ll let me use/borrow anything that it is his and encourages me to develop new skills/opportunities with what he’s got - keeping active and learning new things was a big help for my struggling mental health -very informal work environment - I’ve grown to resent him for his (lack of) character, humor, leadership,communication, organization, and decision making. I don’t like the jobs we do in general either. He smokes weed all day around me and guys I bring from the sober house, and often sparks up while we’re in the truck/van with windows barely cracked. -he has no real knowledge of woodworking that I can learn from him
His side: - I’ve been his only reliable/loyal employee in years, I rarely say no to a job and am always around and I work hard, we live in a rural area and there aren’t many ppl willing to do this job - he is currently in the early stages of MS and needs able bodies to basically act as his hands (a lot of barking orders and micromanaging) - he’s not doing great financially, I understand that and have been lenient and honestly detrimentally passive when asking to get paid (owed me upwards of $4k at one point) / keeps me at a $1500 deficit despite me asking / fully paid a crew he just hired to cut down/split trees the past two months
Situation now:
I want to pull away from this guy, buy my own power tools and do my own woodworking projects as a hobby. I feel bad leaving him with no one to work for him as his MS gets worse and financial situation doesn’t get better. He still owes me $1500 and I no longer want to do any work for him. How do I go about separating myself from this guy without losing that $1500/having him not pay? Does my position seem fair to you? Or am I screwing this guy over? He honestly seems a bit manipulative and I’m still not in a good enough place mentally to be assertive/confrontational. What are your thoughts on this?!
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