CCCare Welfare Worker in Cahoots

In late January 2005 and having worked 3 long months; by this stage clocking up 1,250 hours, on the shopping cart for Frank Greco and only receiving a total of $300 cash, I was growing tired of the lies and the project changes. The shopping cart had more changes that a Broadway Musical. Frank Greco of Connections Consulting had no idea what he was doing. In fact I'd learnt that he'd quoted the job at $3,500. When in fact the job was worth in the ball park of $50,000.

I remember after working all Christmas whilst Frank Greco had holidays, I phoned Tony Ryan my CCCare Welfare Worker and said "that's it I'm not going to do any more work for this bastard!". He (Frank Greco) is a person who holds the truth very loosely.

What's worse is your supposed to looking after my welfare. Instead your looking after your Mate by allowing him to take advantage of my situation, in fact you've helped him take advantaged of me also.

I still remember Tony Ryan saying no that's not how it is. Frank Greco is really in a bind. He went on to say that Frank Greco owed Brontobyte Financial Solutions $10,000 and couldn't pay that loan back if the project was not finished. If you don't help him out then he loses everything and you don't get paid.

For whatever reason I still trusted Tony Ryan. I still bleieved that he held my best interests at heart even though my gut instinct was telling me different. So I returned to finished the last few weeks of the project.

However in the final weeks Frank Greco was getting more and more hostile, abusive and being a down right prick! On a number of occasions I simply walked out. It took Tony Ryan to coach me back.

A few week earlier and thanks to a generous person at Christian City Church Whitehorse, I was given a car that they no longer needed. A 1989 Mazda 929. On Wednesday 16/02/2005 I was going to get the car registered. So I informed Frank Greco on Tuesday night that I would not be in to work until Thursday after noon the 17//2005 when I would put the finishing coding into the shopping cart.

On the 17/02/2005 I met Tony Ryan my welfare worker from Christian City Care at Box Hill Central for lunch at about 1pm. We'd be together no more than 15min when I received a phone call from Frank Greco in another of his usual abuse rages. At that point I said..."When you've calmed down and can speak to me is a civilised manner then call me back." I then hung up on him.

Within minutes Tony's phone rang and I could hear Frank Greco yelling and losing the plot. Tony Ryan simple said "ok Frank I'll tell him.".

What I was told was...Frank Greco wants his keys back and your not wanted back at the office, your fired!

I refused to hand over the keys saying..."really"...Oh and what about my pay?

Tony Ryan turned to me and said... "I only introduce people. What Frank owes you is between you and Frank it has nothing to do with me."

Instead of blowing a gasket I turned from the table and proceeded into the city to take the matter up with Frank Greco of Connections Consulting Pty Ltd.