A “CHRISTIAN” COMPANY

Posted on by Fred Campos

I have worked for two different companies over the past five years who claimed to be Christian companies.

The first was a retirement facility associated with the Church of Christ. It was a great gig in a lot of ways.

I worked for a home health company that was based out of the facility. So there wasn’t much driving which is unheard of in the home health arena.

I had a lot of freedom at that company because they knew how good I was at my job. I basically came in when I wanted and left when the work was done. Even with that flexibility,  I was the highest producing nurse in the company. I saved the company a lot money because I wasn’t salaried.

When I got my first evaluation it was all good and I got a raise. It wasn’t much but it helped. Then the CEO of the company decided that he wanted to hire his good friend and give him a six figure income. He demanded all of the raises back from the people who had earned them.

I hope that when that CEO goes to heaven he ends up in a small run down shack. It would be ironic if it was next to a mansion of a person that had his/her raise rescinded.

I went from there to a company where the owner started the day with the company in prayer.

I was blessed to work under one of the most awesome Christian women I have met in my life. She was not only Christian, she was brilliant. We formed a friendship and she is one of my close friends today.

There was a problem with that company though. They stole from the nurses who worked for them.

I had to audit every paycheck and take it back into HR. Then I had to teach the HR how to do payroll because either they didn’t know how to do their job or they were just really good at playing “stupid.”

I should have told my friend and boss about the cheating but I couldn’t identify the origin of it.  I didn’t know who to point the blame at and she had enough on her plate without me adding to it.

She ended leaving the company just recently and we went to lunch. She let me in on the scoop.

The owner was the one behind the theft. That was only the tip of the iceberg as far as his dishonesty went. The owner was a fraud.

Were these companies Christian? I don’t know. I am not God so I don’t have the right to judge.

If they were Christian, I have one question. Why are you using a business plan of the Devil to run a Christian company?

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2 thoughts on “A “CHRISTIAN” COMPANY”

  1. I once hired a man to take down a tree. What stood out with his estimate was his use of the “Jesus fish” on his card. I hired him; he did a great job. The man came out with his son and two chain saws, both of which were named. While he was up in the tree, he would yell down to the son and bark orders using lots of colorful expletives. Incredible…from that point on ive been very leery about those that use that symbol or Christianity as part of their advertising.

    1. That is so sad. You may want to take a look at my Blessings post. It is not very often that I feel as if Christ is purely living through me but at that moment in my life I felt his presence.

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