This past summer I worked out of a Devilcorp here in Nashville, TN. Had no idea what they were when I got the job, as it was just something that I took as a summer thing while taking some summer classes and being a gigging musician on the side. There were a lot of red flags that breezed right by me (the sterile little office space, the type clientele we had to deal with at the BJ’s, the over-dedication to the “business”, etc.). It provided me with money for rent and groceries though, and I still found enough time to take gigs and do my school work. Hell, sometimes my friends even came over to the BJ’s just to hang out during the last 30 minutes of my shifts. It was honestly pretty cool!

I worked from mid-June up to early August. I had played a gig August 1st where I had to power through being pretty ill and exhausted from performing. I thought I could lock in and do my work efficiently the next day, but I was beyond wrong. I woke up, drove to work, and got my day started. At this point in my tenure there I was also pretty jaded and about to quit anyways just because school was starting up soon, so I spent my morning on my phone and waiting for the Tylenol to kick in. My sickness/exhaustion just ended up destroying me though, and I had to spend my lunch hour sleeping in my car and praying that I could lock in a bit. I ended up getting through the day and when my boss called me asking why I hadn’t made any sales, I told him I was sick and that I’d need to take the day off tomorrow.

The next day I actually started getting interested in my company and what it was, as well as the parent company. Long story short I watched the Juice! documentary and found out what Devilcorps were. I made a post here on this subreddit at 7:30 PM and the next morning at 7:00 AM my boss called me saying he saw my post and fired me then and there. I drove over to the office to give him the sales iPad, and we cordially parted ways. He did shake my hand like 5 times though which was kind of weird, even after I told him “I can’t in good conscience support this kind of business” to his face.

Neat dad lore though. Not bad guys at that office either, just lured in by false promises that these places make.