I am writing this post in the hopes that by making my experience public that someone else won’t have to endure the same profoundly unprofessional experience I did working for Matt Flynn/Flynn Sport Horses. As I was recently employed by him.
Mr. Flynn is borderline unbearable to work for in to many ways to adequately articulate but a general description would be condesending, rude, dismissive, extremely short tempered, and erratic. Hence his continually posting in Yard and Groom, as well as, other sites including his own Facebook page for an available Grooms position. His turnover rate speaks for itself as he has posted the same job opening 3x since December. I as well as, others before me quickly found out why this was when working for him. I stayed a very short time as does anyone who has had the bad fortune of working for him. After 7 days I quit, his ignorant and arrogant behaviour was intolerable. The afternoon I walked out and told him enough was enough Mr. Flynn owed me $583.00 for 7 days of work. I never bothered asking for a check. My salary was $500 for 6 days per our agreement upon our 1st meeting so 7 days would total $583.00. Never ever did I think that he wouldn’t send me my check. I texted him.minutes after leaving with my address I never even for a second entertained the thought of not being paid. I sent him 1 text and one email in a span of 2 weeks after quiting asking him when my check would be mailed. He lives 5 miles from me . I was professional and polite in context and tone of the texts and email sent to him and would be more than happy to provide anyone interested in seeing them. All communication went ignored. I sent a 3rd text the following week making him aware that if I didn’t receive a check by the following Monday I would have no choice but to take the matter into a small claims court setting and invited him to clear this matter up as to avoid this being adjudicated in small claims. Again was extremely polite and professional. I don’t consider putting someone on notice your going to be left with no option than suing them threatening them. Its making them aware of your intentions nothing more nothing less.
In the last week my brother, and my boyfriend contacted Mr.Flynn via phone. He has stated verbatim to both " she quit I am not paying her". They where also extremely polite and professional in there conversations with Mr. Flynn. Mr. Flynn took both there calls and spoke at length about his reasoning. They where stunned by his ego, arrogance, and being entirely devoid of ethics. Mr. Flynn made both men aware he was going to attempt to get a restraining order against me. So clearly he would be willing to waste the courts time with such lunacy and thinks a RO is designed to stop someone from trying to retrieve the pay you owe them? Aapparently some victim of domestic violence is as important as this payroll disbute in his logic. Nobody that contacted Mr. Flynn on my behalf or myself has threatened him physically, verbally, or in any way, shape, or form. Threatening a RO was laughable given these circumstances and quite honestly an insult to a victim of violence who desperately needs one. When learning of his reason for not paying me, was because I simply quit I did make him aware via text that I would in no way tolerate such behaviour and would make the industry as a whole aware of his unwillingness to pay me and his reason why. In addition to Mr. Flynn refusing to pay me what was owed he made my brother and boyfriend aware in there conversations he never agreed to $500 for a 6 day week. That statement blew me away more so than the fact he wouldn’t pay me because I quit. So its blatantly obvious his character and moral compass is not only what I’ve described above but he is a bold face liar as well. So after hearing he accused me of lying about our agreed salary I did the math for being at his farm from 7am -4/5 pm for 6 days or $83.00 a day @ $500 a week. That totals $8.00 an hour don’t u think if I was trying to bolster or embellish our agreed upon salary I wouldn’t do myself better than $8.00 an hour LOL. Calling me a liar left me with my jaw on the floor. I am in no way trying to sound of any particular importance but given my resume and who I’ve worked for in the past MORE than once for 2 previous employers. I would have in NO way gotten out of bed for less than$500 a week EVER. My 2 previous employers have paid me $600 for 6 days. The references from previous employers far more famous in 3 Day Eventing and Show Jumping than Mr. Flynn. They will and have bolstered to Mr. Flynn my knowledge, experience, and ability as a professional show groom. So his claims that $500 a week wasn’t our agreement is again laughable.
In closing, I am now left with having to persue Mr.Flynn in a small claims court setting. I have subsequently been made aware I am not the 1st employee or the 2nd for that matter Mr. Flynn has done this to. Making the job environment in his barn unbearable, person quits, Mr. Flynn REFUSES to pay employee. This is his M.O. and his continued way to get free labor if only for a short time. Doing what he did to me is one thing but finding out this isn’t the first or even second time he’s done this is inconceivable. I thought it prudent to make the public aware of who and what Mr. Flynn is in his entirety. The unmitigated gaul of Mr.Flynn is mind numbing. I am more than willing to post the one email and texts I sent Mr. Flynn requesting my paycheck over the past 4 weeks. Yesterday upon my making his sponsors aware of this situation Mr. Flynn called my boyfriend (also have phone records to prove what I’m saying is true) and asked him to stop me from putting this situation on social media. Mr. Flynn was told my pay as well as an apology needs to be forthcoming. I’m sure he’.s well aware his past of screwing over hard working people won’t look good in the light of day. Mr.Flynn has had 4 weeks to pay me, chose not to because I quit, and then proceeded to call me a liar about our salary agreement on top of having a history of this with others. I certainly hope this post can and will prevent someone else from avoiding Mr.Flynns unscupulous business practices. If nothing else I hope this will put other.potential employees on notice of what Flynn Sport Horses is all about.
