Someone other than "Colorado" Mike needs to manage this place and I hope that Cody Walker sees that. Mike is very blunt and unprofessional.
I applied to be a photographer for Sombrero Ranch and during the interview I asked for $15 / hr because that's what I make for contract photography work. I came in on June 29th for training and worked from 8:30am to 5:30pm.
The whole time Mike was being abrasive about a cowboy hat. If there's required attire such as a hat, you should provide these necessities. At the end of the day, Mike paid me for the days work and told me to spend the money on a cowboy hat. I was paid $50 for 9 hours of training. That equals out to about $5.55 per hour which is well below minimum wage and well below what I asked.
I emailed "Colorado" Mike and asked him if he was able to meet me at my asking rate and he replied "Hahahahahaha, drugs are bad, umkay" which is the most unprofessional response I've ever heard out of anyone. If you are insinuating that I'm using my money for drugs, you are clearly mistaken. I have a wife and two children that I need to take care of. If you are really that worried about your staff being on drugs, you should do a company wide drug test (and you probably should considering your employees told me that other employees come in high on magic mushrooms).
Very unprofessional and rude.