[thecabal]

Instead of waiting for jobs to be created; they need to start their own businesses. Then we network. Business to business network.

That's what I have done. I left my last job to get out from under the thumb of the biggest a-hole boss anyone could have. Things were getting so bad that my girlfriend was complaining that I was coming home every single day depressed and with no self esteem. I'm glad to be gone from that wretched company, but things have been tough. So on that note, do you know of any b2b networking already in place?

[Calpernia]

Yes

[Indie]

Things were getting so bad that my girlfriend was complaining that I was coming home every single day depressed and with no self esteem.

Gee do you work for the same major American airline I do??

[MamaDearest]

IMHO you are not the only one with a jerk boss like you had. It is my belief (based on discussions with many many people all over the country) lots of employers use the current depressed job market to treat employees disrespectfully and make demands that are at best unscroupulous and demeaning. They offer jobs at the lowest possible wage, strip benefits to barebones, if offered at all. What you went through is not singular - it is happening all over the country - and uncountable employers are getting away with it, blaming it on the economy.