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Working Poor

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)

2. I've been there

Reply to w0nderer (Reply #1)

Fri May 13, 2016, 12:32 AM

May 2016

he couldn't for the life of him click that the paycheck he signed..didn't add up to living that kind of life, mentally he was unable to leave the 'bubble' of his lifestyle.

In my case it was a women who didn't see her privilege. She sold the company using my work as the big selling point.

Imagine what happened when i refused a major pay cut.

The new company lost the contracts and my ex boss was sued for fraud.

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