Reply #42: I hate being lied to, and it happens all the time. My husband's

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division of his company was running out of work and he was assigned to a project in another division 90 miles away with the management promise that if he did a good job, he'd receive a permanent transfer. For 5 months he worked his ass off, driving 180 miles a day, working long hours and some weekends to prove his worth to the slimy bastards. The guy running the project was a slavemaster who kept threatening the workers with their jobs if they weren't putting in a full twelve hours. They were told to take shortcuts and do whatever was necessary to meet deadlines. The week before the project was up my husband was called in, thanked for his contribution, and handed a lay off notice. When he questioned the head honcho about the transfer he was promised, the guy developed an on-the-spot case of amnesia and shrugged his shoulders.

That was 5 months ago. My talented, hard-working 59-year-old husband who gave those fuckers 20 years of his working life has been reduced to looking for something, anything that will pay him enough to help get our teenage daughter through college starting next year. He can't collect social security so retiring is not an option. At job fairs recruiters won't look him in the eye because of his age. It's a horrible spot to be in, and it's partially due to his employer's lie - which kept him from actively looking for a job while he was still working.