Laid off 101

5 Factors driving your credit score & some tips for difficult times

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Understanding the factors that determine your credit score and how to build and maintain your credit during turbulent economic times. I think all of us realize how important it is to build and maintain a good credit score. While most of us know it’s important, I get the feeling that many people don’t have a firm [...]

Will work for food…

Friday, September 19, 2008

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I guess this wasn’t totally unexpected. After a year of working for miserable pay, with a miserable boss, and miserable hours, I left my job. Actually I guess I should say my job left me, since they were kind enough to point out that I seemed a touch miserable, and suggest I could be happier [...]

Tara gets laid off from fancy law firm

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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It was Friday, August 15, 2008, 11:37am, 1 year and 331 days after I, fresh out of law school, started working at a corporate law firm in New York. I was called into the head partner’s office, knowing nothing more than (a) head partner was about to leave on his annual 2-week end-of-August vacation and [...]