Interviews with more than two dozen laid-off professionals across the United States, including architects, former sales managers and executives who have taken on stopgap jobs to help make ends meet, found that they were working for places like United Parcel Service, a Verizon Wireless call center and a liquor store. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.