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[quote=Anonymous]I was used and abused at work from age 19 to 35. Not having to work ever again became the goal. I retired this year at the age of 46. 
While I should be happy or consider myself lucky, I may need therapy just to get over what happened to me.
While I loved my work and my boss from age 36-46, I was still in the same industry that had taken advantage of me.
The kicker - one of the small business owners who took advantage of me and owes me a lot of money, and whom I had made very rich, called me and asked if I wanted to come and work some more.
I have no idea how he even dared to contact me. Must be a psychopath or have a selective memory.
Imagine working 12-hour shifts without a break; working while throwing up every 30 minutes; working below minimum wage; going to ER straight from work because of work several times; being yelled at by a drunk every night after busy shift; sleeping at work 3-5 am because I had no keys to lock the door and boss had gone drinking. I can go on and on, but wage theft was the main thing.
I was really good at my job and they took full advantage of it.
Amazingly, karma got all three of them. One got jumped and is dead or handicapped now. I didn't do it. One filed bankruptcy after opening a new restaurant right before recession in 2007, and lost most of his money. 
The third one I can't mention as it is a famous case in DC. I need to google what became of it. I happened because of the need for yet another dollar. 
I wish I had had a job which I loved or at least liked.
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