Posts Tagged: Busts
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The End of the 00s: Top 10 Jobs I Lost This Decade: Failing Up, Sometimes, but Mostly Sideways, by Jackson West

I've been looking for, finding and losing jobs since I was 14, the legal working age in Washington State. The first job I was fired from, after just a couple of months, was a filing job at a pool equipment supply company in Seattle. I did get former Supersonics All-Star power forward Shawn Kemp's old home address out of the deal, so that's something. But that was the dawn of the 90s, and while I'm sure I gained and lost at least ten more jobs in that decade, I'm pretty sure it couldn't compare to the volatile 00s. I wasn't always fired, mind you-straight-up firings, lifetime, I can count on [...]