[dizzy bint]

My gripe is employers who treat you like s**t because they know, or assume, that you can't get a job anywhere else.

a) There are jobs if you keep looking and are patient;
b) Should the good times roll around again, they will regret treating their employees so badly;
c) Not the way to treat loyal, hardworking staff, who are thus turned into people who turn up just for the wage packet and don't even recommend the company to a friend.

Rant over.