[LeeH]

I've been a stay at home dad for around five years. Once my daughter started school, I started looking for something to do from home. It took a while but I found a guy who ran a business out of his house. He hired me to do accounting, and Quickbooks work. He liked sales more than the other stuff. In fact he had all of 2004's bank statements, credit card statements, and invoicing that had to be entered! It seemed perfect as my schedule was flexible and I worked from my home most of the time.

I busted my butt to get his books straightened out so he could get his taxes filed on time. Right after it was all done he called me in and said he could handle it by himself now! I couldn't believe it. It would be one thing if he'd called it a temporary position, but that wasn't the case. I had a few other opportunities present themselves while I was working for him but didn't persue them as I thought this was going to go on.

He did the same thing to a woman he'd hired for administrative work, which made me feel a little better. If he'd let me go and kept her I'd be wondering what I'd done wrong.