A 40-year-old mother in California, laid off from her job, had reached the lifetime limit for welfare and so was denied benefits after she had a new baby; she became homeless, and her older son had to quit college to support her.
The number of employees in part-time jobs has reached a record high of 6.8 million.
Job satisfaction has reached a two-year low, according to the survey.
A sales manager feels happy when the team is doing a great job and has reached the target.
But for the first time in many months, Mr. Obama's job approval rating has reached 50 percent in several recent polls.
Following the collapse of HMV and Jessops, the number of retail jobs at risk has reached 10,000, fuelling concern that the resilience of the jobs market could be ending.
The combination of the demands of the troika (widely seen by Greeks as a Trojan horse for Germany) and the frustration evident outside the ministry — Soultos's private sector has lost close to 1.5 million jobs as unemployment has reached 28 percent — is combustible.
In just about five months, Mr. Eliason, whose job redefines customer service, has reached out to well over 1,000 customers online.
Among this army, the proportion of part-time or "amateur" landlords – those who supplement their day job with rental income – has reached its highest-ever level according to recent figures from the National Landlord Association.
"The dismal prospects for young workers are underscoring the fact that you can't rebuild an economy on low-wage jobs and that inequality has reached a point where it really is an existential crisis for America," says Annette Bernhardt, UC Berkeley's visiting sociology professor, whose work has focused on the low-wage economy and inequality.
