I started working at a small importer of electrical components in June of last year. The company is located in New Jersey. I was promised several benefits and I was told about make work load which sounded very reasonable. But after I started working I noticed that my boss was verbally abusive to other employees but I did not worry about it because he had not started up with me yet. The abuse started when he could not train me nor could anyone else at the company. He put me under so much stress that I ended up in the hospital for three days. The software is a very old inventory and accounting system which he would not update to make it more reliable. By the way, on the interview he said it was QuickBooks, which I have 15 years of experience using, however, QuickBooks is only part of the system he uses. Anyhow, to try and make this story shorter, first he started by making fun about my weight, then the way I dressed, then start telling me to shut up and telling me I had a big mouth. He called me stupit and his nickname for me is slim. I have gone from being a light smoker to a pack a day smoker. I have asked him to please stop but he always tells me that as a single mom I need my job and just shut up and do what I am told to do. Last Friday I almost lost it when he told me I had to do something which I did not understand. I asked him to explain it and told me just to do it. I told him I saw leaving and he told me I could not. I started thinking what can I do, I could not quit, I had a family to care for and the rent was due. He will not pay for sick days and I am just getting more and more depressed by his abuse. And because I am having some dental work done, I will not be able to interview for the next few weeks. There have been 4 other employees that have died working for this man. His late bookkeeper was hit by him and she sued but no one at the company would testify on her behalf...everyone was scared to lose their jobs...What should do...if I quit and will have no income to support my family....I so depressed about all of this that I think I am going to have to go on medication.![]()

