Word: wernher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just over $7 per hour, working behind the counter at the ABP in Harvard Square seemed like a good temporary job. Granted, it offered no health insurance, no benefits, no vacations. But it was a job, and Wernher P. needed the money...
Five years later (minus a brief stint in 1986-87 working for another fast food chain), Wernher P. is still there, now with his brother, Berkeley. The two share an apartment in Chelsea...
...Wernher P. does not blame anyone for his hardships. "Basically, the people here are great," he says of his co-workers and supervisors at Au Bon Pain. "But the big shots? I won't say they don't care, but they don't encourage you too much...
Despite all, Wernher is working harder than ever...
...spare time, which amounts to little between work and church, Wernher is looking for a better job. His brother has found one, and will soon be leaving ABP. But Wernher says the electronics field is unlikely to offer him any opportunities...