Don't despair its not that bad... Its worse (nah not really).
The big problem we are faced with these days are the insurance company. Employ someone with <500 and you excess doubles. So it works like this... the operator puts themselves at more financial risk. Then again I have seen many a 300 hour pilot fly a plane better than many a 700 hour pilot???
I have posted this before but basically you can never afford to give up.