Sounds like someone just couldn't cut it. Why didn't ever step up and say something? If you were so unhappy why didn't you refuse to the work. Or do it wrong? I'd really like to know what you do now. Were you expecting to come out of college and make 50 g's right away??
Damage Waiver is easy to sell if you know the facts. In the end it saves you money if something happens. It sounds to me as though you had no knowledge of what you were even doing.

P.S. You won't ever make it anywhere in life. You sound like too much of a pushover.