Re: Employment

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: : Ok everyone, here I am crying on your shoulder...
: : I can NOT get a job anymore.  The last one I had I lost because the office manager was afraid to share a bathroom
: : with me, and she was more important to the company than I was.  Before that was a long string of "The customers
: : don't like to deal with you" and "The other workers have problems with your 'appearance'".
: : I know all the ADA stuff, I know all this is against the law and stuff, but you also know no one says that stuff
: : in front of witnesses.  Worse, Texas is a right to work state, no one has to give you a reason for your termination.
: : They can say, "We no longer needed her" and hire someone else in my place and that's pretty much ok.
: : I don't even care about lawsuits or fingerpointing, I just want a job.  I am tired of being at home, and REALLY
: : tired of being useless.
: : I just don't know what to do anymore, the state has actually declared me unemployable, but if I go on disability, 
: : that's like giving up, and in some cases makes it harder to take a job later.  All the temp agencies in the DFW
: : area have a file on me, and I know for a FACT that some of them have made a small note in my file that my
: : "appearance" is less than desireable, and it's not because of the suit I was wearing.
: : I keep going back to college, I attend every free lecture and seminar I can find that pertains to any of the 
: : fields I have been trained, I read, and I am staying as educated as possible.  All of this to no avail.
: : So what do I do?  I have seen job counselors, professional headhunters who were PAID to get me a job and
: : coach me to be employable, the Employment commission, the state Rehab commission, you name it.  I am 
: : at a total loss.  So you tell me, what should my next step be, besides moving out of the south, which has been
: : the WORST place for discrimination I have ever seen.

: Glori,I've just been re-reading about your struggle to find employment.I am absolutely astounded by what you have to say...maybe I'm being naive but I can't imagine so blatant rejection happening here in Australia.I have EHK and have encountered some really minor setbacks but have managed to stay fully employed for 13 years in a professional capacity.

: I'm not sure what I can suggest other than hold your head high...and that I am furious on your account!

: Cheers, Kate.



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