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Should I lie & not tell people I'm epileptic just to get a job!!
Sun, 07/08/2007 - 11:49I'm sorta at a loss for what to do. I've been unemployed and on Canadian EI (assistance) since December '06. That runs out in February '08. Thing is, I have a university education & 9 years experience in technology - the field I used to work in. Basically, where I used to work transferred me to marketing because to much travel was needed in the other department & I can't drive. Well, I hated working in marketing, slowly my 'stats' sucked, so that job ended - I was going to start looking for something new in January '07 & leave - they just sorta forced me to quit & processed paperwork as 'mutual agreement' in December instead.
Since I get all kinds of interviews for jobs where I'm over qualified & jobs where they'd be a match. The problem always seems to be one of 2 things - Travel! or Hours!
Travel - well, not having a license.
Hours - In order to prevent seizures I need a pretty consistent life, and can't really work until 2am.
Thing is, as soon as I tell people that medical comes first & well, as long as travel isn't by car I'm okay to travel anywhere they don't like that.
And for some jobs, if I say I want to be home by 10pm, but I'm more than willing to work from home, they don't like that!
What am I supposed to do, lie & put employment ahead of health?? My doctors would kill me, not to mention my boyfriend, family & friends.
Any ideas how to get it through to employers that "driving" isn't the only way to travel & that it is possible to work from home after 'standard hours'?? I'm freaked I won't have a job by the time my EI runs out & if that happens essentially then I'm living off a line of credit or something.
Thanks.
Comments
Re: Re: Re: Hi, I've been waiting on
Submitted by itsmyeviltwin on Sun, 2007-07-08 - 20:23
Good luck David.
Re: Re: Hi, I've been waiting on
Submitted by GodivaGirl on Sun, 2007-07-08 - 19:55
In Ontario it's illegal for them to ask me, my issue is if a job says requires 50% travel - well, I don't have a license, so I know that makes it tough, but I'm willing to, so I level with employers I'll travel, just not by car!! I'm not one to lie.
Also, there are places that want rotating shifts days-afternoons-midnights or a schedule until 2am. Being epileptic, again I really can't do that, so I level with possible employers. It seems like as soon as I'm honest they hold it against me. I'll work until 10pm, then from home. I think that's fair, they don't!
So, do I put the 'ethical' & what seems like the 'right' thing to do behind me, stretch the truth & sacrifice health for employment & just deal with it? How do I make employers understand that's not what I want to do, and really I shouldn't have to?
Now, does what I'm asking make sense?
Re: Re: Hi, I've been waiting on
Submitted by davidmorrison on Sun, 2007-07-08 - 19:49
hi peaches i live in australia and it too illegal to discriminate agianst anyone with a disability or medical condition i was sacked for haveing eppy i am now takeing them through the human rights commision in australia for those who have been through the same dont let the boss get away with it fight for your rights