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Skeptical employers

Sat, 08/06/2016 - 16:10
I ask does it seem after being hired and have the unfortunate experience to have a seizure while working many of your coworkers make you feel like an outsider? I've even had a supervisor ask me will you end up being a high risk employee to this company and will I have to treat you special or maybe have someone with you at all times?! Now it is for this reason that when I now get hired I feel like I should warn them even though HIPPA rules says I have the right not to. So has anyone else had a similar experience?

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Answer    I started working

Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2016-08-07 - 11:04
Answer    I started working before HIPPA was created. Yes you will have some peopleback away from you because of the stigma associated with epilepsy. You will also have aome employers asking questions. I sure did. butif you do your work and are there when expected and do a good job they will be looking at you and thinking nore about ways to keep you safe and at the same time move you into other positions where you can advance in your career.I have never told any employer about my epilepsy unless they were putting me in a position that could be dangerous for me to work in. If asked why I was telling them now I would say that it was to protect their company and their agreement with their insurance company. So the company asked the insurance company a few questions and fences were put up at eh back docks and they stayed closed until  freight trucks arrived. Other companies did want speed but the sales on the phone were to be 20%. Sups were telling me to stay withing the limits or they would write me up/ Yup meds can slow a person down but if you know what your selling and the script well enough you can change aspects of it so you sell more. Those same sups went to the project manager and he told them to leave me alone. When asked why, He showed them that by the numbers my sales were about 70% and even tho I was slower and not following th script verbatum I covered everything needed and the sales I made made up for the new sales people who were selling 5-10%.So by applying yourself and working to advance higher into th company many managers will overlook a seizure that may take time to get back to normal. They will move yo uarround to keep you safe and the com[any happy.I am retired now but those are some of the things I did and what happened to me when they learned about my seizures. Yes I had quite a few seizurs at work. But they would be considered partial seizures today. It took about an hour to gt back to normal and I went about the work I was doingI hope this helpsJoe

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