[Cialug] facebook

[Kyle H]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:11 AM Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Facebook contacted me one or two weeks ago about working at their
> datacenter that I live a couple miles from. I went back to college in 2011
> after my traumatic brain injury in 07. I ended up earning a 4.0gpa, Honors,
> certifications, etc by 2014. Went into the workforce and found i couldn't
> keep up with things when I didn't tell anyone I had a tbi and my good work
> comes with a little extra time, as shown in my school work, but it's worth
> it. Eventually I ended up drifting between a couple jobs because when I
> would finally tell people I had a tbi everything would go south from there.
> The workforce, especially IT is very discriminatory...
> So, I'm back on disability now. I responded to the FB email honestally,
> saying I had a tbi but went to college post tbi and did super well. I would
> need some basic accommodations and asked if they wanted to talk further. I
> didn't have anything to lose if they didn't respond to me, if they did then
> that would be cool to work at Facebook with a relaxed environment.
>
> ...haven't heard from them since then. The work world is filed with
> discrimination so the Republicans saying that people on benefits don't want
> to work... We can't because of the damn work environment you fostered. It
> really pisses me off.
>

When I talked to them before and didn't mention I had a brain injury, they
offered me a job higher than the pay bracket for the job in question.
However I took another job that was Linux system admin instead of just help
desk at another place that paid more.

thanks for reading :)
have a good day

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