[Cialug] facebook

[Brett Neese]

I wouldn't mention it in the initial emails or interviews, but they're
required to provide basic accommodations per the ADA.

If you're finding yourself being discriminated against once you have a job,
lawyer up.

Brett Neese
563-210-3459



On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:18 AM Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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