[Cialug] facebook

[Kyle H]

more over raising awareness of it. I don't have the money for a lawyer.
just ridiculous.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:22 AM Brett Neese <brneese at brneese.com> wrote:

> 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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