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Work
Endless hope is a ridiculous expectation
Yeah, job hunting. Endless hope is a ridiculous expectation to expect people to hold onto. That’s the funk of a day I’m in. Recently, I wrote about how I don’t stick to only remote jobs because most work I do can be done from home. I have to hope that it gets through to someone […]
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Nothing has changed
I wrote this three years ago, and nothing has changed: There are tons of jobs I’d be a competitive candidate for. I can’t write applications for all of them. I need to write applications for the ones that appear flexible and inclusive. The problem is, everyone has anti discrimination policies, but they don’t […]
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The best rejection
I received a rejection from a job application this week, and I was so relieved. On paper it was a great job. A mix of my two most recent jobs, and genuinely remote. But the screening call person was abrupt to say the least… I just didn’t get a good feeling from them. Ever […]
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The problem with decision making in workplaces
I was reading an article on NDIS changes when a sidebar article drew my attention. It was titled No, work from home culture is not ‘career suicide’. Obviously, this is of interest to me as a disabled person who is a) looking for work and b) can only work from home. Unusually for most […]
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The benefit of becoming disabled later in life
A while ago I was chatting in a chronic illness forum and someone was being told they had it easier becoming disabled as a teen or young adult. I didn’t agree at all. Before becoming housebound, I had a pile of stuff behind me and life experience … makes experiences easier. I can […]
Certifying employers as disability confident
Certifying employers as disability confident (or accessible, or whatever the current buzzwords are) has never been something I support. In my experience, it turns into a vanity metric where the employer is centred, not the disabled person. What I’ve found is that when a person or business has done a disability awareness course, they […]
Capitalism + hyperfocus
I was doing a survey on ADHD late last year and one question asked if challenges with attention had any positives. My reply: Hyperfocus can be seen as a positive in certain capitalistic conditions. But it is not financially compensated appropriately. It is also effectively contraindicated with my other condition (ME/CFS) where cognitive […]
Three out of three
For years now I have struggled to get three out of three – the right work, the right pay, the right location. As my MECFS has gotten worse (beyond the point where working is wise) it now costs me so deeply to work that not getting three out of three makes me angry. It […]
Timing is a hell of a thing
I recently made an off-hand post about wanting to get some book editing done, but weather got in my way and made me flare. Sucks, but that’s what happens with unpredictable chronic illnesses. What I was working on that day was a book about what it was like to job hunt as a completely […]