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Employment (Much easier if you're able bodied)
Roug3_D3mon99
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I was sent to 2 separate Remploy locations once before Christmas at the Walthamstow Branch but I wasn't able to have an interview as the lift wasn't working (not in service) and no one contacted me beforehand to let me know so another appointment was sent for me today at their Caledonian Road Branch but once again when I turned up to my surprise the lift was "out of service" again... To say I am (insert expletive) off is understatement - I just feel there isn't any real help or concrete insentive, understanding and disabled people are a burden/made to jump through so many hoops to get anywhere.
Contated DEA and It's goes without saying I won't be using them again and would recommend them either (I am not the only one who feels this way and has bad experiences with Remploy).
Contated DEA and It's goes without saying I won't be using them again and would recommend them either (I am not the only one who feels this way and has bad experiences with Remploy).
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Crikey makes me cross, you must be fuming!
Have you been in touch with them since? I agree be positive... But your time and efforts are too valuable to be going to interviews that the employer can't follow through on because they have equipment (lift) that they haven't repaired.
Especially somewhere that claims equality!
"I'm trying to live like a random poem I read that ended 'to bloom where we are planted"
Obviously in in interviews you have to disclose your disability to get the help you need to do the job but as soon as you do many backward thinking firms cross you off the list there and then.
Ive had interviews, and I've an "invisible disability" as soon as its mentioned the questions start flying and before you know it your a burden not an asset.
one interview I was even asked how regularly I have hospital appointment when I said I'm currently having physio every Monday for 1/2 hour I could see "the look"
Ive a degree in graphics, a masters in advertising and 12 years experience with top brands but I struggled to get a job as a local entry level designer for a family firm as it was clear they had no interest in hiring someone who'd have to miss 30mins of a Monday morning!
I feel for everyone trying to get work with a disability, yes the rules of law are there, but no one can actually police them. It's disgraceful.
When I told them it was illegal to do so they said I must have something to hide
Good luck trying to win an Employment Tribunal which now charges a fee.