Workplace
Thinking About Gig Work While You are Dealing With a Disability?
Let me start off by saying, I'm a delivery driver for a delivery gig platform, it's a pretty fun experience - but it's still not for everyone. I decided to sign up one day to deliver for this platform because their ad popped up on a website, and I really needed to grow my work ethic. I am a disabled individual, and I am tired of living without things that I need - and want. I had been sitting in a depressed state for quite some time, but I found this gig helps me get out of my depression for a little while. When I go and deliver people their food on my own schedule I am optimistic I will not fail.
By Haley C.4 years ago in Confessions
Employment for Persons with Disabilities
In the United States, do you know of any person with disabilities in leadership or management positions? Chances are there are not many of them. Disabled people generally tend to occupy vocational and/or volunteer jobs. I have seen some fold paperclips or sharpen pencils at the local library. Seldom do we see them in upper management or leadership roles. If many can be considered qualified with or without reasonable accommodation as provided by the American with Disabilities Act; then, why don’t they hold meaningful jobs? Is this not a form of disparate impact in hiring practices across the board? Take for example, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Echazabal, 536 U.S. 73 (2002), where the plaintiff with liver issues wishes to return to work at the risk of direct threat against himself. There are a lot of questions to be asked such that do persons with disabilities have so limited opportunities for employment that they would be willing to engage in work that puts their health at risk just to have employment and pay the bills? In this sense, the ADA has not gotten very far in providing equal opportunity and meaningful access for persons with disabilities. It shouldn’t be so hard for anyone, even for a person with disability, to find work that he or she is qualified, for with or without reasonable accommodation. But, sadly, it is. So that when people with disabilities find whatever small opportunity to earn, they do so even at the risk of harm against themselves, because there are no better options. In a society that prides itself in equality for all, there must be better options. Discrimination is not only the inability to provide reasonable accommodation or the ill treatment of those associated with persons with disabilities. Discrimination is also when a person with disability settles for a poor choice because there is no other choice – or society makes it hard to choose an alternative. Ultimately, persons with disabilities should have the responsibility of being their own advocate and guardian for their rights to equal opportunities in employment and to quality of life. What, therefore, is the threshold of meaningful access? Should it not be expanded? Who determines reasonable accommodation vs. undue burden; and why are there not enough benchmarks for this? This leads me to the larger question: why are there no opportunities for disabled people to have meaningful access to work opportunities in leadership and upper management?
By Sarina Pasricha4 years ago in Confessions
New Beginnings
The morning light that flows through the window of the bunkhouse is muted and barely wakes me. “Another gloomy day” I muse as I stretch out my limbs on my top bunk, conscious of my housemates breathing and stirring. I contemplate staying under my warm blankets with my wispy dreams but I force myself to climb quietly down my ladder.
By Rose White4 years ago in Confessions
Mr Big
In an attempt to keep the department store “with the times,” a Chief Innovation Officer was brought on to lead the way. “Apparently, the new CIO is best friends with Elon Musk,” confidentially shared, the Head of Human Resources, Tom Morrow. “His name is Kimesh and he comes highly recommended!” proudly explained Tom during his regular gossiping session in the staff canteen. The new CIOs' affiliation with the Space Program alone had made his arrival quite anticipated amongst the other employees.
By Tatiana Ooo4 years ago in Confessions
I Quit
With a lifetime of knowing how to find the good and bad in every person I meet, the normal tricks won't work on me. I know your honeyed words are a lie, a clever ploy to get me to open up to you and give you ammunition to shoot me in the back. Nothing personal passes through these lips to your ear. You don't deserve the satisfaction of putting me down behind closed doors. I see how you talk to each other, interact, joke, laugh, and go about your day. I also see how you all insult and spread rumors when the other isn't looking. Although it may not be obvious that I'm paying that close attention, I assure you that I am. The hushed words whispered in the room are not that silent, but I think you're all aware of that, aren't you? Otherwise those words wouldn't be spoken aloud while those you torment are across the room.
By Mindy Boroi4 years ago in Confessions
Complementing Flavours
Clink! Sheryl looked up from her desk, startled at the noise that had caught her attention. Her view slowly spanned up from the paperwork she was signing, to a plate of chocolate cake that was recently placed on her desk, to the retracting arm that had just placed it there, to the man connected to that arm who was staring her dead in the eye.
By Kara Hughes4 years ago in Confessions
“Enjoy Your Meal”
Picture this, it’s a busy Saturday night. You’re at your favorite restaurant with your family. You were on a waitlist for a half hour and the line out the door has only gotten longer. After a little while you’ve just gotten your food. Your server asks if you need anything. You reply with a no. She then says, “enjoy your meal!”
By Jordan Horter4 years ago in Confessions
Cake Harmonics
Luxury Department Store | 2.45 pm | Summer Sale “Oh, God! Looks like Wyatt is fired!” gasped Angela Slow-Sponge, Bath & Leisure Sales Advisor, as we both stared in complete disbelief out of the staff canteen’s window watching Wyatt Hertz escorted out of the building by uniformed guards.
By Tatiana Ooo4 years ago in Confessions
