Discrimination In Work

[bignick]

Hi,

Dont know if I am repeating a thread here, but I would be interested to know if anybody has been discriminated against in work because of their stutter or feel they didnt get a job because of it.
I have been lucky enough to have never been discriminated against in my 2 jobs and 4 job interviews since I left school and didnt get jobs because I felt I was under qualified or on one occasion didnt feel it was the right move for me.
When I have been for job interviews I have always asked if my stutter was a problem and have been told that it isnt.

Look forward to hearing your experiences.

Nick

[Leeboy13]

I am in the same boat as you then mate, i too have never been discriminated against, also i have asked if my stammer would be a problem and ive always recieved a no problem at all. and ive worked as a barman, factory worker, c&a server, somerfield, macdonalds and currently as a architect.

Anyone out there with a stammer who worries as i did as a kid, honestly everything will be fine and your stammer will not hold you back.

All the best

[Standingtall]

I'm with you guys,
Wow, Leeboy13, you have a interesting list of jobs. In my , they hire summer students, so I got experience in Roofing, lawn cutting, firewood, painting, electrian, an assistant in an AA office and general labour. After High school, I chose Forestry, Working in the bush away from people, almost perfect for a person who stutters. The provincial Government were hiring, and I was in the line up ready to be placed somewhere. I got my current job, because I was the best qualified. I have stuttered in my interviews, but only once somesome tell me, they are interested in what I know and the kind of person I am. Between jobs, I worked as a newpaper delivery, door to door, the hard part about that is collecting money from some of the people. Sold herbal vitamins on the side. I can honestly say I didn't have any problems getting jobs in my choosen career. I suspect an couple of people in my office, who have greater control over there stutter, but get the odd block for a second or less. Maybe, I'll work up the courage and ask them.

[lupes]

Not exactly discrimination but i've kind of being asked, well told not to answer the work phone anymore.

A client called once and no one else was in the office so i answered.

The guy didn't introduce himself, he just asked for my boss, and i said 'i'm sorry he's out at the moment'

I wanted to also say 'who's calling please' or 'can i take a message' but it was one of those things where i knew i was going to get stuck so i didnt say anything.

So the guy just ended up saying 'oook, i'll call back. bye' and hung up.

next thing i know, he emailed my boss and said someone answered the phone who wasn't very helpful and sounded 'rather abrupt' and something else.

i felt pathetic, and i dont answer the phone anymore, which is a kind of relief, and yeh, i sound a like a loser lol.

[Anthony]

i've never been discriminated to the point of not getting a job,but i could tell the managers really didn't have any respect me,or at least doubted my intelligence.

they were both pricks in general,but extra prickish to me apparently.

[llw03c]

well i haven't been discriminated as yet, and hopefully never. i'm a covert stutterer and struggled for a long time with the decision to "come out of the closet". well anyway, i had an interview and i decided to tell them up front about it and as i suspected, my stutter was non existent. what am i supposed to do?? if i don't tell them and i stutter and hesitate, i'll look weird. if i tell them and not stutter as i did, i'll still look weird. i can't win either way.. :rolleyes:

[Igby]

i don't feel i've been discriminated at work. I have in fact found that my boss has been one of the most supportive people in my life in reguards to my stuttering.

[bignick]

Anthony,

As you say they are pricks in general and I have worked with people like that and it didnt matter to them if you had four heads, stuttered, didnt stutter, big head, small head, they still felt they were better than you, but what comes around goes around and they will get what they deserve, someone doing the same to them and see how they cope with it then.

Nick

[bignick]

Not exactly discrimination but i've kind of being asked, well told not to answer the work phone anymore.

A client called once and no one else was in the office so i answered.

The guy didn't introduce himself, he just asked for my boss, and i said 'i'm sorry he's out at the moment'

I wanted to also say 'who's calling please' or 'can i take a message' but it was one of those things where i knew i was going to get stuck so i didnt say anything.

So the guy just ended up saying 'oook, i'll call back. bye' and hung up.

next thing i know, he emailed my boss and said someone answered the phone who wasn't very helpful and sounded 'rather abrupt' and something else.

i felt pathetic, and i dont answer the phone anymore, which is a kind of relief, and yeh, i sound a like a loser lol.

Lupes,

You dont sound like a loser to me, you are happy in your comfort zone. Answering the phone isnt for you, so let others do it, but find something you want to do and go for it.

Keep your chin up.

[Standingtall]

When you say thank you for the interview, and add, 'and I didn't stutter'. Go with it, add some humor to it.

No matter where you go, there are pricks everywhere and I must admit, I have been one, when I am in an sour mood. Don't get me wrong, I pretty humble most of the time.

Lupes, people can be rude, maybe the wife said no to him the night before and that is why he was grumpy. I had an very rude caller once and he had me going. I told my supervisor's boss. He told me, 'next time when that persons call, pass him on to me' 'I am not going to have somebody intimidate my staff'. I took an couple of calls, because somebody was giving our assistant an hard time, because she was female. Once they heard my voice, they were an different person and I had him going on his way. I took that first caller as an personal attack and I let it get to me. I learned on how to deal with difficult people, by reading and taking in some training. It has helped me a lot.