Posted by Sean on October 7, 1999, at 13:23:50
In reply to Workplace discrimination, posted by Bob on October 6, 1999, at 23:56:50
> Nothing like a good dose of bigotry and prejudice to snap me out of a downspell -- I mean, *I* have the right to rip myself to shreds over absolutely nothing, but I'll be damned I'll allow anyone else to try to victimize me!
>
> As you may guess, I'm a bit, well, angry. I've talked about my job problems before, but I'm going to wait until I cool off before the next installment.
>
> In the meantime, I wanted to start this discussion. Has anyone else out there felt like they've been discriminated against due to your disorder at your workplace? How did you handle it? How did you recognize it? How did things end up?
>
> Please feel free to respond as that great sage of all millenia, Anonymous, or as Herbie the Elf Dentist (another clear case of workplace discrimination). Maybe we can help others from getting trapped, in defusing a situation before it starts ticking. I'd like to see some good come out of what I'm going through right now, since at my job the only thing that's coming out is a double helping of whup'ass that I'll be serving up soon enough.
>
> Grrrrrrrrrrr
> BobI sure have been discriminated - by my insurance
policy. I got so pissed off that I called our
human resources people, came "out", told them
they were in the middle ages and discriminatory.
Basically, they did not recognize psychiatry as
as "real" medical field and thus did not pay for
it. At $150 per visit, I was soon in the hole
and ended up doing phone-tag with my doc for
several years.Now they are better - but not free of discrim
ination: psychiatry costs me 3 times what
another doctor costs. I guess you say they went
from viewing psychiatry as "nothing" to 1/3 of
a normal doctor. Whatever... I remain pissed off
at the whole system.
poster:Sean
thread:12703
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