I remember going into a PIzza Hut after being called in for an interview, guy doesn’t even take me into the back room, he does it over the Cash Register; straight up laughs at me when I said it’d been a couple years and that it had been rough, and all I really wanted to do was get back to work.
He said he didn’t want to hear my excuses, then he just laughed and said he’d never hire someone as “lazy as me”
A year later I had to report that same fucking pizza hut to corporate for wearing masks only half-way (To fool the cameras I guess) and giving me random rants about Trump when I was trying to order a pizza. Cancelled my order then and there, got Chinese Food instead, and reported them as I waited.
Meanwhile the Subway next door refused to hire me, because I had two last names and “They didn’t sound American!”
They’re both european surnames… (my parents weren’t married when I was born so I just got both), also I’m so fucking white that I eat Dark Chocolate candy bars not because I genuinely prefer the taste (I mean I do), but because at this point I’m worried that’s the whole reason I haven’t turned completely straight up transparent.
also I’m so fucking white that I eat Dark Chocolate candy bars not because I genuinely prefer the taste (I mean I do), but because at this point I’m worried that’s the whole reason I haven’t turned completely straight up transparent.
Accidentally un-voted my first vote because I thought I gave it a new one, this made me exhale lmao.
Right? Had a guy at Trader Joe’s basically tell me (indirectly) that me being trans is why he didn’t hire me “Oh well you look male, but you’re actually a woman? That might confuse customers”
Of course, it’s not about work ethic. They’re aware as anyone else that long term unemployment de-radicalises people from being employment fundamentalists. It works in the exact way that a cult doesn’t want the members of their cult associating with non-cult people.
I mean, what if they learn self respect or the value of life outside of work?
After a year of unemployment one may have their eyes opened to how truly awful the modern working conditions and hours are. They may even pick up a hobby, make non work friends and God forbid enjoy life outside of prepackaged holiday trips. In short, unemployment can be a mirror to unfair and insane employment conditions.
It also implies a willingness and ability to live without a paycheck for a long period of time.
If you are not desperate for your paycheck to survive they have to treat you decently or you might just quit.
These employers would rather hire someone desperate that will take all their shit than a hard worker they have to treat like a person.
I got sick when I was 16. In and out of hospital for years, studied by correspondence, tried to attend classes when I was could, somehow managed to finish a Diploma from a hospital bed, entering the workforce at 23 with zero working experience.
That was awful. I didn’t get my first stable job until I was 26 because everyone wanted to know why there was no employment history, why it took me 4 years to get a 2 year qualification, why my highschool changed 3 months before graduation, why my college transcript listed my address as a “rehab facility” (they always assumed drug rehab, not “I had to relearn how to walk and not piss myself” rehab), why my references were all youth employment service officers or highschool teachers I hadn’t seen in >6 years.
And sadly, despite anti discrimination laws that attempt to prevent this from being a problem, “I’m disabled” is not the right answer to those questions if you’re hoping to get hired.
Took a lot of rehearsal to turn all those into positive proof that I will be a dedicated worker. But it sets a bad precident to say “not even a hospital admission will prevent me from working, have laptop will task monkey for money”.
It didn’t even feel like a “gap” for me, I never even got started, so how could there be a gap.
The longer I was unemployed the more “lazy” stigma my resume wreaked of.
Haven’t had an issue with stable work since then because turns out once you’re in, as long as you stay in, no one questions anything.
I’d just go with “I’m sorry; most people don’t have the appropriate security level so I don’t write those jobs down. What’s your clearance level?”
You can always follow that up with “I worked for a shell corporation that we stood up for the job and dissolved when it was finished. You won’t have heard of it.”
"I’m sorry, I cannot disclose that information without proper security clearances. You will need to make a request with [Government of your country] and they will decide what to do with your request. I can inform you that I did [computer work/ manual labor/ mechanical work/whatever type of work that is relevant] for X hours a day. Thank you for being understanding of regulations.I can tell you anything you would like to know about any other job, however. "
If you sound like you’re repeating something like it’s the 50th time today, it sells it even better.
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