Hi
I just want to tell you the phone call I have had from an agency that I am registered with about my T2 diabities and the work they do not want to put me forward for.
There has been some production jobs in a food factory that have been available since I registered with them, initially due to my technical background they have not put me forward for any of these post - But I did say to them I would take any work to earn money untill a suitable post comes up, bu they do not listen to me!.
I have now chased them about other production jobs that I thought were for another company but no they are for the same company. This is where it's get interesting initially they said for the same reason I was not using my talents as I am a technical engineer to stop me being put forward for any work, then I said I need to earn some money and I said I will take the job. They then came back to me and said as I was on a production line, as I may need additional toilet breaks and to snack - I could not leave the production line due to the work flow - they are now starting to say my diabities is a disability and I said that is discrimination against me. After pointing put a few things to this adviser and then she spoke with the person who is actually dealing with the company they have now offered me a induction session to see if I like this type of work (It's only temporary and in a place where I could eat the product as it's a healthy option e.g. no sugar involved!).
When my adviser came back I did point put to her that on a production line there are less critical roles where you could take a break and your colleagues cover for you, basically she did not really know what a production line was and how it operates - I am lucky here and have set up a number of them in my past.
But the crux of the matter is she tried to discriminate against me because of my diabities and I said it was discrimination and I would go above her head and complain, it is then she back tracked very quickly by offering me a induction place next week. As long as the shift supervisor knows my needs then all should be well, as that person will place me in a non critical role where if I am away for 5 minutes it's OK.
In short hold your ground when talking to these people who really do not know what they are talking about and if you start saying things like I am going to take this to a higher authority and seek advice from the discrimination at work act they will back down hopefully very fast - This woman has done so, but I will wait and see what happens on Wednesday next 16th Oct and I will report back on the outcome.
I may even take a copy of this with me so they can read it http://www.diabetes.org.uk/upload/How we help/Avocacy/Employment-advocacy-pack-2013.pdf - it's worth reading anyway to know your rights.
Michael
I just want to tell you the phone call I have had from an agency that I am registered with about my T2 diabities and the work they do not want to put me forward for.
There has been some production jobs in a food factory that have been available since I registered with them, initially due to my technical background they have not put me forward for any of these post - But I did say to them I would take any work to earn money untill a suitable post comes up, bu they do not listen to me!.
I have now chased them about other production jobs that I thought were for another company but no they are for the same company. This is where it's get interesting initially they said for the same reason I was not using my talents as I am a technical engineer to stop me being put forward for any work, then I said I need to earn some money and I said I will take the job. They then came back to me and said as I was on a production line, as I may need additional toilet breaks and to snack - I could not leave the production line due to the work flow - they are now starting to say my diabities is a disability and I said that is discrimination against me. After pointing put a few things to this adviser and then she spoke with the person who is actually dealing with the company they have now offered me a induction session to see if I like this type of work (It's only temporary and in a place where I could eat the product as it's a healthy option e.g. no sugar involved!).
When my adviser came back I did point put to her that on a production line there are less critical roles where you could take a break and your colleagues cover for you, basically she did not really know what a production line was and how it operates - I am lucky here and have set up a number of them in my past.
But the crux of the matter is she tried to discriminate against me because of my diabities and I said it was discrimination and I would go above her head and complain, it is then she back tracked very quickly by offering me a induction place next week. As long as the shift supervisor knows my needs then all should be well, as that person will place me in a non critical role where if I am away for 5 minutes it's OK.
In short hold your ground when talking to these people who really do not know what they are talking about and if you start saying things like I am going to take this to a higher authority and seek advice from the discrimination at work act they will back down hopefully very fast - This woman has done so, but I will wait and see what happens on Wednesday next 16th Oct and I will report back on the outcome.
I may even take a copy of this with me so they can read it http://www.diabetes.org.uk/upload/How we help/Avocacy/Employment-advocacy-pack-2013.pdf - it's worth reading anyway to know your rights.
Michael
and i left school at thirteen so academic im not, ok ill make this less personal to us, if say i had two women applying for a job and they were equal in every way apart from one was able to have children and one were not, which one would i employ? the one that couldnt have kids of course because i would be less likely to have to contend with maternity issues, well the same applies here, without knowing the candidate, without understanding exactly what diabetes was all about which lets face it most dont and we didnt, worse than that assuming as most people do that diabetics are fat and lazy, then why would as an employer i want to employ one? its not about blame its about common sense, awful as it is
