I have recently been employed BUT ☝️ I am now facing a battle to get workplace accommodations / reasonable adjustments for my disabilities and my new employer hit me with the "let me see if that's fair to everyone". Like. I cannot stress enough I am asking for 5 minute sit-down breaks used sparingly as and when I need them (due to a leg disability) and access to a loo (I have GI issues). This in no way needs to factor in whether it's "fair" to the other employees. It does not affect them in any way.

I'm hoping for the best and maybe they will be sensible about this after all. But the whole question of "fair" is like if someone broke their leg and got painkillers for it and uninjured people saying that's unfair because why don't they get painkillers? I don't think me sitting down for 5 mins to rest my legs due to my disability is unfair on other colleagues.

It's so nerve-wracking disclosing disability to a new employer especially since I was discriminated against at my last job because of it. I need a job to be able to save money at all in this economy (I'm on benefits in order to survive).

I hope that I'm being overly harsh here - that they will come back and conclude me getting reasonable adjustments affects no-one else and is a net positive for me being productive at my job. That I revise my position and realise - hey maybe this time I can actually have proper workplace supports. Please make me be wrong, I don't want my anxieties to be correct here.

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Two months ago, I got a promotion at my job. Higher salary and, above all, a boost to my self-esteem. I was performing well; feedback from everywhere was amazing. Everyone I worked with loved me, and the company recognized my dedication and rewarded me with a promotion!

I was happy and satisfied. I enjoyed a nice trip with my girlfriend to Venice (we live in the Netherlands, and I'm Italian).

My career was going well. I had found a job that I loved and excelled at.

One month ago, I got laid off. Apparently, my company has two heads that don't communicate with each other. One head is the managers who actually do the job and work with people; the other head is the stakeholder-pleasers who don't care at all about people, but just about numbers.

The US didn't reach the quota this year, so let's cut all the EU market. It doesn't matter how well they're doing; they are too small in comparison.

And the people who work there?

Probably the answer to this question was: Who?

We got laid off—me, my team, other European teams. All our work, planning, and energy didn't mean enough.

It happened in a few hours. One minute I was enjoying my first salary after the promotion, and the next minute I was crying because I would soon be kicked out of the system.

I feel like I fell from the top of a building.

Everybody around me is saying not to worry, that I'll find another job, that I'm qualified, and everything will be good.

The truth is, nothing is good. I feel like shit. I have Rejection Sensitivity, so you can imagine how fun it is to receive tons of rejection emails for your applications.

And what about the tips about CVs, cover letters, and all the different application methods that exist? One goes against the other, and you're left more confused than ever.

People are telling me to take it easy, that I have time and I just started my application process, but I'm not good, I'm not feeling good. Then I think: what the fuck has this world made us become? Why do I feel so worthless when I didn't even get fired? I was a good worker, but still, it wasn't enough. Why can't I help but think that without a job, I'm nobody?

The absurd thing is that I would never think this of any of the people I know. People I love, including my girlfriend, have gone through periods when they didn't have a job and needed to find a new one. During those times, never, even for a second, did it occur to me to judge them or think less of them because they didn't have a job. So, why am I so hard on myself? Why can't I take all of this with more serenity? What's wrong with me?

I've opened this blog just to vent and let my thoughts out. I wanted to come across as a bit more funny, but today is not a very good day. Hopefully, I'll soon sharpen my "virtual pen."

Dear Employer,

I don’t give a shit what your company does and never will. I almost certainly had never heard of you before clicking on the jobsite advert. So long as you aren’t some objectively evil company like Amazon, it’s never going to be relevant to me what industry you’re in.

I will be happy to enter into a mercenary agreement with you - you will pay me, and I will provide solid work (my own personal pride) for the agreed-upon hours. The company will not have my loyalty, interest, or respect (I may respect other members of your staff personally, but that is not the same thing). I will do no promotion for your company. That’s your business, not mine.

You will not be able to contact me outside of work hours. I will arrive barely before my start time, and leave at the end of the workday on the dot. I am always clockwatching, because I do not want to be here. I am here because capitalism. I will take every single offered vacation day, caring not one iota what sort of disruption it may cause for the company. It’s a legal requirement for you to give me those days. Try to guilt me about them and I will hate you more than I already do (resulting in reduced efficiency at work, because fuck you). I will never do overtime, don’t even ask.

I will have my phone with me during the day, and will be using it. I will not shirk tasks to do this, but my life does not stop just because I am in the office. I need to be able to contact people when required, and them me. I also need to take short breaks from focus to reset my mind for the next session. Deal with it. You also cannot use my personal phone for work business. Try it, and I will block your number(s).

Any relevant training that you’re willing to pay for, I will take. It will let me get a better mercenary agreement, likely with somebody else. You want me to stick around? Give me more money. You want ANYTHING extra from me? GIVE ME MORE MONEY. Money and training (and like, pens and stuff) are the only things I want from you. I don’t give a shit about ride-to-work schemes, gym memberships, or discounts for things I’ll never buy. I’m not hitching any of those wagons to you.

You should hire me because you need work doing, and I will do said work for money. It’s that simple. Don’t make it weird.