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Disabled people need not apply

I had this interview a few months ago at a major insurance company named after a volcano. I was applying for a job in my field with my former company from years before. The interview started with the manager telling me about her work life balance and how having a disabled child taught her so much about life. Fast forward to later in the interview. In full transparency I let them know I have a federally protected disability (diabetic), and I would need the reasonable accommodation of needing to take an hour lunch every few months. (This is a salary position mind you, not hourly). I am newly diagnosed, so once everything is good it would be like once a year. The hiring manger turned nasty and looked at me like something that smells horrible and advised if I'm “…that sick you should be on FMLA, and not trying to…


I had this interview a few months ago at a major insurance company named after a volcano. I was applying for a job in my field with my former company from years before. The interview started with the manager telling me about her work life balance and how having a disabled child taught her so much about life.

Fast forward to later in the interview. In full transparency I let them know I have a federally protected disability (diabetic), and I would need the reasonable accommodation of needing to take an hour lunch every few months. (This is a salary position mind you, not hourly). I am newly diagnosed, so once everything is good it would be like once a year. The hiring manger turned nasty and looked at me like something that smells horrible and advised if I'm “…that sick you should be on FMLA, and not trying to look for a job”. The rest of the interview went down hill from there. She made it very clear I was now disqualified.

I tried to report to their HR but the email was set to outbound only, same with the discrimination one. I emailed the CEO, and surprisingly got a response. I kept an eye on this person on linked in… their position didn't change our their employment. (So I guess that health insurance company should include “Diabetics need not apply” to their website.)

But what sticks with me is this managers attention seeking behavior regarding her alleged disabled child, but when faced with an adult with a medical condition, she immediately made it clear disabled people shouldn't be allowed to work.

I pity what her daughter will go through knowing how she really feels (assuming she actually had one).

Amazing how fast you can go from being told your first interview was “amazing” and “you are perfect” to being ghosted because of something that would have no impact on the job, just the managers own prejudice.

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