Author: Olivia

I took a work from home data entry job so I could have an easy job due to declining health. A year in I was diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, endometriosis and inflammatory bowel disease. The worst of these is the IIH and that is the reason I got the accommodation. Sometimes I cannot see. Sometimes I am throwing up all day. Sometimes I force myself to work through this regardless of my accommodation because I feel like a burden. It is hard enough to do my 40 hours but this place requires almost constant overtime. At least and extra hour a day and often 4-8 hours on Saturday. I’ve been turning the weekend work down since having my accommodation and management has now given me a warning that this is not working for them. I’m not sure if it’s even legal for them to come at me like this…

I’m on my second bait and switch this year. It’s really frustrating thinking you’re gonna get an amazing opportunity and it turns out to be nothing like you were told it would be. Even asking questions to try and protect myself feels pointless because, employers just lie to your face, get you in the door, and then change your job or responsibilities. Is there any way to avoid this? What questions do you ask in the interview to try and sniff something like this out? Edit: title is supposed to be “is there anyway to avoid a bait and switch?”