Relocated for my last position from MI to OK, after losing my previous job for health reasons & going thro a shitty divorce. One month after I moved I was in the hospital for a month – found out I have incurable stage 4 lymphoma. Worked thro first attempt at chemo but it stopped working then I found out it spread to my bone marrow and had to try harder chemo. Work encouraged me to take STD ( no FMLA since I wasn't at one year mark) then they fired me over email a week later.
Soo… now that I've lost everything and live back in MI with my gram, I'm searching for jobs like mad but idk how to explain why I was at the company for less than a year after completely rearranging my life for it. I don't dare disclose my health issues now, I do not trust any employer will not use that info against me in the hiring process or after I'm hired.
Before this I was completely open about my other health disorder – my very rare genetic autoimmune disorder and that I need certain accommodations for (have to be able to put my feet up when sitting, work standing up at times, wfh at times if possible). Now I am so skeptical.
It took me EIGHT months to find my last position and I thought it was my dream job. I'm worried how long it will take me this time and if I'm going to have to just settle for the first opportunity so that I can get the healthcare I desperately need atm.