While you're looking for another job, might I suggest you NOT try to get one with the federal gov't? I used to work for StatsCan and the bosses were really cruel. One woman had the same problem as you have Shan - migraines that were triggered by the overhead lights. She was not allowed to wear a hat or visor. She wore one anyway and they fired her! Then there was the woman who had chemical sensitivities and some problem with her muscles so she had a doctor's note that said she had to leave her computer every 20 minutes for a brief leg stretch/walk around the office. She was not allowed to do this and so she left the job. This is the topper though. The big boss came ocassionally from Edmonton to check up on his Winnipeg team (us) and if he saw any woman wearing leggings, she was sent home. Huh? We did telephone interviews with farmers at this office and no one from the public was ever allowed in. Why these rules?? While I watched all this happening I was appalled at their lack of compassion and sense. In the meantime I was offered a job reading Tarot cards for a week at the casino. They paid me $60 an hour for a 42 hour week, so I quit my stinking StatsCan job and lived for 3 months off of the wage I got reading cards! HA! That'll teach....somebody?
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Date: 2006-03-16 03:14 pm (UTC)From:This is the topper though. The big boss came ocassionally from Edmonton to check up on his Winnipeg team (us) and if he saw any woman wearing leggings, she was sent home. Huh?
We did telephone interviews with farmers at this office and no one from the public was ever allowed in. Why these rules??
While I watched all this happening I was appalled at their lack of compassion and sense. In the meantime I was offered a job reading Tarot cards for a week at the casino. They paid me $60 an hour for a 42 hour week, so I quit my stinking StatsCan job and lived for 3 months off of the wage I got reading cards! HA! That'll teach....somebody?