[Update] Company gave an offer then ghosted me after telling them about my disability
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Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/bko1zu/given_offer_then_ghosted_after_telling_them_about/ I finally got in touch with the company. I called the main office and got who I th
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Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/bko1zu/given_offer_then_ghosted_after_telling_them_about/ I finally got in touch with the company. I called the main office and got who I think is the owner. He's related to the hiring manager. I made him aware that I had gotten an offer, made the hiring manager aware that I couldn't travel or meet in person due to a disability, and hadn't heard back. That evening, I got an email from the hiring manager that they were still deliberating. After a few days, I wrote again asking if the offer was still valid. I got an email rescinding the offer, because I was "unwilling to accept any of the accommodations we offered". Unwilling? No, unable. This was advertised as a completely remote job. No travel was mentioned in the ad, and was not mentioned in any of the interviews. And I spilled my guts to them about my disability, agoraphobia, and explained that it meant I couldn't go a mile down the road or 1,000 miles down the road, it's all the same. Per suggestion, I posted over at /r/legaladvice and they tore me a new one. I was advised that since they offered to come to my town, (EDIT: The offer to come to my town was part of the discussion about my disability, and a lot of ideas were tossed out there, this was just one, was casual, and wasn't a solid offer, more of an idea he was thinking about, along with doing the onboarding remotely.) that was "reasonable accommodation" and I would lose any court battle. Despite the fact that the "reasonable accommodation" was no different in essence than the original travel request, due to the nature of the disability. So I have to let this one go. I want to fight because I feel as though people with mental disabilities are treated differently than people with physical disabilities. And I feel that both are already discriminated against, and I really want to drive the point home that this is not acceptable. But I can't, because I have to find work somehow and can't spend the money. And /r/legaladvice says I'll lose anyway. The lesson I've learned is to ask about travel up front, regardless of what the ad says. And I will be going back in the closet with my condition. Which is a shame, because I shouldn't have to. Happy Mental Health Awareness Month. Anyway, thanks everyone for helping. EDIT: Let me clear two things up. As I edited above, the accommodation was never formalized. I don't know if the company would have even approved it. Who knows. Secondly, there were only two people who would come to my city. They both live on the other side of the country. I live very near where they were going to have to fly anyway. It might have even been cheaper to come here.