Wow! The same thing happened to me way back in the 1960s when I was trying to get a job straight out of college. I was told that I would be a fall risk. Then, when I visited the unemployment office, someone suggested that I start my own transcription business, which I did, and I was able to hire a few employees to help me out. My main field was medical transcription, but I also did dictation from a couple of factories in the area. I had written to them, figuring that perhaps I couldn't get work as a medical transcriptionist. Then, I was able to get work from several other hospitals throughout the state of CT, and I had to hire people to help me do the non-medical work. My business went well for several years, and then hospitals started getting their own medical transcriptionists, so one day, my Dad was reading the paper and he saw that a local hospital was looking for medical transcriptionists immediately, so without hesitation, I applied for a job. I had to take a test before I was hired, and luckily, I was able to work there for 30 years. I retired back in 2004 and I am enjoying my retirement immensely!
Esther Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max! > On Oct 8, 2022, at 1:56 PM, Marda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Amazon in America does have at least one blind person that I read an article > about. Don't know about other countries. Also it may depend on what > position you are applying for. The person I read about works in a position > where he is making their products more accessible to people with all kinds of > disabilities. So they are willing to employ a blind person in that type of > job but I don't know how they feel about their other positions. Sometimes I > have seen companies who are willing to employ blind people in something like > an accessibility related job but it doesn't always extend to their other jobs > and sometimes the discrimination is really subtle and difficult to prove. > But I know I have gone through much rejection by employers and did eventually > get jobs but sometimes you have to experience a lot of rejection before you > land a job. It can be very difficult and discouraging. I know someone that > lost a job and went for seven years without getting another and with going > through tons of sending out resumes and applying for jobs and this person was > very educated and capable and had worked successfully as a blind person and > after seven years he did find a job where he is happy and happens to also be > making quite a bit of money. Obviously it doesn't work to that degree for > everyone. I don't make the kind of money he does and I'm only working very > part-time. So every case will be different. I hope though that you will > keep trying to find a job and if you want to work at amazon I'd say go for it > and see what happens. You might get more rejection but you'll never know if > you don't try and even if they have rejected people in the past there might > be a new person working there now that does things ddifferently. It's very > tempting to give up. I have had times when I did. But I hope you will be > able to have the strength to keep trying. > > Marda > > On 10/8/2022 2:54 AM, 'Afik Souffir' via VIPhone wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Does Amazon employ blind people? >> I saw a job in Israel, and applied, but I had a negative past with so many >> companies, according to my blindness, so, I don’t know… >> >> Many companies just rejected me because of my disability. >> >> >> Thanks much, >> >> Afik >> >> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected]. 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