Posted by hello kitty on October 7, 1999, at 19:10:39
In reply to Re: Workplace discrimination, posted by Sean on October 7, 1999, at 13:23:50
heres a real kicker..I worked in an agency for at risk youth, residential, I was doing case management...and I also have suffered from depression, ptsd and anxiety for almost all of my life. I was a child in the system for many years and it follow naturally that my proffessional drive is to return the grace and assistance given to me.
My agency was making some very unsafe decisions about our clients, and some very innappropriate, unsafe events occured while I was there...I made the mistake of voicing my concern and dissapproval. Note that I had been very open and honest about my history of mental health issues, we were all very close knit and one could say....enmeshed..but thats a different post...
ANYWAY...afterI began to offer a voice of reason and call for change, I began to expereince discrimination in a very sick and twisted way. My co workers and finally my supervisor all played apart in directly taregting me. note this agency is and was non profit, but boy oh boy someone was getting PAID. in then end, I quit one day, after a co-worker called me a "fucking psycho" and was supported in that statemewnt by her (my) boss. they say I played the victim, but the truth is, I was the only person willing to truthsay..what I saw was disturbing, and my objections riled a lot of feathers. the worst part is, I miss my job terribly; working with my clients, teen girls, I experienced more satisfaction and wholeness than I ever imagined I could while doing a job. I found my "calling" and my spirit was soaring.
anyway, thats my story. sigh.
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