With the social media explosion - you would think that working at home would be easier. But it isn't. I hope one day that more people will be able to work from home.
It is a staggering amount of disabled people in the world (including military) . . .They are able to work, but not able to leave home, some are college educated, some are not. Why is it unreasonable for them to work at home - their brain is fine - these are assets to your company. Imagine how many disabled people would be able to live sufficiently and not depend on disability income! I think that would be awesome.
Having employees that work from home - saves the employer money, better for the environment, great for the economy, and immeasurable benefits to that worker - who is able to go back into the workforce.
Could you imagine going to college, military, or ______ - working hard - working your way up the ladder than one day BOOM! -You are not able to work - leave your home - feelings of isolations, insecurities, and doubt.
In human resources we learn about laws and disability discrimination etc. An employer is to provide reasonable accommodation to an employee or job applicant with a disability, unless doing so would cause significant difficulty or expense for the employer ("undue hardship").
But I have rarely seen an employer follow through on this - if you can not do the job like the others, you will not be considered - so much disability discrimination that occurs. I have seen some applicants that only needed a chair or a stool to sit on to complete the functions of a position - the potential employee was going to purchase the chair - still not hired.
But people are quick to judge disabled and say that they are lazy - why discouraged disabled people who are able to work.
We are not utilizing social media to its full extent - lets make things better - lets hire the most qualified not the convenient. Trash can go viral but people can not get hired.
