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slightlv

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17. Your last sentence was already on life support with GW.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 04:38 PM
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I tried for the reasonable accommodations law, and my DoD supervisor (and HIS supervisor) turned it down. All I asked for was at least 2 days remote work, flexible if possible, because of my disability. What's more... whether I was sitting at my desk and PC at home, or at my desk in the office, I was available at all business times. And to boot - no matter WHERE I was sitting, ALL my work was remote work, since it was done on the "Cloud" (AWS).

Talk about a stupid decision by the DoD! If I'd had money, I'd have fought it tooth and nail. It made no logical sense, since everything I did was tracked on the Cloud and in my personal journal, and I proved how much more efficient I was sitting at home, where I could get to a private bathroom, or "come in late" when I woke up exhausted from fighting symptoms and pain all night.

For a couple of years, I had huge heartburn over this. I've tried over these past few years to let it go, but it still jacks my jaws the way I was treated. I blamed a large part of it on old management who believe only in "butts in seats" in the office, and also the fact I was female. Never mind my intelligence level, the work I'd done, or the fact I, alone, in the group held the complete institutional knowledge of the program with which I worked. Like I said, dumb... dumb... evil.

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