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People who know me well (or even a little) know that as an employer I try very hard to give others who have difficulties finding employment a real chance. I know what it’s like to have employers sell you very very short. I hire people with social phobias, anxiety, addictions, mental health issues. I hire people who are lgbtqia2s+. I focus on the person and if they can do what I need doing. That’s all. And I never regret doing so. I have great compassion for people who “don’t fit the mould.”
Still, sometimes it leaves me in very tight jams of being very short staffed and on a few occasions I find myself in a situation where I’m truly at my wits end. Today is one of those days.
Yesterday one of my attendants unexpectedly messaged me with a: “Hi Gerianne I quit, I’m doing drugs and I don’t think I’m fit to work for you”
Wow! I know this person has a mental illness. They’ve trusted me enough to tell me and I truly appreciate that; but they have been doing extremely well job-wise. This person has been extremely reliable, punctual, etc.
At first I thought this attendant’s phone must have been stolen or something, so I asked them to call me, to confirm it was indeed them. Sadly it was indeed this person.
I know I have applicants on indeed, as I’ve been needing to hire anyway. When I tried to log into indeed, it tried to send me a verification code to my cellphone, only my cellphone isn’t receiving it, and because today’s a holiday, I can’t get help to determine why I’m not receiving texts. Of my remaining attendants, one’s out of town; another has to be at her other job at 5:30am; and the other is not able to put me to bed tonight. For a time I thought I would have to stay up all night, but a former staff has very kindly agreed to help me get in bed tonight. And tomorrow will be another day.
