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Posted by vitch (Member # 8094) on :
If I were an employer who had the option of choosing a Lyme patient or a healthy person, who do you think I'd choose?
Posted by Panchito (Member # 4880) on :
That is funny, I was just comtemplating to tell a potential employer that i have lyme.
� have a good job at a realtively small generic pharmaceutical company, but recently one of the key suppliers i deal with, which is a large multinational, offered me a really good job, which i would like to take. Problem is i 6 hours a day which i manage more or less since i am dealing with lyme long term. I definitely do not want to work more hours and compromise my treatment with more stress. My current collegues and boss are very understanding of my situation and respect me and my situation, which i value highly, although i know once i become a financial burdon they will drop me like a rock just as any other company. Anyway, my current job is i think the best way to go for now treatment wise and stress wise and so on.
Anyway this guy has been asking me to take this job for almost 12 months on various occasions. I told him that i am very interested but due to personal circumstances for the time being i can not change jobs.
He called me again today and i am calling him back tomorrow, but since i like the guy and know him quite well i was thinking of maybe just saying honestly what the reason is why i declined, but that maybe when i get better i would like the job.
This thread got me thinking and i concluded better just tell him some bogus made up story and when i get better give him a call....
I like hoesty, but in these situations, it is probably not in my best interest.
Same with your CV, I would "window dress" a bit, not lie maybe, but just present it in such a way that the "no job period on your resume" is acceptable without having to tell about borreliosis