Any experience with discrimination towards a protected category you belong to? What did that look like and what did you do about it?

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Are you alluding to LGBT?

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Yes, ahead of maternity leave I experienced issues with my agency. I spoke to a lawyer at the time and he thought I had enough for a case, but advised we hold a beat to collect more evidence. At the end of the day pregnancy is exhausting, and the payout would have been about a year’s salary. In this market I thought it better to have job security, but it’s unfortunate because that means they got away with it.

I was in a job interview and where the interview yelled out “Wow, you’re old!” when she was looking through my resume. I was 41. I unfortunately didn’t record the meeting (this was in NY where’s it’s legal.) No evidence = no case.

You are much older now and able to get hired?

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Yes. From 2020-2024 I was told by multiple recruiters that I did not fit the demographic that agencies were looking to hire.

Chads.

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