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commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
1 points

I have definitely lost out on jobs after a phone interview. I present myself better if I’m in person. But getting past that phone interview is a b*tch. I gotta say though. For every door that stutteri...

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postr/StutterJan 22, 2024
4 points

Should I interview for this position?

Should I interview for this position? I got a email to interview for a remote/work from home position and it is both phones and chats. The company is called Foundever. Should I take this position even...

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postr/StutterJan 22, 2024
1 points

Does anyone else notice they need more time than their non stuttering peers to return to an emotional baseline?

Does anyone else notice they need more time than their non stuttering peers to return to an emotional baseline? Im 32 (f) Stress greatly impacts my stuttering and I notice after a traumatic event or a...

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Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
1 points

Agreed. Learning comes from doing; it'll get easier and to a point where you'll be neverous about the interaction, naturally, but at least you'll know what to say when asked certain questions so take ...

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commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
8 points

i had 3 job interviews just this past week and i was soooo nervous for them. yeah, they were nerve-racking. but not nearlyyy as bad as i expected. i thought that i would stutter a lot more than i actu...

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commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
8 points

I think they just get easier with expierence. Interviews don't scare me anymore because most jobs regardless of how different the fields, ask the same main questions...

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postr/StutterJan 21, 2024
16 points

I fear job interviews so much

I fear job interviews so much I don’t think I will be able to get a word out. How was your experience been? Having a stutter make the experience even more nervous...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
2 points

I am slightly older than you (in the 4th year of my undergraduate studies, a fellow stutterer), and I am not at all nihilistic. I have a close circle of friends who wait for me to complete my sentence...

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commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
1 points

I will definitely try out a remote call center. Do you think companies will offer accommodations for people who stutters? Say if a stutterer want to work from home… Do companies give a stutterer tools...

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Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
3 points

Agreed. It also works directly against some tactics used in bargaining. When auto salespeople are trying to sell you a car at a high price, there are two tactics. One, rush through it, or two, tire y...

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Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
2 points

Imagine a place where everyone hates everything and everyone is too immature to understand anything that’s happening so they take it out on everyone around them. Oh, and you’re forced to be there the ...

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postr/StutterJan 20, 2024
15 points

Do people scam you in a situation of bargaining?

Do people scam you in a situation of bargaining? I feel like due to stuttering, people think me as a stupid and inferior guy and it's really hard for me in a situation like bargaining. I only bargain ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
2 points

I was finally able to get a disability rating through the VA for a claim for service. My claim was related to service connection/exacerbating issues from combat in Somalia. It took two years and multi...

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commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
1 points

I worked at a call center remotely! It was perfect, the scripts rehearsed made it easy and it improved my speech in general :) I would highly recommend, I even told them in the interview I stuttered. ...

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Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
2 points

I was a personal trainer for 6 years and I stutter! Was a great job I loved it ! No one ever brought it up and never affected my job. I had lots of clients and even instructed group class. People will...

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Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2024
2 points

I can't. It's definitely life-altering for me, but not life altering enough to claim disability. I do get a reasonable accomodation at my job (don't have to answer phones when I'm technically supposed...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2024
2 points

I can relate. In HS life sucked. Even most of my jobs I feel stuck in my position. I’m damn good at what I do but communication is an issue and especially in corporate America having a communication i...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2024
4 points

I don’t like to brag, but let me do it in the hope that this will motivate you: I have a medium stammer from the age of 7. Despite that: - I have a beautiful wife that I could only dream of when I w...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hope & MotivationEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2024
2 points

Maybe you could've tried finding a lawyer that would've fought for you in court. Stuttering depending on severity is obviously a disability...how can you work of you can't talk?..working around other ...

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Access & RightsEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2024
5 points

>Stuttering does not prevent one from working or earning a living wage. Yeah, no. It absolutely prevents one from working or earning a living wage. Maybe you just handle yours better or manage it bet...

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