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Fired for Being Sick: When Your Body Becomes a Liability

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This Fibro Chick
Jul 17, 2025
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They didn’t fire me for being bad at my job.

They fired me because my health made me inconvenient.

There’s no gentle way to write that. I’ve tried.

I tried poetic.

I tried clinical.

I even tried humorous, which usually works for me.

But this time?

It stung too deep.

For years, I was an assistant supervisor for a luxury makeup brand. I was in the top 3 across a…

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