Wendy_Marie
07-22-2011, 01:28 PM
Sitting around the house today doing nothing special when the phone rang and on the other end was my former Supervisor from a job I held for two years as a transportation driver.
Some may recall how I left that position when the company closed the entire transportation division down and my former supervisor then offered me a position in her newly started company...?
Anyway, I decided that if I were going to go back to work with and for her,I was going to come out to her about my desire to transition which I did.
Well, while she didn't respond negatively to this idea at the time,circumstances led me to believe that she wasn't all that comfortable with the idea...so after much thought on my part.... I declined the position and decided to head for other options and greener pastures......never did find the greener part.
When the call came this morning the first thing she said to me was that she has no problems with me being Transgender, or with my desire to transition...but as our clientel is mainly underaged children who currently reside in Foster care....she has to make certain that the childrens well being is best served first...I understand and sympathize with this and assured her that I would have it no other way.
She then asked me what the status was on my transition and I told her that currently it was at a standstill due mainly to my needing gainful employment to afford the costs of Doctor visits, HRT drugs etc....to which she responded by saying that I was one of the best transporters she had worked with and asked me if I wanted to come back to work for her.
I thought about it for a few minutes and decided that yes...going back to work for this person would be a good move for me right now...especially with the economy being what it is.
She has no problem with my transition goals and asked me only to keep it as low key as possible....She prefers that for the time being I do not dress fully enfemme on the job right away..which is fine with me.
I asked her what we were going to do in a year or so when certain things became to obvious to ignore...too which she responded.."That is something we will deal with when the time is upon us." She also said that my position with her company would not be in jeopardy because of my gender and my transitioning... either now or in the future.....this made me feel very happy..:D
So I should be back to work within the next couple of weeks...couple of weeks only while I await the acquisition of a new vehicle for my use.
A little light is to be seen at the end of this tunnel afterall.
Some may recall how I left that position when the company closed the entire transportation division down and my former supervisor then offered me a position in her newly started company...?
Anyway, I decided that if I were going to go back to work with and for her,I was going to come out to her about my desire to transition which I did.
Well, while she didn't respond negatively to this idea at the time,circumstances led me to believe that she wasn't all that comfortable with the idea...so after much thought on my part.... I declined the position and decided to head for other options and greener pastures......never did find the greener part.
When the call came this morning the first thing she said to me was that she has no problems with me being Transgender, or with my desire to transition...but as our clientel is mainly underaged children who currently reside in Foster care....she has to make certain that the childrens well being is best served first...I understand and sympathize with this and assured her that I would have it no other way.
She then asked me what the status was on my transition and I told her that currently it was at a standstill due mainly to my needing gainful employment to afford the costs of Doctor visits, HRT drugs etc....to which she responded by saying that I was one of the best transporters she had worked with and asked me if I wanted to come back to work for her.
I thought about it for a few minutes and decided that yes...going back to work for this person would be a good move for me right now...especially with the economy being what it is.
She has no problem with my transition goals and asked me only to keep it as low key as possible....She prefers that for the time being I do not dress fully enfemme on the job right away..which is fine with me.
I asked her what we were going to do in a year or so when certain things became to obvious to ignore...too which she responded.."That is something we will deal with when the time is upon us." She also said that my position with her company would not be in jeopardy because of my gender and my transitioning... either now or in the future.....this made me feel very happy..:D
So I should be back to work within the next couple of weeks...couple of weeks only while I await the acquisition of a new vehicle for my use.
A little light is to be seen at the end of this tunnel afterall.