[Blindtlk] national telecommuting institute

[RJ Sandefur]

What's this compony's websight? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Piening" <pienings at comcast.net>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:34 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] national telecommuting institute


> Greetings!
>      I'm wondering if any of you have had any experiences with the 
> National Telecommuting Institute.  When I met with my VR counselor, he 
> suggested that I check them out, and so I did. He was pretty confident 
> that they provided blind people with jobs, but my research has shown that 
> the results have been mixed.  Some people say that they have provided them 
> with a job, then taken the money for the hire and laid them off.
>      I had a strange experience with a company that I think was the 
> National  Telecommuting Institute about 7 years ago.  I got this job doing 
> something with taxes without even having an interview.  They sent me a 
> disk, and I put it in the computer, and I couldn't get the program to work 
> with my screen reader.  When I contacted them about the issue, they said 
> that the job wasn't accessible for blind people, and that was the end of 
> that story.
>      One of the main problems I have with them is that they will only work 
> with VR clients.  I wonder if this is because they want to get money from 
> them for hiring us.  Then they also want our ticket to work, at least 
> that's how I understand it.
>      The whole program sounds a bit scummy to me, and if this is the case, 
> then why does VR support it?
>      I'm really curious about everybody's experiences.  I know a guy got 
> into trouble for asking for peoples' experiences about some program or 
> other on this list, because they thought he was not legitimate.  Even 
> though I'm not expecting anything super wonderful from this company, it 
> may be a good option for a temporary job if I ever get my case established 
> with VR.  However, I don't want to waste a bunch of time on something that 
> doesn't pay.
>      Thanks, Jenny
>
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