Realistically speaking... doubt you would even get hired at my workplace; that comment just made think through the entire 2-3 campuses of staff and I don't think we have "anyone" that is missing a limb.
We do have folks in wheel-chairs... but they have their hands.
My "guess" is that HR would simply pre-screen them out, never even make it to the interviewer.
I don’t see how missing a limb would stop you from working a desk job, the only issue I can think of is typing speed, as if that matters in most jobs anyway.
I'm not an expert but I believe the defining aspect of whether something would be considered discrimination against a physical impairment (in the US) is if a job can be performed with what are considered "reasonable accommodations." So if a particular job requires someone to answer a phone and use a mouse and a keyboard at the same time in order to use multiple programs on dual monitors it wouldn't be a good fit for someone with one arm.
But would it be discrimination not to hire them- it probably would if the applicant could prove it but there'd no way to do so. A lot of the online typing tests and whatnot would filter them out, the company wouldn't even know the potential employee just had one arm- they'd just know that they type slower than most of the other applicants.
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u/poisonfire12 1d ago
If two hands is the main issue, do you get half pay for work if you only have one.