Late last month, I got hired for my dream job in a foreign country. I had a Skype interview, but for some reason the camera didn’t work so the people hiring didn’t see me until I actually arrived at the job site for orientation a little over a week ago. We had our orientation and everything seemed to be going fine. Literally the day after everyone left the orientation, I got a phone call from the job stating that they had decided not to hire as many people and my position was cut. Today I found out they only cut one position – mine. I honestly can’t think of why they would cut my position and nobody else’s, because as far as I could tell we were all equally qualified (plus I was one of the few people hired who had experience working in the country in question, could actually speak some of the local language, and had a degree in the specific field we would be working in).



Thin privilege is not wondering if the fact that you were the fattest person there was the reason they rescinded your job offer and not somebody else’s when they decided to cut one position. (And before anyone asks yes, I’m willing to entertain the notion that there may have been other factors involved, but since nobody can/will tell me and we have actual studies out there indicated that it’s harder for fat people to get and keep jobs, combined with the fact that I was without a doubt the fattest person there…well, I think my questions on this matter are justified.)