Around two weeks into this company where I was a full system admin—I go to this place, two weeks, and I'm walking around, I'm coming back from lunch. And I overhear the tech people, more of the internal tech, the people who give you your computers and stuff. I overheard them say, “Well, I don't really mind gay people, I just don't want to be around them. Huge red flag. And that immediately, kind of set me off. Where I would spend the I was only at this company for 11 months.

So then I was seeing more stuff, but like up, you know, I would see people purposely leave the bathroom, if I was in there, like they would come in and then come out. And I wasn't like presenting any type of queerness anyway, I wasn't wearing anything flamboyant or anything that would give it away. Nobody talked to me. So it wasn't like I ever got close to anyone or came out to spread the rumor around. Oh, we got a gay one. It was just terrible. And then around like Cinco de Mayo. They posted this really insensitive picture of people in HR. They were two white women wearing some sombreros and mustaches. And I was like, okay, I can't, I can't any longer. First, it was me, but now you're just gonna be completely culturally insensitive? Yep. Great. I gotta go.

 That was then kind of what launched the next phase of my career. And I went to a consulting firm that was super inclusive with everyone. I was just basically implementing it for a company and then moving on implementing it. implementing it, you know, just as a consultant would do. I got burned out on that after a couple of years. Then that's when I started my journey with Indeed, and Indeed, is the most inclusive company I’ve ever worked for, they are fantastic.