DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, December 1, 2016
-- a big 400 percent increase as helped by the deaf
Many employers do not want to hire the deaf, thinking
their deafness prevents them from doing their jobs.
Well, what would the employers say if they realize
the deaf outperform the hearing by 400 percent?
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority,
responsible for traffic control in Manila,
hired 11 deaf people. Their job is to watch the
videos and catch hearing drivers breaking
traffic laws. Results? Before the deaf were
hired, average number of violations caught
on video per day was just 70. After hiring
the deaf, the number of violations jumped
to 280 - a jump of 400 percent! See the
picture at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-watching-heavy-manila-traffic/
-- Job quitters, deaf vs hearing
We have hearing people that quit their jobs. We
also have deaf people that quit their jobs.
Who quits the job more - hearing or deaf?
The Marriott International, which operates
hotels all over the world, said that only
six percent of the deaf, and the disabled,
quit their jobs whereas 52 percent of
hearing employees quit their jobs.
Deaf employees more loyal to their jobs
than hearing? Yes, in most cases!
-- Hotel Hassler, past and now
Hotel Hassler, in Rome, Italy, is one of the world's
best hotels (5-star). It is owned by a deaf man,
Roberto Wirth, who attended American School for
the Deaf (West Hartford, CT), Gallaudet and NTID.
His hotel, in the past, had 93 rooms. Now? Hotel
Hassler has grown bigger, adding more rooms.
And also - Roberto has also added another
hotel - Il Palazzetto, which is a few steps
away from his primary hotel - Hotel Hassler.
Not bad for Roberto, who was told by his
father all his life - that the deaf "can't"
run a hotel!
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- strangest deaf hire
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
11/27/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
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