A lot of folks keep it hidden because they're afraid their employer will hear about it. We've got to break this stigma that pain is a weakness and [an excuse] that is used to get out of things.

Generally speaking, chronic pain and other physical and mental disorders have been categorized as 'silent disorders' in the workplace simply because most employees are afraid of the consequences if employers find out.

It really taps into hopelessness, helplessness and self-worth — but from a company's perspective, it can be really costly.

This is the worst employer I've dealt with as long as I've been doing this job -- about 30 years.

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

A lot of them are afraid to sit down and break their position. You should be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that.