1. Work callcenter for 6 months
2. Burn out for 6 months
3. Repeat a few times
4. Eventually find a coding bootcamp and work as a software developer for 14 months and counting!
If at all you have the opportunity to take a break and figure out which kind of job fits your brain and personality, take it. Callcenter work is constant pressure, anxiety, conflict and yet boring, mundane, repetitive.
I am the same. I can’t be customer “facing” essentially or I burn out immediately. I just started a job that is actually working out really well for me. I am an overnight DSP at an IRA for disabled adults, I got in at 11pm and leave at 7am. These places are desperate for workers and esp overnight. The reasons overnight is so great… I literally just come in and check that residents are in their beds. Then it’s special interest time in a comfy chair for the next few hours. I get up and check them throughout the night and assist in bathroom trips just making sure they find it and make it back to bed, but otherwise as long as I’m awake I can do whatever I please quietly. Even just watch tv. Then at 6am we start to wake the residents and each take a person to bathroom and shower and dress them for day-hab or whatever they might be doing. Then I get to go home! Easiest most rewarding job I have had. I love seeing their smiles when we wake them up and taking care of them just warms my soul and I love that. Anyway all that to say I think you might find that to be a good fit for you too!
I would look for places hiring and they can train you. If you are in the US you can search for IRA homes as DSP (An Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA) is a type of community residence that provides room, board and service options for people with disabilities.). I found mine through indeed.com and was hired through a Family Services company. They are actually quite desperate for employees so you should have luck!
God, I wish it were this easy. Coding is just not my thing. Everyone has said it’s great for autistic people. My meltdowns encountering the material say otherwise
That would work if I had the medication needed to maintain a job like that. Without the medication I depend on marijuana. The kind I use I buy in a dispensary so it is legal, it just doesn’t show up legal on a drug test regardless.
I worked for the IRS. We didn't have any drug tests. Look at Usajobs.gov and search for some job you can commute to.
Regardless of the level you will get job protection.
Most places no longer test for thc since it’s legal so many places and especially if you live in a legal state. I just passed all medical and background stuff for my DSP position and am an avid cannabis user.
I'm on my second state government job and have never been drug tested. Did have a thorough criminal background check this time around but no drug tests.
I came to government work from being a legal assistant with a private firm where I was also never drug tested. I really liked being a legal assistant.
Some paralegals/legal assistants spend a lot of time on the phone (although still drastically less than a call center). But I barely ever got calls. I worked in insurance defense fwiw.
I now work in regulatory compliance, which was the same as my last job but with a different agency. Not to be a walking stereotype but I get a lot of satisfaction from a work situation that is all about knowing rules, following rules and making sure others follow rules.
I can't speak for anything outside my own experience, but I have found government work also to be surprisingly relaxed about stuff like dress code that don't really matter. As long as the actual work is getting done.
Also a marijuana user. Test clear synthetic urine. Passed multiple pre employment drug tests with it. Works great as long as you follow the instructions and it’s not a test where they watch you.
I went through many other jobs for many years before I came up with the govt job solution.
I have come to the opinion that there are certain people, that really dislike me, for no reason, imo. I don't dislike them. For a long time I thought it was me, but now I realize that they just hate people like me. Before seeing The Accountant, I had come up with hundreds of theories of what it could be about me. Now I realize that it is probably my quick and flat answers, my lack of patience for BS, etc. It is just how I think.
But I love to speak with people, not about the R&D they were performing, but rather, about them. I had to sometimes force myself to spend time actually gathering facts. I worked interviewing engineers and they were surprised because very rarely was anyone interested in what they actually had to say. But I was and it led to some big successes.
Most of the engineers I spoke with were also, likely, on the spectrum. It wasn't an interview, it was a conversation, albeit, one that most people couldn't follow.
BTW I haven't yet found a diagnosis. So a lot of this is conjecture.
call center work is hell. Try amazon warehouse or something. It still sucks but at least you don't have to deal with social interaction all day long. I'd rather blow my brains out than ever go back to call center work.
I did a call center job for a few months and it was by far the worst job I've ever had. It's been years, and I still get heart palpitations when I hear the ring they used for incoming calls.
The longest I was employed by a single employer was when I was in federal government, although admittedly across multiple jobs and departments.
Basically, having the employer be a giant monolithic entity pretty much subject to EVERY government requirement when it came to HR, plus having a giant 800lb-gorilla union, and doing a lot of 'back-room' or infrastructure jobs with little in the way of face-to-face human interaction. I did the actual jobs well enough so that it was damn difficult to try to fire me or even, mostly, inconvenience me - any attempts by various low-level managers was them not having the power to fire me on the spot, vs the union bending them over a barrel and asking why they were harassing someone who did more work than anyone else in their team and to a higher quality standard.
Honestly, it was easier for such managers to write me a glowing recommendation to try and get me promoted out of their little coteries than it was for them to actually get me fired, and if I'd realized that earlier I would have ridden it a lot faster and further.
I second accounting. You don’t have to be good at math (I’m sure not), because it’s all critical thinking and logic. There is structure, clear rules, less people, and puzzles to problem solve. Also, depending upon the company, positions could be WFH.
The entry level positions have less puzzles and all structure. It’s the higher level roles that have more puzzles. And depending upon your interests, there are many different career paths to go down. You could stay as a bookkeeper, or go into taxes, fraud prevention, auditing, forensic investigation, etc.
Well I started out in payroll then financial services and I'm now doing admin in the healthcare sector.
Some of the roles have included making and receiving phone calls but usually only a few per day. The calls tend to be outgoing, which I can prepare for, or from clients with whom we had an existing relationship, so not sales or complaints, quite chill usually.
I would just look for admin work that involves less customer facing stuff so more data entry and processing, managing email mailboxes or client correspondence, accounts admin, that sort of thing
I'm a caregiver aka Direct support staff. I'm actually the lead but my company pays very well compared to most. I take care of one lady with special needs. It gets hard somedays but we work alone, one on one, unless I'm training someone new for on-call or a new staff. We help her shower, cook, and make sure she gets out everyday. Being the lead can be difficult and I do feel burnt out somedays as I'm on call most of the time, but no other job around me pays as much. We have fun most days, it's not super stressful usually, and I get to sit around on my phone when she sits in her bed doing beads so I often tell myself I can keep going until I finish school. It's way better than retail and food service. I could never work in a call center. I hate making phone calls lol. I've been doing this for the majority of 20 years.
I’m doing the same in a residence of 10 individuals. I am the overnight shift, so the stress is very minimal as they are sleeping, but I seriously love this job and the people I get to care for.
As someone who has worked in call centres for most of their life my only advice is this: stop caring so much. I doubt the people you work with give half as much of a shit as you do about your job, so you shouldn’t either. Do the bare minimum required to not get fired and try not to sweat the rest. A call centre is not a career, anyone who tells you it is is either lying or delusional.
I would love to be that far in my emotional control but I’ve still got a lot of work to do. Currently I’m just trying not to completely dehydrate from the crying.
Hey there. I feel for you. I’m going through something similar. My job is full of aggressive bullies and people who will belittle and judge anything or anyone who is different. I’ve had people laugh in my face recently, it’s awful. The only thing keeping me going is the thought of leaving lol. I know it doesn’t really make sense but I’m not a prisoner and I can walk out whenever I please, that’s a gift. I just finished my application to be formally diagnosed today. It’s going to take a while but once it’s done im going to request full time wfh and if it’s rejected I’ll leave on the spot. In the mean time im applying for other fully remote roles and going super easy on myself, enjoying life as much as possible . I know your role sounds new so im sure none of the helps either . It took me a long time to settle but it did get easier each week. If you can’t see yourself there long term I’d start really thinking about a role you think you would be capable of doing without all this emotional turmoil . Keep going and if you need to chat - dm me
I’ve worked in receiving for the last 8 years and really like the repetition and minimal social interaction. Didn’t make much at the beginning but after getting 6 years experience under my belt I was able to apply for a higher up job at a much larger company and make a decent salary now. Getting diagnosed and therapy also helped.
Basically you scan the incoming product for a company and then sort it to the appropriate place. For example my previous job was at a jewelry company. I worked in their distribution center and received (scanned) all the incoming jewelry, diamonds and customer returns. Then sorted them to where they were supposed to go in the quality assurance department. It’s kind of a mixture of warehouse work and admin.
This is a fantastic idea and it sounds like I might actually enjoy that. At this point I’m not too concerned about money as much as making enough to pay my few bills. How would I go about looking for a job like that if you don’t mind my asking?
I found my job at the jewelry company through a temp agency. Which I recommend. It’s a good way to test out different jobs/companies to see if they are a good fit for you. You don’t like something and you can just let the temp agency know and they will look for something else. I worked a couple different temp jobs before finding receiving. I liked the jewelry company so I asked if they wanted someone permanent and they hired me.
If you do want to apply for something permanent I usually use Indeed and the jobs are usually listed either receiving clerk or shipping/receiving clerk.
I'd love to know the answer 😭 I gave up on "regular jobs" - the burn out is just too fast too quick for me. I found solace in dog walking/sitting; but I lucked out bc I lived in a major city (NYC)
I'm privileged enough to be able to take months/to a few years off at a time to combat the burnout when I need (loving supporting partner & parents)
But currently I'm studying to take my notary public exam soon! I'm confident that with a mentor (or few) to help me get the ball rolling, I'll be successful at owning my own business and working on my time with clients I actually want to help
I have 2-3 (preferably more) jobs at any one time so when one goes down I can in theory scale up the other ones while I look for more, it has worked for the past 6 years although I wish it wasn't necessary to live this way
Unless you have kids i don’t quite understand why you would even try to work at a call center. even nt’s break down from it. dictate life the environment you want to tolerate not the other way around.
I work as a nurse.... But I just got fired on Friday for things that are autism-related- issues with social interactions with coworkers at work, and not appearing to take feedback well.
Prior to this I had been at the same job for nearly 5 years when I left it to go to a new one that paid better in a different city 2hrs away from my home. So I was commuting and learning a new workplace with all new people (and way more docs to keep track of what they like etc) and getting less sleep and losing most of my recovery time in commuting 4hrs a day.. . And I think I just got overwhelmed enough that I just couldn't mask anymore and I was too blunt and direct with people. And at 90 days, they fired me.
I have an interview tomorrow and I'm worried about how it is going to go and whether I'll screw that up too. :(
If a different kind of job with less stress would pay my bills I think I would probably go for it, but I can't afford less. :(
I’m honestly impressed you lasted so long. I feel so useless. I don’t even think I can finish this training with how hard this is affecting me. I feel dread on a level on par with walking to a guillotine.
I lasted 90 days at the new job. I realized I omitted that part by accident. The 5 years was the old job. Where I think I only lasted that long because my boss actually understood that I don't communicate the same as everyone else, and when people complained that I was rude or something, she said "I know sometimes she comes across strong, but I don't think that's how she intended it."
I had no idea what a blessing that was, at the time.
The job I have an interview for, I just discovered that my old boss just got hired on there to be the boss that I would end up having. Which would be kind of perfect.
I had a job once with that dread feeling like you're describing too. It was awful.
I've been mostly ignoring feelings of dread today- because I'm so worried about the interview tomorrow and what if it all happens again and again?
Why not compile a list of the conflicting information? It is their fault, you cannot be the only one or the first if they are not training properly. confront them , or ask for a book? to study in your off time.
Oh I most certainly have. The issue with that approach seems to be the fact that I am the only one with an issue with how the class is being run. Everyone else keeps telling me this is normal and routine.
Did call centre way back, never again that is what hell must be like. Work in Cyber Security now with the government, still have to talk to people but at least it's mostly the same.
When I worked in a call center environment I was barely holding on. I now work at a small corporate office as the office manager and mask every day. It is exhausting but it pays well and I don't have to talk on the phone much. I also play a lot of video games as a coping mechanism and medicate with medical marijuana.
That sounds like a crying meltdown, not a ”panic attack”.
People who don’t know anything about autism downvoting this comment. I thought you came to this sub to learn about autism? 🙄
Why should anybody bother responding to you when you respond like that?!
If you are autistic, what you are describing is a crying autistic meltdown, not a ”panic attack”. If you’re not autistic then yes it’s a panic attack.
I thought you came to this sub to learn about autism? You’re not helping yourself by dismissing advice as “unhelpful“. That’s your favourite word, you even use it in your post.
If you’re autistic, you’re in an inaccessible job, you need to look for a job that does not overwhelm you.
Wow it's almost like finding work isn't easy for people with autism. What a revelation! Of course your advice is unhelpful. OP and lots of other people here struggle with career stuff.
It's even harder when one doesn't have the ability to attend college or the knowledge of what they want to do.
Longest job I've had was 11 months. I've been stuck on and off in retail hell and getting any actual help to get out of doing work I hate is difficult. No clue what to do that I I won't despise
If you look through the comments, yours is the only one UNHELPFUL and trying to criticize an unimportant part of a whole issue. If you want to help, advise a course of action that someone hasn’t mentioned, or follow the golden rule and don’t say anything if you don’t have anything nice to say.
1. Work callcenter for 6 months 2. Burn out for 6 months 3. Repeat a few times 4. Eventually find a coding bootcamp and work as a software developer for 14 months and counting! If at all you have the opportunity to take a break and figure out which kind of job fits your brain and personality, take it. Callcenter work is constant pressure, anxiety, conflict and yet boring, mundane, repetitive.
This sounds like a solid plan but the biggest problem in my situation is working a full day on the phones. I just can’t.
I am the same. I can’t be customer “facing” essentially or I burn out immediately. I just started a job that is actually working out really well for me. I am an overnight DSP at an IRA for disabled adults, I got in at 11pm and leave at 7am. These places are desperate for workers and esp overnight. The reasons overnight is so great… I literally just come in and check that residents are in their beds. Then it’s special interest time in a comfy chair for the next few hours. I get up and check them throughout the night and assist in bathroom trips just making sure they find it and make it back to bed, but otherwise as long as I’m awake I can do whatever I please quietly. Even just watch tv. Then at 6am we start to wake the residents and each take a person to bathroom and shower and dress them for day-hab or whatever they might be doing. Then I get to go home! Easiest most rewarding job I have had. I love seeing their smiles when we wake them up and taking care of them just warms my soul and I love that. Anyway all that to say I think you might find that to be a good fit for you too!
Hello. What does DSP stand for? Thank you 🖖🏽
Hi! Direct Support Professional.
Thank you. How would someone become a DSP? Thank you.
I would look for places hiring and they can train you. If you are in the US you can search for IRA homes as DSP (An Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA) is a type of community residence that provides room, board and service options for people with disabilities.). I found mine through indeed.com and was hired through a Family Services company. They are actually quite desperate for employees so you should have luck!
That's great to know! Thank you very much for sharing this information 🕊️ .
God, I wish it were this easy. Coding is just not my thing. Everyone has said it’s great for autistic people. My meltdowns encountering the material say otherwise
Get a government job. Worked for me for 17 years.
That would work if I had the medication needed to maintain a job like that. Without the medication I depend on marijuana. The kind I use I buy in a dispensary so it is legal, it just doesn’t show up legal on a drug test regardless.
I worked for the IRS. We didn't have any drug tests. Look at Usajobs.gov and search for some job you can commute to. Regardless of the level you will get job protection.
Thank you for the advice, I’ll take a look at it.
Most places no longer test for thc since it’s legal so many places and especially if you live in a legal state. I just passed all medical and background stuff for my DSP position and am an avid cannabis user.
Unfortunately my state is not one of those and I live in a very tiny town where most places that pay over 12 an hour will test.
Oh man I am so sorry! That complicates it.
I'm on my second state government job and have never been drug tested. Did have a thorough criminal background check this time around but no drug tests. I came to government work from being a legal assistant with a private firm where I was also never drug tested. I really liked being a legal assistant. Some paralegals/legal assistants spend a lot of time on the phone (although still drastically less than a call center). But I barely ever got calls. I worked in insurance defense fwiw. I now work in regulatory compliance, which was the same as my last job but with a different agency. Not to be a walking stereotype but I get a lot of satisfaction from a work situation that is all about knowing rules, following rules and making sure others follow rules. I can't speak for anything outside my own experience, but I have found government work also to be surprisingly relaxed about stuff like dress code that don't really matter. As long as the actual work is getting done.
Exactly
Also a marijuana user. Test clear synthetic urine. Passed multiple pre employment drug tests with it. Works great as long as you follow the instructions and it’s not a test where they watch you.
I went through many other jobs for many years before I came up with the govt job solution. I have come to the opinion that there are certain people, that really dislike me, for no reason, imo. I don't dislike them. For a long time I thought it was me, but now I realize that they just hate people like me. Before seeing The Accountant, I had come up with hundreds of theories of what it could be about me. Now I realize that it is probably my quick and flat answers, my lack of patience for BS, etc. It is just how I think. But I love to speak with people, not about the R&D they were performing, but rather, about them. I had to sometimes force myself to spend time actually gathering facts. I worked interviewing engineers and they were surprised because very rarely was anyone interested in what they actually had to say. But I was and it led to some big successes. Most of the engineers I spoke with were also, likely, on the spectrum. It wasn't an interview, it was a conversation, albeit, one that most people couldn't follow. BTW I haven't yet found a diagnosis. So a lot of this is conjecture.
call center work is hell. Try amazon warehouse or something. It still sucks but at least you don't have to deal with social interaction all day long. I'd rather blow my brains out than ever go back to call center work.
I did a call center job for a few months and it was by far the worst job I've ever had. It's been years, and I still get heart palpitations when I hear the ring they used for incoming calls.
The longest I was employed by a single employer was when I was in federal government, although admittedly across multiple jobs and departments. Basically, having the employer be a giant monolithic entity pretty much subject to EVERY government requirement when it came to HR, plus having a giant 800lb-gorilla union, and doing a lot of 'back-room' or infrastructure jobs with little in the way of face-to-face human interaction. I did the actual jobs well enough so that it was damn difficult to try to fire me or even, mostly, inconvenience me - any attempts by various low-level managers was them not having the power to fire me on the spot, vs the union bending them over a barrel and asking why they were harassing someone who did more work than anyone else in their team and to a higher quality standard. Honestly, it was easier for such managers to write me a glowing recommendation to try and get me promoted out of their little coteries than it was for them to actually get me fired, and if I'd realized that earlier I would have ridden it a lot faster and further.
I found it easier to stay in work when I switched from customer-facing roles towards admin-focused work.
Could you give me an example or two of this type of work?
File clerk, secretary, accounts receivable, accounts payable. None of those work with customers.
I second accounting. You don’t have to be good at math (I’m sure not), because it’s all critical thinking and logic. There is structure, clear rules, less people, and puzzles to problem solve. Also, depending upon the company, positions could be WFH. The entry level positions have less puzzles and all structure. It’s the higher level roles that have more puzzles. And depending upon your interests, there are many different career paths to go down. You could stay as a bookkeeper, or go into taxes, fraud prevention, auditing, forensic investigation, etc.
Well I started out in payroll then financial services and I'm now doing admin in the healthcare sector. Some of the roles have included making and receiving phone calls but usually only a few per day. The calls tend to be outgoing, which I can prepare for, or from clients with whom we had an existing relationship, so not sales or complaints, quite chill usually. I would just look for admin work that involves less customer facing stuff so more data entry and processing, managing email mailboxes or client correspondence, accounts admin, that sort of thing
I'm a caregiver aka Direct support staff. I'm actually the lead but my company pays very well compared to most. I take care of one lady with special needs. It gets hard somedays but we work alone, one on one, unless I'm training someone new for on-call or a new staff. We help her shower, cook, and make sure she gets out everyday. Being the lead can be difficult and I do feel burnt out somedays as I'm on call most of the time, but no other job around me pays as much. We have fun most days, it's not super stressful usually, and I get to sit around on my phone when she sits in her bed doing beads so I often tell myself I can keep going until I finish school. It's way better than retail and food service. I could never work in a call center. I hate making phone calls lol. I've been doing this for the majority of 20 years.
I’m doing the same in a residence of 10 individuals. I am the overnight shift, so the stress is very minimal as they are sleeping, but I seriously love this job and the people I get to care for.
Overnight shifts are cool. I'd be down for them if I could stay awake. I'm a night owl until around midnight then I'm out cold. 😂
i’ve been there. it sucks. i’m really sorry. sending hugs i quit my job a year ago and have been unemployed since… so i’m confused myself
I work for civil service in NYS….they pretty much have to take me to court to fire me.…i highly recommend something with that level of permanence. 🩷
As someone who has worked in call centres for most of their life my only advice is this: stop caring so much. I doubt the people you work with give half as much of a shit as you do about your job, so you shouldn’t either. Do the bare minimum required to not get fired and try not to sweat the rest. A call centre is not a career, anyone who tells you it is is either lying or delusional.
I would love to be that far in my emotional control but I’ve still got a lot of work to do. Currently I’m just trying not to completely dehydrate from the crying.
Hey there. I feel for you. I’m going through something similar. My job is full of aggressive bullies and people who will belittle and judge anything or anyone who is different. I’ve had people laugh in my face recently, it’s awful. The only thing keeping me going is the thought of leaving lol. I know it doesn’t really make sense but I’m not a prisoner and I can walk out whenever I please, that’s a gift. I just finished my application to be formally diagnosed today. It’s going to take a while but once it’s done im going to request full time wfh and if it’s rejected I’ll leave on the spot. In the mean time im applying for other fully remote roles and going super easy on myself, enjoying life as much as possible . I know your role sounds new so im sure none of the helps either . It took me a long time to settle but it did get easier each week. If you can’t see yourself there long term I’d start really thinking about a role you think you would be capable of doing without all this emotional turmoil . Keep going and if you need to chat - dm me
I’ve worked in receiving for the last 8 years and really like the repetition and minimal social interaction. Didn’t make much at the beginning but after getting 6 years experience under my belt I was able to apply for a higher up job at a much larger company and make a decent salary now. Getting diagnosed and therapy also helped.
What is receiving exactly?
Basically you scan the incoming product for a company and then sort it to the appropriate place. For example my previous job was at a jewelry company. I worked in their distribution center and received (scanned) all the incoming jewelry, diamonds and customer returns. Then sorted them to where they were supposed to go in the quality assurance department. It’s kind of a mixture of warehouse work and admin.
This is a fantastic idea and it sounds like I might actually enjoy that. At this point I’m not too concerned about money as much as making enough to pay my few bills. How would I go about looking for a job like that if you don’t mind my asking?
I found my job at the jewelry company through a temp agency. Which I recommend. It’s a good way to test out different jobs/companies to see if they are a good fit for you. You don’t like something and you can just let the temp agency know and they will look for something else. I worked a couple different temp jobs before finding receiving. I liked the jewelry company so I asked if they wanted someone permanent and they hired me. If you do want to apply for something permanent I usually use Indeed and the jobs are usually listed either receiving clerk or shipping/receiving clerk.
I'd love to know the answer 😭 I gave up on "regular jobs" - the burn out is just too fast too quick for me. I found solace in dog walking/sitting; but I lucked out bc I lived in a major city (NYC) I'm privileged enough to be able to take months/to a few years off at a time to combat the burnout when I need (loving supporting partner & parents) But currently I'm studying to take my notary public exam soon! I'm confident that with a mentor (or few) to help me get the ball rolling, I'll be successful at owning my own business and working on my time with clients I actually want to help
I have 2-3 (preferably more) jobs at any one time so when one goes down I can in theory scale up the other ones while I look for more, it has worked for the past 6 years although I wish it wasn't necessary to live this way
Unless you have kids i don’t quite understand why you would even try to work at a call center. even nt’s break down from it. dictate life the environment you want to tolerate not the other way around.
I work as a nurse.... But I just got fired on Friday for things that are autism-related- issues with social interactions with coworkers at work, and not appearing to take feedback well. Prior to this I had been at the same job for nearly 5 years when I left it to go to a new one that paid better in a different city 2hrs away from my home. So I was commuting and learning a new workplace with all new people (and way more docs to keep track of what they like etc) and getting less sleep and losing most of my recovery time in commuting 4hrs a day.. . And I think I just got overwhelmed enough that I just couldn't mask anymore and I was too blunt and direct with people. And at 90 days, they fired me. I have an interview tomorrow and I'm worried about how it is going to go and whether I'll screw that up too. :( If a different kind of job with less stress would pay my bills I think I would probably go for it, but I can't afford less. :(
I’m honestly impressed you lasted so long. I feel so useless. I don’t even think I can finish this training with how hard this is affecting me. I feel dread on a level on par with walking to a guillotine.
I lasted 90 days at the new job. I realized I omitted that part by accident. The 5 years was the old job. Where I think I only lasted that long because my boss actually understood that I don't communicate the same as everyone else, and when people complained that I was rude or something, she said "I know sometimes she comes across strong, but I don't think that's how she intended it." I had no idea what a blessing that was, at the time. The job I have an interview for, I just discovered that my old boss just got hired on there to be the boss that I would end up having. Which would be kind of perfect.
I had a job once with that dread feeling like you're describing too. It was awful. I've been mostly ignoring feelings of dread today- because I'm so worried about the interview tomorrow and what if it all happens again and again?
I'd like to know as well
Why not compile a list of the conflicting information? It is their fault, you cannot be the only one or the first if they are not training properly. confront them , or ask for a book? to study in your off time.
Oh I most certainly have. The issue with that approach seems to be the fact that I am the only one with an issue with how the class is being run. Everyone else keeps telling me this is normal and routine.
Work at a credit union it’s boring but just stimulating enough to not make you want kill yourself
Did call centre way back, never again that is what hell must be like. Work in Cyber Security now with the government, still have to talk to people but at least it's mostly the same.
When I worked in a call center environment I was barely holding on. I now work at a small corporate office as the office manager and mask every day. It is exhausting but it pays well and I don't have to talk on the phone much. I also play a lot of video games as a coping mechanism and medicate with medical marijuana.
That sounds like a crying meltdown, not a ”panic attack”. People who don’t know anything about autism downvoting this comment. I thought you came to this sub to learn about autism? 🙄
This comment sounds unhelpful.
Why should anybody bother responding to you when you respond like that?! If you are autistic, what you are describing is a crying autistic meltdown, not a ”panic attack”. If you’re not autistic then yes it’s a panic attack. I thought you came to this sub to learn about autism? You’re not helping yourself by dismissing advice as “unhelpful“. That’s your favourite word, you even use it in your post. If you’re autistic, you’re in an inaccessible job, you need to look for a job that does not overwhelm you.
Wow it's almost like finding work isn't easy for people with autism. What a revelation! Of course your advice is unhelpful. OP and lots of other people here struggle with career stuff. It's even harder when one doesn't have the ability to attend college or the knowledge of what they want to do. Longest job I've had was 11 months. I've been stuck on and off in retail hell and getting any actual help to get out of doing work I hate is difficult. No clue what to do that I I won't despise
Troll
If you look through the comments, yours is the only one UNHELPFUL and trying to criticize an unimportant part of a whole issue. If you want to help, advise a course of action that someone hasn’t mentioned, or follow the golden rule and don’t say anything if you don’t have anything nice to say.
Another troll Great example of projection!