Published on 12, July, 2020
The first place I was in (full time contract) held a meeting between management and HR and said I could leave the job there and then and be paid for the three months notice I would have worked. I hated the environment in that place so I was glad to go. I was told in the past while in this job that I wasn't productive enough. I worked here just under a year,
The second place did not renew my 3 month temporary contract citing performance and quality issues. This does not make sense as I focus a lot on detail so the quality should at least have been good. Four other temporary staff were kept on after their contracts ended. Out of the 5 temporary people, I was the only one not kept on.
Is this a pattern that's going to keep repeating itself? Saddening if so. Do they see the aspergers and make excuses to get rid of me? I thought my work quality was far better than others who were more pally with management (in other words the *** lickers).
I have always found I need to keep starting again in life. I'm in my 30s and it's back to the drawing board.
Your job should bring you pleasure, and then you can work there at least for the rest of your life. The pandemic has put many people out of work, especially people who work for private companies. I was lucky because I work for the state I managed to stay employed. I have been working as a firefighter for over 5 years, and during the pandemic, we worked hard. Because a lot of people were sitting at home, there were more fires. We were sometimes understaffed, so our staff expanded. I hope no one gets fired afterward.
Ideally. But let's face it, most of the jobs you see advertised aren't likely to bring you pleasure. Many would love to be musicians, artists, poets etc, but job adverts are generally for delivery drivers, accounts clerks, checkout staff and the like.
There is, of course, the option of creating your own work, but this takes a certain amount of confidence and know how, plus not everyone has that entrepreneurial streak.
I've found it to be a major problem area which I've only overcome later on in life. My parents (probably also autistic) didn't have much know how to pass on to me so I think there are intergenerational aspects to this as well. If you have a family business, great, but if your "family business" seems to be barely making ends meet in low paid jobs with long periods of unemployment in between, there might not be so much you can pass on in the way of advice, support and guidance.