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.
Paid three months notice! I love it.
In my last job I was only paid 1 week in lieu of notice.
Your experiences sound depressingly familiar to me.
I am in my fifties and have only had short term jobs with management and HR people getting rid of me as quickly as possible.
Now I am stuck in between employers who don't want me because they think I'm unemployable AND the job centre who insist that I am perfectly healthy and should be working.
This is the real difficulty for autistic people - our differences often make it impossible for us to blend in, so we become the targets for bullying and abuse, but when it comes to dealing with the Job Centre they fail to recognise any of this.
We need radical action to tackle employment based discrimination covering recruitment, induction, supervision and appraisal. Exit interviews should also be standard as people may only feel able to speak up about abuse when they are leaving.
No wonder we lose confidence in our abilities and get anxious and depressed. The way autisitic people are treated at work is scandalous. It is so difficult to achieve any kind of legal redress - employment tribunal records relating to autism show just how tricky this is.
While employers are able to behave badly with impunity what hope do we have? It is distressing to see good, honest, decent autistic people being treated with such contempt. (End of rant).
The problem is everyone is terrified of giving honest feedback because there are so many nutcases out there looking for minor transgressions or technical errors as a reason to sue for a quick buck.
It's annoying because you never learn what you actually do that they see as a problem. They just give generic platitudes or wooly reasons why 'you were not considered suitable on this occasion' to avoid any possible legal repercussions.
The problem is we look like NTs so we don't always stand out intially at interview or when we start work. Everyone expects NT behaviours from us. It's when we start to look a bit odd that the whispering starts.
Once we attract attention, the bullies will spot us and take delight in making our life a misery. Our lack of social awareness just makes us an easier target.
The ripples in the workplace will then get the attention of the manager. He's then got a problem and wants an easy solution - getting rid before the end of the probation period is the preferred choice. Any other choice will surely bite him down the line when it all gets messy.