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Being "difficult" at work?

OAP - Older Autistic Person

I'm generally pretty decent at my job wherever I work, but there is an aspect of work that always causes me issues.

I pick up on details that people often miss or choose to ignore, in particular when policies are not being followed, which in my job can put people at risk.

When I communicate this to management I am seen as being, "difficult," "abrupt," or "rude," but no-one can ever seem to tell me what I said that was actually rude, as opposed to being not what they wanted to hear, as it causes problems for them to have to solve.

This has been something I have faced for some while in a variety of workplaces.

I wish I could just ignore what I notice, but I literally feel compelled to identify issues once I see them, especially as they could endanger people.

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  • I’m not sure if this helps but, for me I am pretty blunt and straight to the point others like to engage in chit chat before getting down to the nitty gritty of things. Whenever I pick up on things I’m just told to ignore it but I try to implement a procedure in place so they can see the merit of it. 

    The problem is management don’t always understand and I have had difficulty in pointing out that rules haven’t been followed but I am a ‘junior’ and so that works against me. I have faced this issue in every workplace apart from my current place now, where they don’t enforce things such as a more thorough look into data protection etc. Although I have not done this yet there is something called access to work where you can get some funding for some 1 to 1 sessions where you can get them to talk with your employers and other things, I’m not sure, the extent of the support. 

    Best of Luck

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  • I’m not sure if this helps but, for me I am pretty blunt and straight to the point others like to engage in chit chat before getting down to the nitty gritty of things. Whenever I pick up on things I’m just told to ignore it but I try to implement a procedure in place so they can see the merit of it. 

    The problem is management don’t always understand and I have had difficulty in pointing out that rules haven’t been followed but I am a ‘junior’ and so that works against me. I have faced this issue in every workplace apart from my current place now, where they don’t enforce things such as a more thorough look into data protection etc. Although I have not done this yet there is something called access to work where you can get some funding for some 1 to 1 sessions where you can get them to talk with your employers and other things, I’m not sure, the extent of the support. 

    Best of Luck

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