Hi
First time posting here. I work for my parents (have done for 10 years now). I was happy with my job, but I am now being put in to a position where I am forced to answer phone calls for the business. I was diagnosed when I was in my early teens, high functioning, have problems socially and obviously on the phone. I don't even use my own phone to make calls or take them.
I explained last year to my parents that I am unable to answer the phone due to the anxiety and how uncomfortable it makes me. Due to only having part time staff which answer the phones, when they clock out I am left to answer the phone. When I explained the above to my mum she agreed that I would not have to answer the phones, but now she is not working from our workplace she is not here to continue with this. Now I am left to do this by myself. It was not a part of my job description, it just has become a part of what they want me to do because nobody else is here to do it and they haven't put any plans in place to change that. I have made this clear to them, and largely I just get the "I'm sorry, you know our situation with staff" and I am expected to do what they want.
I do my job, and I go above and beyond what I am meant to do, to help their business... but being the one that has to handle the phone calls, that just makes me dread going in to work.
The easiest suggestion is ... go and get another job, which I am considering but being on the spectrum, this causes again a lot of stress for me. I also, do not think I can find another job which pays what I get paid currently and I have a family I need to take care of.
I guess, I wanted to get some feedback... see what other people thought, because I do not get any sense or understanding from my parents and nothing ever changes with them no matter how many conversations we have
Thanks for reading
