Published on 12, July, 2020
Do autistic people get screwed over at work more or is it just me? Most jobs I have had I get taken advantage of or treated worse, with less respect, than other collegues by the people I work for. My most recent job I have been borderline defrauded. Two of my three previous ones I had to go to ACAS.
I'm quite a worldly wise person and certainly not naïve but yet I always get treated as if I am a naïve mug who doesn't know what's what.
I'm not saying all this cos I feel sorry for myself, I just want to know if this is a common autistic experience in the workplace or whether it's just me?
That's very common, especially because many ASD end up working in low-paid jobs with people from lower socioeconomical strata. So, they end up as target for bullying and harassment. The only solution is to find a better job with more civil coworkers, but not every aspie can do that.
Judge Dredd said: because many ASD end up working in low-paid jobs with people from lower socioeconomical strata. So, they end up as target for bullying and harassment. The only solution is to find a better job with more civil coworkers,
I am not sure that actually follows.
I've been in lots of jobs in my life and I can think back over the most bullying people I worked with.
They came from various 'socio-economic' backgrounds.
Bullying and harassment isn't a class related thing in my own experience.
It's personality based.
You talk about people from 'lower socioeconomic strata' bullying and harassing but actually a lot of the most 'salt of the earth' working class people I've worked with have been by far the best, nicest and most sincere.
Often it's the people who see themselves as superior that are the most poisonous.