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How do I help a work colleague - if I even can?

mrs.snooks

Hi. The first thing to say is ... I am not 'out' as autistic, at work.

A colleague at work has just had his job replaced by AI and is now on a 1 month trial in a new role. He is also not 'out'. But everyone can see that he is autistic. (They probably think the same thing about me, but may still think I am just rude.) He also does not know that I am also autistic.

He has 1 month to show that he can manage this new role and I fear that the odds are stacked against him. The organisation is not really very tolerant.

He is like me. And shows all the problems of executive function issues. He had his first day of learning the new job yesterday and I could see him struggling.

So my question is, how can I help him keep his job. Would really appreciate your advice. And if it is you who I am talking about, reach out to me. I'm hidden, but here.

Mrs Snooks

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  • mrs.snooks said:
    He is like me. And shows all the problems of executive function issues. He had his first day of learning the new job yesterday and I could see him struggling.

    You could always just ask him if he is struggling with certain things that appear obvious to you and offer to teach him the techniques that you use to get them done.

    I would think it quite possible to offer situation specific support without having to use the word "autistic" at all - everyone has weaknesses so you can use that as the cue to offer specific support using yourself as an example of someone who has been there before.

    mrs.snooks said:
    how can I help him keep his job.

    You could ask him if he wants a mentor who suffered similar struggles to him, although you will need to clear with with your and his management first I expect.

    In reality all you can do is offer the help - he has to be willing to accept it and of course your management need to approve the time it will cost both of you to do this, otherwise it will take time out of hours and neither of you may have the bandwidth to deal with that extra time / effort.

  • in reply to Iain

    Super. Thanks  

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