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Leaving my job

illustrated.lady

Hello! 

I was diagnosed as autistic 6 months ago, I'm in my thirties. I had been going through a lot of stress and anxiety, particularly related to work so I outed myself and requested reasonable adjustments which were rejected.

Long story cut short, after a lot of absences, meetings and the like, I have concluded that I am just done. I am off sick currently but have decided to hand in my four weeks notice when I return.

I'm very fortunate, my partner earns well and is very supportive but I will of course be looking to get a new job asap. 

Has anyone ever done similar? Any advice or words of wisdom would be much appreciated! 

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  • Hello  

    I’m so sorry to hear about your situation at the moment and I’m so sorry your requests got rejected, I can imagine that would not have helped in anyway. I think you are doing the right thing in leaving the job though as you need to look after yourself but please don’t feel bad for quitting, it’s better than staying in a job and suffer. If you want maybe you could just have a little break from jobs or maybe just look for a part time or contract job maybe. If you are happy to find a full time job then by all means go for it but just look after yourself and don’t do anything you feel pressured to do. Your partner sounds very nice and caring and I hope they can support you and your decisions no matter what.

    I had to quit my job due to sexual harassment which is still haunting me to this day. I’ve actually been advised by the job centre to not work as even they have recognised that I am in an even worse state than when I first applied for UC back in 2019. I suppose I’m lucky that I have enough to pay my bills and save a little each month but bear in mind I don’t drive so I haven’t got any car taxes or fuel bills etc. but I can only just save a little each month. 

    I wish you the best, take care

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  • Hello  

    I’m so sorry to hear about your situation at the moment and I’m so sorry your requests got rejected, I can imagine that would not have helped in anyway. I think you are doing the right thing in leaving the job though as you need to look after yourself but please don’t feel bad for quitting, it’s better than staying in a job and suffer. If you want maybe you could just have a little break from jobs or maybe just look for a part time or contract job maybe. If you are happy to find a full time job then by all means go for it but just look after yourself and don’t do anything you feel pressured to do. Your partner sounds very nice and caring and I hope they can support you and your decisions no matter what.

    I had to quit my job due to sexual harassment which is still haunting me to this day. I’ve actually been advised by the job centre to not work as even they have recognised that I am in an even worse state than when I first applied for UC back in 2019. I suppose I’m lucky that I have enough to pay my bills and save a little each month but bear in mind I don’t drive so I haven’t got any car taxes or fuel bills etc. but I can only just save a little each month. 

    I wish you the best, take care

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