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Employee with autism - what are my rights?

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I have been working with the same company for years. I have been told today that even though I am capable of doing my work well, I was told I cannot get the promotion I wanted. This is due to my "disability" and problems with communication. I work in a busy office and am very straight forward and this tends to annoy people. I am sad because I work harder so they cannot use my autism as an excuse. I am very good with my job and have been told multiple times that I do a really good job. I am sad because it feels like I will never get promoted. I am autistic and will definitely have the condition for the rest of my life. Saying to me that I cannot get the promotion because I have issues with communication due to my autism means that I will never get promoted.

That's it. It is sad.

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  • Hi,

    I can relate to this subject, in my late 20s I managed to get to a team leader role, and did very well. The Boss I was working for, really believed in me personally, and recognised my strong technical capability. Since leaving that firm, I continued as team leader, but in much larger organisation. I then moved from permanent employment to contract, and was labelled as consultant; but I feel that was only to justify the high rates which were being charged to the customer by the agency I worked for. 

    Since then I have been climbing down, I started one job as technical architect, but the name of my role changed to senior developer. In my current job, I am now a web developer. I wanted a more senior role, and had discussions with senior manager, saying I do have experience of this. That was before stress and health issues have played a part. At the time I was told they could not promote me, because we don't have a opening for that role.

    Earlier this year, my team leader stepped down to web developer, he just hated dealing with all the meetings and politics. There was no discussion with me about moving in to his role, which has been merged in to the role of a more senior manager. I have mentioned my aspergers to my employer, I don't see that as a problem, but explained to them I do have problems with anxiety and depression which I am fighting.

    Having thought about it, I am thinking maybe I should stay in my current role; our company has taken on a lot more staff, mainly extra management, which causes a lot of conflict.

    I did ask my boss, if the reason I was not promoted, is because of my strong technical skills, and they don't want me spending less time on that side, he admitted that was partially correct.

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  • Hi,

    I can relate to this subject, in my late 20s I managed to get to a team leader role, and did very well. The Boss I was working for, really believed in me personally, and recognised my strong technical capability. Since leaving that firm, I continued as team leader, but in much larger organisation. I then moved from permanent employment to contract, and was labelled as consultant; but I feel that was only to justify the high rates which were being charged to the customer by the agency I worked for. 

    Since then I have been climbing down, I started one job as technical architect, but the name of my role changed to senior developer. In my current job, I am now a web developer. I wanted a more senior role, and had discussions with senior manager, saying I do have experience of this. That was before stress and health issues have played a part. At the time I was told they could not promote me, because we don't have a opening for that role.

    Earlier this year, my team leader stepped down to web developer, he just hated dealing with all the meetings and politics. There was no discussion with me about moving in to his role, which has been merged in to the role of a more senior manager. I have mentioned my aspergers to my employer, I don't see that as a problem, but explained to them I do have problems with anxiety and depression which I am fighting.

    Having thought about it, I am thinking maybe I should stay in my current role; our company has taken on a lot more staff, mainly extra management, which causes a lot of conflict.

    I did ask my boss, if the reason I was not promoted, is because of my strong technical skills, and they don't want me spending less time on that side, he admitted that was partially correct.

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