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Off work due to autistic burnout

NAS89050
over 1 year ago

Hi everyone,

I am on a secondment at work which means I have got a contract in my workplace in another department, however the secondment I am on is a 'taster' so to speak.

I was diagnosed as autistic this year (looking for an ADHD assessment as well!) So I sent my work amendments to my work place in May and still nothing has been put in place. I was assigned a mentor, however things have been very off and on and due to how busy work is, this person is juggling their own work load so I am sometimes not the first priority.

I was on annual leave for a week and came back to chaos! So many tasks at once, queries hadn't been answered even though a colleague of mine tried their best. I'm not even joking about 6 different tasks had deadlines of that day and it was just too much. I couldn't remember what I had said, what I had done and I was basically a cabbage because my brain just couldn't take the overload of tasks and expectations. I think this has been made worse by my annual Leave and the time of year at work but it doesn't help.

I sent an email to my leads explaining there were too many tasks for my brain to handle and they know I am autistic and they didn't even reply to my email. I understand people are busy however it was very disappointing.

I keep worrying that I would get penalised for taking time off work due to autistic burnout and I have PCOS which has caused me to have a period for a month straight and heavy at that. I have anxiety, depression, autism, possible ADHD, PTSD and BDD. Being on a secondment as well makes me worry that they will think I cannot do my job but I can! Just coming back from tha annual leave has really been too much.

They cannot penalise me for the autistic burnout and time off work can they?

Thanks x

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  • over 1 year ago

    Hi,

    No one can give guarantees about what other people think or do, but one thing I tried, which seemed to work, in a similar situation was to set expectations by writing an email to my manager like this:

    Hi manager_name,

    I’ve just come back from annual leave, and I have six tasks assigned to me ( see below), all with a deadline for today, which is clearly unfeasible. I’ve listed the tasks with the time I think they will take, assuming nothing unexpected crops up, can you let me know the priority for these tasks so I can do the most important ones first

    Task 1 - 2 days
    Task 2 - 0.5 day
    Task 3 - 2 days
    Task 4 - 1 day
    Task 5 - 1 day
    Task 6 - 3 days

    I am currently taking the tasks in the above order of priority. Let me know your priorities as soon as possible, so I can work on what is most important to you. If you need any of these tasks assigning to other people, so they can be done more quickly, then please email that person and myself and I will arrange a handover,

    Regards,

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  • over 1 year ago

    Hi,

    No one can give guarantees about what other people think or do, but one thing I tried, which seemed to work, in a similar situation was to set expectations by writing an email to my manager like this:

    Hi manager_name,

    I’ve just come back from annual leave, and I have six tasks assigned to me ( see below), all with a deadline for today, which is clearly unfeasible. I’ve listed the tasks with the time I think they will take, assuming nothing unexpected crops up, can you let me know the priority for these tasks so I can do the most important ones first

    Task 1 - 2 days
    Task 2 - 0.5 day
    Task 3 - 2 days
    Task 4 - 1 day
    Task 5 - 1 day
    Task 6 - 3 days

    I am currently taking the tasks in the above order of priority. Let me know your priorities as soon as possible, so I can work on what is most important to you. If you need any of these tasks assigning to other people, so they can be done more quickly, then please email that person and myself and I will arrange a handover,

    Regards,

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