My job is stressing me out

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Ive only been working here for a week but I dont think I can handle it much longer. The place is so disorganized and thats not a good thing for someone with AS. I never get off work at the time Im scheduled to. When my manager tells me what I need to do, she tells me everything that needs to be done and by the time shes done telling me, I completely forget what she said. Then I have to keep asking her what needs to be done and she gets mad. I got so frustrated today, that I dont have a clue how I made it through without quitting. What should I do? Would a diagnosis help in this situation?

Where do you work? From the sounds of it, I'd say somekind of retail outlet.

If so... I feel your pain. I spent five years working in a grocrey store, four of which was spent trying to figure out how the heck the place had not been blow up/burned down.

That must be some kind of record scoots, I never worked anywhere for 5 years. cooldude, I've that situation frequently. The last job I had a just a couple months ago, the let me go because they thought I was not getting the hang of it. However, the job I was employed was supposed to involve using a machine, after a week of classes and a week of on the job work, the first two days I rarely even used the machine, the next day was my last. So, they essentially judged me on one day of work after all my training. Is that even logical? While, I admit, I did not love the job and felt no love lost for leaving, it bugs me to get a bum rap and no chance to actually make an informed decision on the part of the employer. The one before that I think I lost to ASADHD related attention/social issues.



PS Scoots, there is way too much light bouncing off your eyewear frames and is kind of throwing off your look abit.

I wasn't an easy five years. Our store manager didn't believe in firing people, just cut their hours down to nothing and force them to quit.

I was always locked in battle with managers over hours being doled out since I always got what was left over.

If it's any kind of condolence, The two jobs I had before that I was fired from. The first one after four months 11 days, the second after only three weeks.



That picture was taken with a cheap 110 camera with those teeny-tiny negatives.

This brings up an issue that had to be addressed when I was on a return to work programme. As with not a few other aspies, I struggle to remember everything if a person just fires off a whole list of verbal instructions. I usually have to ask them to repeat themselves and sometimes they get annoyed.

One of the few accommodations the workplace was asked to make was to always give me instructions in writing to reinforce the verbal instructions. It's not just the aspies who appreciate having a piece of paper or e-mail to refer to either.

I think even in a retail job, the bosses should be capable of and willing to give, written instructions.