worst jobs for aspies...

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Bus driver. Driving truck was actually pretty easy for me, but when I started driving a bus my attitude started going downhill. It is definitely the customer interaction I can't stand. Looking to go back into truck driving if I can.

^ Bus driver has got to be one of the worst.

Most bus drivers where I live are really unsociable and don't have to say much. I use a pass and they normally just nod and look like they want you to disappear. Even when paying they seem to say as little as possible in my experience. I can think of a lot worse jobs that pay less where a person has to be more sociable. However I do realise that if you're uncomfortable with people, being heard by a bus full of people would be challenging but the actual interaction and words used by bus drivers doesn't seem to require a lot of social skill from me perspective.

cops, (having to know when the other person is dangerous or not and if he's lying and getting alone with a partner who's stuck to you like glue that won't come off). a lawyer that has to convince people of something. a psychiatrist, especially if you have to hypnotise someone... "look in my eyes..."
a judge, having to constantly enforce rules when you're not even sure what the rules are... should you order "silence in the courtroom?" is this noise appropriate or not?
working in a loud environment, like some factories or night clubs. working in crowded places like night clubs or busy restaurents. salespeople. bartenders and taxi drivers, who are expected to carry on conversations. diplomates. actors, who are supposed to understand the character they're playing and get in their shoes. soldiers, who are always in a group, no privacy. anything that has to do with teamwork, like a coach or a professional football player.

Actor
Clown
News Caster
Magician
Dancer

At least for me^^

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Oh right, this. Defiteinly the worst job for aspies. Worst than anything I listed so far. Only 9 AS people joined the army where I live and all of them suffered badly. But I mean real bad...

I worked in a tour operator call center for a 1 1/2 years of "horror" on busy days we took more than a hundred calls. Nearly had a breakdown. This was before I knew I am aspergian. I am currently in a vr program not sure where it will lead, just anything but sales will be an improvement.

H'mm, politician, well the politician who was considered to be the father of Thatcherism; Keith Joseph it has also been suggested is aspie, and I can see how aspie will be good as a politician and that because aspies can detatch from emotion and think facts only.

A job I always fancied when I was younger was forensics and that because of the investigative interest, a puzzle to be solved, so I suppose the police might be good too because of the ability to detatch (insert; not care), but jhang on a mo, I once applied for the police, got down to the final two and got knocked back because of lack of empathy.

The worst jobs to me would be anything to do with dealing with people, as I am so damned gullible with the smilers and the rest of the time just plain suspicious of motive.

Oh, and I hear the armed forces won't employ aspies, well, I was in the armed forces for six years and I was always in trouble for questioning orders, but saved from the majority of the disciplinary procedures because I was too damned good at my job, being the only person in the squadron who thoroughly understood the autopilot system and I was highly skilled at difficult repair jobs, the sort of jobs that drove everyone else nuts, so attention to detail that many aspies have worked well here.

But when it comes to the security issues, the live armed guard, I have to agree aspies and security is not a good mix as in that situation aspies follow orders literally and I only shudder at some of the situations I got into being on the right side of a weapon, but thankfully having others with me who could see the people I could not see, as I just saw the offence and applied the orders to the offence, the automaton guard.

The other thing I have found I cannot do, in all the jobs I have had, is deal with jobs where I know wrong is being done, because perhaps another aspie trait, is the need to be blatantly honest, perhaps even gullibly honest, with me, I can't help it, I find it very difficult to be dishonest, so as a result, my past, my youth doing the things the youth do, I was always the one caught for misdemeanours, so as a result, I try not to do wrong, as I know I will be found out. Oh, and oops, I accidently revealed my employer's dishonest actions towards a customer once, that didn't go down too well, but they could hardly sack me for being dishonest, they just made life intolerable until I quit.

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Bagging groceries. I though it sounded simple enough and since I don't have any higher education yet my options are pretty limited to simple things like that or fast food. Plus I've been told I'm pretty mildly affected, so I figured I should be fine.

AHAHA NO.

I didn't realize I had sensory issues until I started working this job. The fact that I feel like I'm going to die if I'm stuck on that noisy, crowded, fluorescent-lighty ledge of desolation for more than an hour made me find out the hard way that yes I do get sensory overload. The baggers also go and get the carts off the lot, which is something most of them hate but I'll beg to do because it's much easier for me to deal with. I live in the deep south and the summers are miserable, and sometimes the heat really gets to me on lot until I remind myself "well, you could be in there bagging!"

It's gotten to the point where I think the best thing for me to do is find another job somewhere else, better suited to how I function. I've already started brainstorming and looking into my options, just need to start pursuing them.

At least I know my limits now! And that I should avoid cashiering like the plague because that seems even worse.

Working in a supermarket..I know.
The stress,the crowds of people..just too much pressure.I only do 4 hours a day,4 days a week and it totally kills me.Some days are better than others but even those are difficult.

Well on the plus side, you tend to remain strangely calm under pressure when the sh*t hits the fan. Bombs are going off all around you and you seem all unemotional about it (probably because you haven't processed the idea of danger just yet.). You also aren't really expected to have that much social skills, especially as a grunt. And the rules and the chain of command are rather well-structured and easier to understand than social standing. But yeah, I guess the stress of people, and constantly being told what to do, and the required hand-eye coordination and balance and quick reaction-time, and the listening and remembering and following instructions, etc. can lead to at best, an emotional breakdown, and at worst, getting your teammates killed.

Working for Home Depot or Lowe's

I don't know if anyone posted this before or not. But I'll add Postman to the list.

I've been working for 4-5 months now for a company here in Sweden. I was hired to work part time and just that is so stressfull, they sent me a SMS the day before or just a few hours before they wanted me to come to work. So I didn't have an actual schedule and that made me anxious and stressed. Then, while at work, we had max. 3 hours to deliver the mail (by bicycle) no matter how much mail or the weather. The times I was too slow, my boss came up to me and told me to hurry up more next time. Which of course added to the amount of stress and anxiety I had. And the salary was a joke.

I actually find it easier to speak to a group while giving a presentation than I do speaking more intimately with most folks.

It was a bit nerve-wracking at first, but, I've grown to like it. It's much easier to control, giving a talk, than any conversation one could have.

I did cashiering, but, couldn't wait tables (physically disabled and unable to lift the heavy trays without dropping something).
Cashiering was okay, because you're only with people a short time, and you can pretty much script it, they're not usually there long enough for things to get awkward.
I did other things, like assembling displays, doing calligraphy for our price signs... and I memorized regular takeout orders and the part numbers of dozens of items in the shop.
Some people were really big jerks though... tourists, rich folks. Not to mention the arrogant-saa traveling musicians and athletes who'd pop in and assume you're as available as anything else on the takeout menu.
Luckily, due to my deadpan voice and logical approach, people didn't eff with me too much... and, in fact, I was often asked to step in and stick up for other employees when they were being mistreated by customers. ~baffled~ ~shrug~
My favorite was covering my disdain for people who would lie to get free things.

I actually liked working in accounting. I was a temp during summers at the office my Grandmother worked at.

The work was great. Numbers and sorting and paper trails.

The only bad part was being in a cube farm with a bunch of hens nattering about shallow nonsensical bs.
I'm glad I switched majors.