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Are you employed full or part time?
Yes 59%  59%  [ 33 ]
No 41%  41%  [ 23 ]
Total votes : 56

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13 Feb 2017, 2:43 pm

Kiprobalhato wrote:
i was employed from late july last year to early december. i was a dishwasher at a beer garden downtown. made $11/hr. i left to go globetrotting, i gave my two weeks notice, unlike all the others who left apparently, and left gracefully and on good terms. not that i'd want to go back there, i'm grateful for the work experience, skills gained and connections made, but not so much for the scars it left on my fingertips.

my ASD was not a problem there. i hardly, if ever, interacted with others in the dish pit besides the line cooks i quickly got familiar with, in fact it might have been an asset. having autism is most certainly not a negative all the time, in being able to keep a job. compared to the other dishwashers who quickly left or were fired due to temper and dissatisfaction, my relative calmness and invented "dish zen" helped me stay longer than anyone else in my position, there.

the sinks were my dojo......


I have a sinking feeling with this post...

What will you dish out next...

Your post is awash with detail...

:ninja:



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13 Feb 2017, 4:31 pm

I had a job as a dishwasher and had a few crappy part time jobs. I live in CA where the cost of living is really horrible. My family became financially irresponsible and I don't have the ability to live on my own or own a car.

I am currently trying to find another job, but I haven't gotten anything. I really am beginning to just give up.



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13 Feb 2017, 4:32 pm

I work full-time.



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13 Feb 2017, 6:04 pm

slw1990 wrote:
I work full-time.


Doing what?



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13 Feb 2017, 8:20 pm

JohnnyLurg wrote:
slw1990 wrote:
I work full-time.


Doing what?


I work in receiving at a retail store.



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13 Feb 2017, 9:37 pm

I work part time at a bank as a greeter. I also do other simple jobs that need to be done.


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13 Feb 2017, 9:46 pm

Have landed another contract job as a tech writer.



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13 Feb 2017, 11:04 pm

I've never been able to gain paid work, was voluntary as part of a job centre scheme, which ie disqualified for, now on long term sickness and disability.


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13 Feb 2017, 11:16 pm

Keeping gainfully employed has been challenging. I'm not good with people. But good at most things I can get my hands on. To bad the former means so much and the latter so little.



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14 Feb 2017, 2:16 am

the_phoenix wrote:
Have landed another contract job as a tech writer.


congrats.

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14 Feb 2017, 4:21 am

I'd make millions if howling were an occupation.



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14 Feb 2017, 9:37 am

I work full time as a Quality Specialist in the Medical Device Industry.



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14 Feb 2017, 7:30 pm

Kiprobalhato wrote:
the_phoenix wrote:
Have landed another contract job as a tech writer.


congrats.

:jester:


Thank you kindly, Kiprobalhato! :)

It's been quite a roller coaster ride this past year.

...



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14 Feb 2017, 7:32 pm

Stoic0209 wrote:
I work full time as a Quality Specialist in the Medical Device Industry.


Well, I sometimes think I missed my true calling as an FDA inspector. Lucky you!
(just kidding, well sorta ... some of my tech writing assignments were in the medical device industry ...) :D



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14 Feb 2017, 7:38 pm

Kiprobalhato wrote:
i was employed from late july last year to early december. i was a dishwasher at a beer garden downtown. made $11/hr. i left to go globetrotting, i gave my two weeks notice, unlike all the others who left apparently, and left gracefully and on good terms. not that i'd want to go back there, i'm grateful for the work experience, skills gained and connections made, but not so much for the scars it left on my fingertips.

my ASD was not a problem there. i hardly, if ever, interacted with others in the dish pit besides the line cooks i quickly got familiar with, in fact it might have been an asset. having autism is most certainly not a negative all the time, in being able to keep a job. compared to the other dishwashers who quickly left or were fired due to temper and dissatisfaction, my relative calmness and invented "dish zen" helped me stay longer than anyone else in my position, there.

the sinks were my dojo......


I give you much credit, Kipro ...

I once volunteered to work in a kitchen for a Women's Retreat weekend.
It was 95 degrees outside, and they soon discovered that
I could not handle preparing food for large numbers of people ...
couldn't even peel potatoes fast enough,
so they awarded me the job of
* drumroll please * ...
Dishwasher!

It was all going fine, until
the dishwasher broke!
But I survived. :D

Glad you had an overall good experience! 8)

...



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14 Feb 2017, 7:40 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
I've been working for 36 1/2 years on the same clerical job.


You deserve an award. 8)