THE RIGHT JOB | ADHD Information

every boss is an idiot.
lol
You have ADHD, no person in your mind has the right to be above you.
I do show up the boss though and I'm very my way in how I do things.
WHICH makes my bosses mad because they can't do anything. I'm not impolite and I do things my way and I get it done twice as quick as everyone else.
So I'll take more cigarette breaks thank you.
I dunno honestly I just plan on just hyperfocusing on being filthy stinking rich once I get out of college.
Seriously.
No man can compete with hyperfocus.
ESPECIALLY if you're medicated.

I'm chronicly late though.
I forget when I have to work.

I'm probally the most efficent lazy person ever.
I do my job till theres nothing to do.
Then I get bored.

THAT is ultimatly my downfall.
I feel like no matter how much I preform.
They'll just give me more to do.
Then pay me like ten dollars an hour to do it.
So I give them the same the everyone else does.
A half ass job.
And it kills me.
I want everyone to see how amazing I am and how diligently I can work.
But apperently, amazing people make ten dollars an hour too.
So I blend in and follow orders and take all this sh*t from my bosses because I come off as a shy timid person because I KNOW that the minute I open my mouth I'm fired.
So I sit there and I take my ten dollars and hour knowing one day, people like them will never work for me.
No one could ever do the kind of job I would do.
I'm probally the most efficent lazy person ever.
I do my job till theres nothing to do.
Then I get bored.

THAT is ultimatly my downfall.
I feel like no matter how much I preform.
They'll just give me more to do.
Then pay me like ten dollars an hour to do it.
So I give them the same the everyone else does.
A half ass job.
And it kills me.
I HATE not showing my potiental to everyone and anyone I can show it off to.
So I blend in and follow orders and take all this sh*t from my bosses because I come off as a shy timid person because I KNOW that the minute I open my mouth I'm fired.
So I sit there and I take my ten dollars and hour knowing one day, people like them will never work for me. SubtractTheWack38386.4515625I agree with moonbeams 1st comment.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Like hellahyper I can't believe that I too have so much in common with other adhd workers. It is uncanny for sure. I definitely hate the *stupid* rules that some companies try to inforce, and I hate the asshole bosses that I always seem to be under. I usually know more than they do anyway. And yes, that has always made me a threat.

And I've got one more for you guys, NOW PLEASE I'M NOT TRYING TO INSULT ANYONE ON THIS BOARD, but one more threat I always seem to impose is that other women are very jealous of me because I still have pretty much the same figure I had at 25. I am not overweight like most of the women I've always worked with were. I don't have a problem with them having a few more pounds on their frames - they do. I can understand being a little intimidated by another woman who is a bit thinner, but to shut the person out and not socialize with them is going a bit too far IMHO. Plus I don't think I'm bad looking either. I care very much how I appear to the outside world. It's part of that self-esteem thing, because I tried to make up for my lack of personality by attempting to make people focus on another part of me, like the physical part. I guess I figured people would like me better if I was physically pleasing to the eye. Oh well, all my big plans at making it on the outside have been all for naught for the most part. But I still have a few surprises yet to come I have no doubt.

Peace,

ladyhope

Actually, I think I have finally found the "perfect job" as a medical transcriptionist. In the particular place I work I can work flex time so it is okay that I come in at all kinds of different times of the day as long as I put my 8 hours in, and I have always been interested in medical things so I can really hyperfocus and get into the typing groove and not have to deal with anyone else all day. Its great! I could even work from home if I wanted but something tells me that would be a big mistake for me, I would have all kinds of things distracting me there :)

Maggie

Wow. I can't think of anything to say because it's all been said. I had no idea how much in common I could have with fellow adhders in the workplace. It's really funny about the whole not following rules that you don't believe in or don't make sense. . . Something similar, losing sight of your motive if the end-all objective is off your principal scale. I have this job that I got hired at about five months ago, totally loved it. I was a great worker, got stuff done faster then the store manager had ever seen in that particular dept. About a month later he puts me on as the dept. manager. Wow how wonderful exciting. Then I started realizing all of these downfalls and loopholes in being the laborer of a large corporation. At about that point I was done. (Oh yea and plus I failed a semester of school while taking sh*t from superiors at work and working 40hrs.) Now I'm just this dude that goes in and stocks the frozen dept for a few hours in the middle of the night, then I go home. Sometimes I hear I did a sh*tty job, I don't care at all. I was scheduled to work three hours and that's what I gave them, I'm just a flea on the mules back, right? Co-working friends talk about work outside of work and it's like it goes in one ear and right out the other, I wouldn't care less of the store exploded. I've lost all emotion. I just started another job today; I'm gonna work both for a few weeks. I love it! Maybe I'll be back at this forum in a few months pondering. . .

Until then,

Paul

lol well ye i got a ADHD dream job will i'm in collage for it anyway engineering in teh design side it great because u got think aloud of stuff and day dream to get the idea's lol but the only problem is gettin i on papar lol but i find a way:P and boss god the amont of stuff i been called i could get million's lol but i can't be assed to goto court for thatTeachin kids with ADHD. Hey I have been the boss!!!! - Dont think they ever called me an Idiot - but I think Bitch definately was floating around LMAO - Stupid employees LOLI have a degree in microbiology-working in a title company-I like it because I can work on 10 differ files each day, it is not a sit down and finish one at a time. There is alot of other things to do also and I like that.
As far as micro went-when i did finally get a job in a local hospital I couldn't concertrate all morning on just one thing. Needless to say .. Ouch

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Wow!

All I can say is wow! You're all me!

I don't feel so alone anymore :)

Esther

I think the only way I will ever enjoy any job is if I own a small business.

the_dead_slayer,
I am in school for engineering and work every other semester as a mechanical engineer for a company. It drives me nuts. Designing small unimportant pieces and machines makes me go crazy. I have no motivation to do the work at all. My boss is a good guy, very intelligent, but I just hate the work. I will never be satisfied working for someone else.

I want to own a business but that is pretty far off in the future since I am still in college and I probably will be married and have kids within the next 5-7 years. If I own a business, then I have motivation to do work (my livelyhood depends on it) and then I can also work on my inventions alot easier too. People call me eccentric for my ideas but the same things were told to all the great minds of our time. Alot of friends and family believe that I will create something far beyond on our time. One friend thinks I will change the world with something I create. My friends are pretty much all engineers too, so that is flattering in my opinion.

I just have this inner-burn that can't be quenched until I go after what I know I can achieve and will make me happy.

Rae. me too!

Why should I follow that rule? It's a dumb rule! And I'm supposed to be on time? This is why I have two alarm clocks in my bedroom. And add me to the easily annoyed, easily frustrated, and too blunt lists too.

And why has every boss I've ever worked for been a complete idiot?

Yes. The right job. Well from I can desipher so far everyone on this forum with ADHD is very bright. So ..............the reason we cannot keep jobs is..........

1. We are more capable and intelligent than the boss and we are a threat

2. Our minds are going so fast in so many different directions that we lose focus on the task at hand

3. We "shoot from the hip" and say it as it is for us and consequently offend people.

4. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm so we are a breed unto ourselves but we are obviously much more gifted than the majority out there still grazing their knuckles and getting s h i t up their noses. So what do you say fellow ADHD brothers?

moonbeams838386.0587384259

Think it has a bit to do with - ummmm - forgetting to brush the back of my hair, turning up late, not waking up to the alarm, being a bit too blunt, easily annoyed and frustrated, one-upping the boss, running out of energy towards the end of the day and appear to be bludging - specially when i put myhead on my desk, forgetting to put fuel in the car and breaking down on the way to work - once again being late, forgetting to do stuff that was like URGENT, ra ra ra ra ra

Oh yeah and the big one - not following rules that I think are stupid out of principal!!! thats a biggy

Rae7038386.0740393519lol erm it probley because i'm in aerospace lol

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Oh yeah and the big one - not following rules that I think are stupid out of principal!!! thats a biggy

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I can relate to everything you said. I've definetely been like that many times. It's really nice to be on a board with others who can relate to this.

I've lost a number of jobs because of it. I guess I'm trying hard to do better now - I'm in my late 30s!!!

[QUOTE=ladyhope] I definitely hate the *stupid* rules that some companies try to inforce, and I hate the asshole bosses that I always seem to be under. I usually know more than they do anyway. [/QUOTE]

That reminds me of something: I work in a call center. All we do in the whole call center, all day, is talk on the phone. The phones are our contact with the public, and other than the phones, we do not deal with customers at all, in person.

So why is it necessary, all of a sudden...(they switched bosses, stuff like this did not happen under the old boss) to have to wear these little catchy slogan buttons on our clothes EVERY DAY all of a sudden? it's these little buttons with little catchy slogans on them promoting the company to the public..........WHAT? ARE OUR CUSTOMERS GONNA SEE THEM AND BE IMPRESSED? NO!! CUZ THEY ARE ON THE PHONE!!! WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF WE WEAR SOME STUPID BUTTIONS?? and they are not the regular kind, like with a pin in the back of them, the have some STUPID CURSED little magnet attachment...and they change the buttons every months AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT STUPID LITTLE MAGNET PEICE, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME, IN ORDER TO HAVE IT TO GO ALONG WITH THE NEXT BUTTON FOR THE NEXT MONTH....!!!!! HOW IN THE DEVIL I'M I, OF ALL PEOPLE, SUPPOSED TO KEEP UP WITH THAT LITTLE THING? AND DO YOU KNOW THAT WE GET IN TROUBLE IF WE ARE NOT WEARING IT????? JEEZ!!! I think they came up with this stupid rule at my job simply to ruffle MY feathers PERSONALLY!!

I agree with all of the above.

I hate working by a clock. Why should two people who are responsible for equal tasks both be paid the same for 8 hours, when one person can get their "8 hour load" done in 5 hours? Work should be like college exams - when you are finished, you can go home (and still get paid the same). LOL. I hate feeling like I have to create work so I can "look" busy until 4:30, when all my real work was done ages ago. Ugh.

But of course this would never work in the real world, because it would get abused, people's work would get sloppy because they were rushing, blah blah blah.... just sucks for the rest of us.

bcgirl197838426.4877546296

This sounds SOOOO much like me !!! I would always excel at a new job. I would "hyper focus" the first few weeks - you know the routine - I've got a great job now, I can be the best employee they've ever had - I'm going to show them what I can do, I swear to myself I'm going to do better about being on time, not calling in sick too much, be the Star Employee !!!!!!!! And I WAS....for a little while. I would be the NEW girl who could tackle a week's worth of rejected insurance claims in two hours!!!!!!! so they would bring me more, and then I would get bored with it and have to try to find a way to not to so good so they would quit bringing me stuff.....and then it's like they would say well what happened to you ???? It didn't matter what new job I was starting, (Ive had about 20 in my 37 years) it would always be this way......a few times it got so bad that I would find a way to sabotage myself so I would get fired - I couldn't quit - husbands don't understand -"I can't do that job anymore" so you have to find a way to "get out".

I had my last job for 3 years (!!!!! ) it was in the medical insurance field. Pure HELL........I finally told my husband about my suspected ADD/ADHD and that I really needed to stay at home and do ebay or something like that . I told him that I was mentally exhausted and I was about to blow a gasket. This was two years ago. We talked and talked and finally decided to open our own business! It was a hard decision for both of us. My husband works at Nissan full time. So I have to be SURE to keep all of my duckies in a row which is VERY hard. It has been the challenge of my life!!! But I do not have to answer to anyone !!!!!!! We opened a little shop in the historic district of our town. We carry Vintage and Antique clothing, Furniture, etc. - Something that I LOVE, to keep me interested!!!and manage to make ends meet, not much more, but I'm doing better at paying the bills, I know that if the store doesn't make it, then My goose is COOKED !!!!

I still have lazy days when I don't want to do anything, so I go to the store and sit at the counter and play solitaire on the computer. People still come in and occasionally buy something....

ANYWAY............I was "formally" diagnosed last month, innatentive type....It's so nice to be with people of my own "kind" !!!!!!!!!!!! Hope someone can relate....Kim

I posted this under another thread, too ,but I think it fits better here.....

I watched the movie - "A Beautiful Mind". In addition to the add medication, one of the things I do to try to make things work for me now is to realize what I think and then ignore it - like the main character does on that movie. For example, I realize what I'd like to say - that's true and would pee people off - I imagine it - then I say something else, etc.

The truth is that I'd hate to have an add person who didn't have their stuff under control working for me. I don't really blame the people who have treated me like crap at work - completely. They thought I understood and was acting like a jerk.

I feel bad that I had to go through the hurt but the person I blame more than others is the person who diagnosed me and didn't help me also learn how to work with the add. I was diagnosed a long time ago before all of these add coaches and counselors existed and i think the doctor should have realized that and tried to help me herself.

Not following rules that don't make sense to me is the one that gets me into trouble.

I'm on the verge of losing my job or quitting in disgust once again. I want to start another thread about what jobs work for us. I need the help.

TR!