Jobs - need advice! | ADHD Information

So, I'm on the verge of losing or quitting another damned low-paying job.

What jobs have ever worked out well for you in the past?

What sort of business is a good idea for starting/owning and being your own boss?

I need this advice, many others could use it I am sure. So, where do adhd people work and be happy?

TR!  

 

I did well as an English teacher in Japan.  I had a high student renewal rate and also kept that job for about 2 years - until I chose to return to the US.

I think they thought my quirks were about me being American so they sort of tried to find them endearing.  I also didn't have a lot of direct supervision there.

However, if stupid rules really bug you it might be a bad choice.  The company I worked for had a date on the calendar when they switched from AC to heat, and a date on the calendar to switch back from heat to AC.  (It wasn't based on the weather but the date...)  There were a lot of quirky rules like that.

I guess I decided that if they could put up with my quirkiness, I could also laugh endearingly about theirs.

As for myself, the job I have now is in a way a dream job. I distribute publications to large racks in large/medium retail outlets. I work alone, move around all day, make enough money not to starve. I am also assigned a route for each day - X amount of work, then go home. Rarely see a boss type person.

Here's the rub though - the company charges publishers by the amount of circulation of their publication.  I'm being asked pretty much to stuff these racks full, then when a new publication comes out, throw away the old ones and stuff it full again. For example instead of putting in 100 homes magazines which would be more than enough I am expected to place 1,000, thus throwing away 900.
Overloads my vehicle, creates extra TONS of lifting, extra trips to load up unneeded stuff. The waste really bothers me. That they lie to their clients bothers me. I see all this extra work as their way of feeling a little bit better than them actually just taking it and throwing it in a dumpster and then reporting it to the client as "circulated."
And extra work is being piled on me - here, do a little more for no more pay.
BS!

TR!

 

Are you at a point where you could probably keep your job if you wanted to or is the termination just a matter of time?

The one thing I definetely wish I had done with bad jobs in the past - is to keep them until I could find the better situation. 

From what you've said, it doesn't really sound likely they're going to change their policy based on your concerns. 

 

I could probably keep it but I'm not sure. Not sure how long I have really. I do a pretty good job on my own scale, but theirs is another I don't understand.  I am searching for another job. My last full-time job canned me while I searched which was a big disappointment not being able to walk out of that hellhole on my own but at least the unemployment payments were good.
I am developing such a checkered employment history though I'm not sure I could land a decent job anymore. I wish I could start my own business, any ideas?
I found restaurant management to be a good pretty good job for me, all the stupid little details are delegated to other people and all I did (althought it was a stressful 12 hour day) was oversee the whole thing and solve a neverending series of crisis of one sort or the other.  Part adreneline rush during crisis management times and part creativity because I worked on marketing and display stuff when not solving a crisis.  The Resistance!> I know how you feel, about the cheating, and the waste... If I were you, I'd propably make notes on whome they cheat, and make anonymous contact with those companies they abuse, telling the story... perhaps it will stop then... unless you are the only one that have the information, so they know who to kick...

My ideal job?

These days I just keep buying lottery tickets and hoping...

Mark -

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My ideal job?

These days I just keep buying lottery tickets and hoping...

Mark -

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That's about how I feel!

My ideal job..... nothing! I want to be a free spirit with absolutely no responsibility. But... *sigh*.... that's not very realistic is it?