#careershift — Public Fediverse posts

The best #job I've had so far was for a large #nonprofit where I think many of my colleagues were also #autistic, even if a lot of us didn't realize it. We had clear processes in place for doing everything, and we were empowered to enforce those processes among the rest of the organization. The processes made a lot of the work routine and automatic, and so it required minimal discussion or meetings. And no one wanted to have meetings! We figured most things out via email or IM. My role and the expectations for it were clearly defined. Some people might call it boring, but I excelled there! I thrived! ...Until my boss retired and the new boss tried to coerce me into illegally working overtime without getting paid for it. So I left, and while I don't regret leaving, I miss the clarity and structure of that old job, and I don't know how to find it again.

#Career #CareerChange #ToxicBoss #WorkersRights #CareerShift #CareerAdvice #Autism

Lately, when trying to find a new job and looking at postings for similar jobs, I don't want to do any of them. To me, this suggests that what I really need is a #CareerChange, but I have no idea how to go about it.

Most career shifts are framed in terms of asking, "What do you want to do?" And for me, I've found that question isn't useful. It's not about what I want to do, it's about the kind of work environment I'm in. Are there clear processes in place? Is the place adequately staffed? Are the deadlines reasonable? Are the expectations clearly stated? You can't really know these things until you work somewhere, and that's less about the work itself and more about the workplace culture.

So I find myself thinking, Is there a career where I'm more likely to land in the sort of places? Or is the slow death march of #capitalist #neoliberalism just making that sort of job difficult to find in any career path?

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