#jobs

[prettiestpear]

[its-funnytwittertweets]

[mysharona1987]

Best comeback line ever.

[grickle14]

Empire exit. 

[consistantly-changing]

[Image descriptions in order: screenshots of TikToks with captions. The caption says "POV: Lied about an IT Qualification and was told in an interview to put the monitor in sleep mode 😭". The TikTok shows a man tucking a box monitor into bed and turning off the lights.]

[The caption says "When you lied about your IT qualifications and now they tell you to use POWERPOINT". The TikTok shows a man pointing.]

[The caption says "You lied about your IT qualifications and they say you have to upload some documents to the "cloud"". The TikTok shows something which appears to be either a sheet of fabric or an empty document folder into the sky.]

[The caption says "You lied about your IT qualification and now you're being asked to use Python programming :'. The TikTok shows a person wrapped in a cloth bag and slithering across the floor to a laptop like a snake.]

[The caption says "When you lied about your IT qualifications and they tell you to convert the files'. Thew TikTok shows a woman dressed as a preacher holding a large book and reading to a red file folder.]

[The caption says "When you lied about your waiter experience and they ask you to serve:' The TikTok shows a man posing attractively for the camera.]

[The caption says "POV: you lied about being a lawyer and they asked you to rest your case". The TikTok shows a woman placing a suitcase in bed.]

[The caption says "POV: you lied about your Phlebotomy Certification and now they asked you to draw blood". The TikTok shows a man drawing a droplet of blood with a red marker.]

my humor might be broken cause I find this trend actually funny

[anotherchariotpulledbycats]

You apply for 20 jobs on Indeed. The silence is deafening.

You apply for 20 jobs on Indeed. Half of them require you to create an account on the company website. You leave a trail of ghost accounts that will be used once and never again. You never receive a response.

You apply for 20 jobs on Indeed. One employer offers an interview, but it's so rare for you to receive any response that you forget to check the website and you miss the time.

You apply for 20 jobs on Indeed. One employer offers an interview, but you don't know the magic words that signal to the esoteric mind of an interviewer that you're fit for the job.

You apply for 20 jobs on Indeed. One employer e-mails you saying that 'unfortunately, you do not have the qualifications we are looking for'. You check the job again and see you applied to be a menial labourer.

You apply for 20 jobs on Indeed. Half of them require a car. No one stops to ask how you're supposed to afford one with no job.

You apply for 20 jobs on Indeed. One employer offers a job. The commute makes you want to die in your sleep.

You call the HR manager for the workplace in hopes of arranging an interview more directly. They don't even have an answering machine.

Employers complain that no one wants to work anymore.

[typhlonectes]

[angryladyrants]

[im-a-broken-jar]

[Image Description:

A post by A.S.L. @/scraptown79 that reads, "I build powerlines for a living, and I make a good, union, wage. If a bunch of burger flippers started earning the same wages and benefits that I make, dude... I'd be celebrating with them and their families! Working people are my people! Their win is my win!"

/End I.D.]

[nixcraft]

[animentality]

[bestoftweets]

[honeybyte]

okay so i've sat on this post for a while. and i feel it's important to have a specific voice behind it, otherwise it's just smth someone said one time.

i've worked warehouse for roughly 6 years now, 3 doing midnights on the loading dock and 3 doing days in dispatch as an equipment coordinator. real quick let me make two things clear:

》 i LOVE being blue collar. and if i'm honest i'm fond of the time i spent on the dock

》 i was not disabled before i started w this company

the first couple weeks on the dock were the hardest, as to be expected. you spend your whole shift hand-packing trailers w boxes coming at you at LEAST 600/hr. i came home looking like i'd been beat to death w a crowbar, and i was consistently in pain. it wasn't that i was sore from movement, i was in some of the worst physical pain in my life. what's worse is it never stopped being physically painful, i just adjusted to it. i would come home, crash my entire day, eat dinner, and go back to work. i didn't have a social life, and i very rarely saw the sun which started to impact my mental health. i took up a job managing the unload machinery in the rafters and dropped so much weight i shouldn't have– i was just trying to keep up w the demands of the job.

i got sick and tired of the dock tho bc unfortunately! being a good worker turns into a nightmare quickly. so i moved into the dispatch offices, which then threw me out on the yard as an equipment coordinator. i walk for anywhere from 2-4 hours each day, usually in the sun, and i'm in a desert so i often experience heat illness. recently they also flipped me back to midnights, which has set me back a good chunk of rest and patience.

well, regardless. after 6 years of working for my warehouse, i've been diagnosed w several disorders, and hypermobility which causes me a lot of physical pain in my hip and spine. i have a cane and there's days it's difficult for me to walk at all. i'm not even 30. i have scars from various mechanical parts around the warehouse, including one from when i burnt all my skin off wrestling my hand out of a conveyor belt moving at 10mph. this is the highest paying job in my area w good benefits, and the only one that would take me w no work experience. which, now im fucked bc i have no skills outside of warehouse/dispatch, closing a ton of jobs off from myself. can't unionize either bc of the company's legal status. all this, not even mentioning the fact you're working on concrete amd metal floors all during your 12-15 hour shift, the lack of AC, the mostly broken fans and swamp coolers, the lack of 30 minute lunch or 15 minute breaks. it's dismal.

warehouse truly breaks you in such a specific and calculated way. most of our package handlers are ready to drop from sheer exhaustion, the turnover rate is abysmal, there's little to no training BECAUSE of the turnover rate. warehouse are just. a fucking nightmare.

reminiscing on warehouse work, how it affected me, and how it's a capitalist trap that's actually working, to everyone's detriment.

[classycookiexo]

THIS

[itsaspectrumcomic]

What can we do to improve employment for autistic people? Everyone on Tumblr just complains which doesn't really help me at all.

It's different for everyone as every autistic person has different support needs, but here are some examples in no particular order:

Allowed to wear headphones/earplugs (and not shamed for it!)

Clear tasks and written instructions - personally I find it very difficult to follow and remember verbal instructions and I know I'm not the only one

Allowed to have and use fidgets in the workplace

Able to work from home (ie, not forced to be in the office for the sake of being in the office)

Flexible hours

Adjustable lighting or allowed to wear sunglasses

Not forced to work in an open plan office

Have a designated quiet space to decompress in

Regular breaks

A company culture that accepts and encourages taking holiday/sick days

Bullying in the workplace should be taken seriously and not dismissed

No spontaneous meetings - have a schedule and stick to it

Less focus on the need for eye contact/handshakes in interviews

Less hoops to jump through when applying - why do I need to type my entire job experience into your form when it's all in the résumé I just uploaded? Why do I need several years of experience for an entry level job?

Don't put 'must work well in a fast paced environment' in your requirements. Work on making the environment less stressful and fast paced instead

Obviously not all of these will work for every person, and some might not be possible in some workplaces, but these are the kinds of things I would find helpful personally.

Fellow autistic people, feel free to add anything that would help you!