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I currently work doing a job where I process incoming e-faxes and information sent to our department via email. This is your average office desk job using a computer. Well, my employer has recently made me train doing the job of the office supply person (who is out often for chemotherapy) ordering supplies, restocking the printers with paper and ink, etc.
I was hired with the understanding that I would be doing the paperwork processing job, not a job I find menial, boring, and demeaning and is basically physical labor (loading 40 boxes of printer paper is definitely physical). I have been getting my processing work done way more efficiently than my coworkers, leaving me with some downtime and I feel like I'm being punished for being more efficient. I am fairly easily overwhelmed and the combination of doing the office supply stuff along with my initial job duties is definitely on its way to overwhelming me (I am on the Autistic spectrum and exhibit OCD traits).
Is there anything I can do? Can I reasonably tell them I do not want to do the office supply stuff? Should I get some sort of doctor's note regarding my diagnosis?
Well, my employer has recently made me train doing the job of the office supply person (who is out often for chemotherapy) ordering supplies, restocking the printers with paper and ink, etc.
I was hired with the understanding that I would be doing the paperwork processing job, not a job I find menial, boring, and demeaning and is basically physical labor (loading 40 boxes of printer paper is definitely physical).
Seriously?
You cannot suck it up and cover for a coworker undergoing chemotherapy?
Check your contract. I am fairly certain that it includes the phrase "and other duties as assigned".
If you don't like the duties you are assigned at this job, find a new one.
Is this the same job you posted about 2 months ago.... scared that they were about to fire you?
Seriously?
You cannot suck it up and cover for a coworker undergoing chemotherapy?
Check your contract. I am fairly certain that it includes the phrase "and other duties as assigned".
If you don't like the duties you are assigned at this job, find a new one.
Well, I have a heart condition that limits my ability to do physical labor. I wouldn't have taken the job had I known it would eventually put me at risk.
Yeah, it's the same job. At this point, I wish they'd lay me off so I can collect UI while looking for something else. Can't quit because then I wouldn't have UI/income coming in. Haven't been happy with it for a while now but finding another job is easier said than done. Ideally, I'd want a job where my coworkers are more around my age (30). Most everyone at my current job are much older, meaning it takes an already difficult thing (making friends/meeting people) for someone with Asperger's and basically makes it impossible because we have nothing in common and obviously aren't at the same stage in life (they're getting close to retirement, I probably have at least 30 years of working left assuming I don't have a heart attack or kill myself before then).
If you are a person with a disability who can do the job with reasonable accommodation then ask for the accommodation. Be prepared to have a physician's statement of your disability.
An employer can change your duties at any time. Sorry, your social needs are not your employers concerns.
If you are a person with a disability who can do the job with reasonable accommodation then ask for the accommodation. Be prepared to have a physician's statement of your disability.
An employer can change your duties at any time. Sorry, your social needs are not your employers concerns.
Will Limburger cheese be appropriate?
I guess quitting or a bullet are the only options...
A string of discharges on your resume will make your job search more difficult. Look while you still have job.
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