Hi,
I am not a people person and usually work alone. But occasionally I have these "professional development" meetings that are torture for me. Here is what I have to do:
1. Mentor new employees. I find the young people to be very inexperienced, and I don't really have the patience to argue with them when they already think they know everything. I know that's not great on my part, but I'm autistic, there's only so much I can handle before I have a strong urge to yell.
2. Go to some training where they criticize everything I do despite not knowing the specifics of what I have to deal with. I wish I could just let it all go in one ear and out the other, but instead I get emotional and angry and defensive.
So far my only idea is to keep headphones on the whole time, but I'm worried that I'll get in trouble for that.
Any ideas are welcome.
26 Oct 2025, 4:36 pm
