Comments on: Why You Need A Mentor At Work http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/09/why-you-need-a-mentor-at-work/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:05:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Penelope Trunk Says Miscarriage Tweet All Part of Having Asperger’s Syndrome | Legal-Sleaze.com http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/09/why-you-need-a-mentor-at-work/#comment-463 Penelope Trunk Says Miscarriage Tweet All Part of Having Asperger’s Syndrome | Legal-Sleaze.com Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:31:33 +0000 http://www.aspieteacher.com/?p=1788#comment-463 [...] Asperger’s Child: Dealing with Asperger Employees:What Employers Need To KnowAspie Teacher:WhyYou Need A Mentor At WorkZikkir: Working with [...] [...] Asperger’s Child: Dealing with Asperger Employees:What Employers Need To KnowAspie Teacher:WhyYou Need A Mentor At WorkZikkir: Working with [...]

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]]> By: eileen http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/09/why-you-need-a-mentor-at-work/#comment-421 eileen Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:56:33 +0000 http://www.aspieteacher.com/?p=1788#comment-421 I have never had good luck at a job. The problems have always centered around secrecy, pecking order, politics and flat out game playing. All those things are beyond me. Too many times situations escalated to the point where I just lost it. Other times the job just got too stressful. It wasn't the work itself, it was all the other bs that went with it. I need lots of feedback about whether or not I am doing a good job. I imagine I can be a bit of a nuisance about it and even when I get an answer, I often can't trust that the other person is being honest. Right now, I am fortunate to be working as an aide in an autism program. One of my supervisors has become a sort of mentor. She doesn't mind me asking over and over if I am doing ok. She doesn't mind answering all my questions. I've confided in her about my struggles and I am hoping she will continue to be a safe place at work. Even aside from work situations, I have always desperately needed someone to run interference for me. I just can't cope with ambiguity, confrontation, stressful situations or game-playing. .-= eileen´s last blog ..<a href="http://heresthething-e.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-reply-to-autism-and-me-difficulties.html" rel="nofollow">My Reply to "Autism and Me: Difficulties with the Spoken Word"</a> =-. I have never had good luck at a job. The problems have always centered around secrecy, pecking order, politics and flat out game playing. All those things are beyond me. Too many times situations escalated to the point where I just lost it. Other times the job just got too stressful. It wasn’t the work itself, it was all the other bs that went with it.
I need lots of feedback about whether or not I am doing a good job. I imagine I can be a bit of a nuisance about it and even when I get an answer, I often can’t trust that the other person is being honest.
Right now, I am fortunate to be working as an aide in an autism program. One of my supervisors has become a sort of mentor. She doesn’t mind me asking over and over if I am doing ok. She doesn’t mind answering all my questions. I’ve confided in her about my struggles and I am hoping she will continue to be a safe place at work.

Even aside from work situations, I have always desperately needed someone to run interference for me. I just can’t cope with ambiguity, confrontation, stressful situations or game-playing.
eileen´s last blog ..My Reply to "Autism and Me: Difficulties with the Spoken Word"

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