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submitted 1 month ago by Novamdomum@fedia.io to c/adhd@lemmy.world

Do you feel your can be open about it with a potential employer?

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[-] jimmux@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

That bloody confirmation bias.

I was a model employee for many years. Every review was, "you're one of our brightest, keep doing what you're doing". Then I requested some accommodations for my chronic migraines, and they put me under a microscope. Suddenly I was still getting the most complex work because I was the only person they trusted to do it, but now it was an issue that I didn't churn through change requests as fast as other employees who only do simple bug fixes.

When I got diagnosed with ADHD I thought it would give me some breathing room if I told them. That just made it worse. Now I had to be on a management plan. Now every review was laser focused in churn rate, and completely ignored all my above-and-beyond contributions.

I think their long term plan was to either make me give up accommodations or leave, because they didn't want anyone else thinking they could get "special treatment".

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