So, it’s my first time working in a country that legally requires workplaces to accommodate neurodivergence. I have been upfront about my diagnosis since I joined.

It’s my first admin-heavy role, and turns out, ADHD doesn’t like double checking if every single field on a page was filled in correctly.

After being put on a PIP, I’ve been working on an autohotkey script that automates the clicking and navigation, and prompts me to enter data where needed. In theory, tihs means I don’t miss out on anything as long as the script works fine, and when you don’t do the clicking yourself, mistakes are easier to spot when you check.

I presented it to my manager (first time manager, woo.) today during the weekly review, and this was what they said: “My concern is, would you be able to follow the process and do the task if you were to lose access to this tool you have built?”

It seems like no degree of explaining that it’s not that I do not know how to do the task correctly, my brain just loathes the finer details and would mean the work would be more prone to error will get through to them.

I will be resigning before the final check next week anyway, but just want some advice on how to respond to that question in the future.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
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    23 days ago

    “Well I did build it, so I could easily build it again if I lost it somehow.”

    Of course, they were probably just going for an easy gotcha question to see if they could build their case to dismiss you. I hate PIPs, I believe well-liked employees tend not to get put on them, and it’s just a legalistic process for dumping people without repercussions.

    • DrBanjo@reddthat.comEnglish
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      23 days ago

      Depends how you use them and if they are set up to actually help the person. I’ve seen a few people on PIPs really improve which was good to see.

      • Leilys@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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        23 days ago

        They put me on it 3 months into my probation, and then only gave me 5 weeks of review, so it was rough honestly.

        But I’m commuting 5 hours a day on public transport for this job, so in a way, I’m also glad it’s going to be over soon.

        • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
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          23 days ago

          That’s incredibly rough. I haven’t had anything like that since I was a kid, two buses and a ferry each way in the dark of night (uphill both ways, even! shakes cane). I have no idea how I survived, hope you move on to better things!