First Job Exspirence.

So in the end of November I got my first job! I was hired by a local Laser Tag place. The first few weeks were fine. After a bit of time. My boss started to point out some weaknesses I was having.(I was awkward sounding when I talked/sounded nervous and When it got busy I started to make mistakes) things you would get from being Autistic and getting sensory overloaded. I never broke down so that's a plus.My boss started to tell me he was going to let me go at the end of the month if he doesn't see improvement. So I told him I was autistic. I didn't want to do this. But I did. He gave me another month. He basically told me everything is good. you are hard-working. However, you are award and sounded nervous when talking and you made mistakes when it got busy. It caused me to act really depressed when I got home from work. They cut my hours to 1 once a week. And me wanting to work couldn't. The job was fun. However I knew this isn't a place I should work. Me working trying to communicate with people. Boss tells me to be faster which would cause me to make mistakes.

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Towards the beginning of March a local retail store was doing a hiring event/open event. I went, I was offered a job as a cashier. I quit the laser tag place(My boss was weirdly shocked after dropping my hours to less than 5 a week). On the grant opening I was did better. It was busier than that laser tag place was ever. However I did way better. I think it was because instead of dealing with 30+ people at a time. I was dealing with 1 or 2 people at a time. Also my supervisor is happy with my work. They also pay better and give plenty of hours. :)

Honestly I am not sure how I lasted 3 months at this lasertag place.

So for every high functioning autistic person looking for a job. Make sure this job isn't going to cause you to get overwhelmed all the time. If I would of known how busy and loud they get I would of turned down the job.

This technically isn't my first job. I was hired as a summer employee for a Boy Scout Summer camp a few years ago.