RemyZee
Active Member
I work in an office with all disabled people--as an advocacy person. I love my job. There are accomodations, I feel what I'm doing is meaningful and I like the people there. My boss and program director yesterday called me in for a"feedback session". They told me I'm being put on a "personal Improvement plan." because while I am good at many parts of my job, I am not not with executive functioning. Not good with anything involving sequences.
I have been there 3 months and EVERY time I've done my timesheet it's been wrong--despite going over them repeatedly. . It's like I can hardly count! like with some tasks, I have to relearn them every time I do them. My bosses said I'm doing well on the job, but if I can't get the basics like timesheets, excel, all the many things you have to have a memory for--it isn't going to work. Same thing with visual processing. When I try to read, its virtually impossible to keep my eyes from going to the wrong place, or to retrieve what they just said, so I am constantly starting at the beginning.
What makes me laugh is that they call it a Personal Improvement plan." hahahahaha.....a Pip! Pip is crusty stuff or human ailment, or a "non specific disorder." I guess I am a pip then, or I guess you could say, "I am pip." This is another issue: I work with several blind people, and they are given materials in an accessible format. The format that is required from those of us who aren't blind is different. I don't know why we couldn't figure out an accessible format that works.
Problem is for our time sheet, we first have to convert the time to military time--something I am virtually incapable of doing (believe me I've tried--even with a chart)--the conversion thing is a requirement. Then the military time is converted automatically to standard time. Then the database has to correspond exactly with what's on the time sheet.
I think many people would have a tough time with this: for me, I've been trying for 3 months and not getting it right....like I said, my eyes bounce around so even figuring out which line I am on is disorienting. The way my mind works with communication is that I will follow what people are saying for about 3 sentences, then I completely forget what we are talking about. People get angry with me! thinking I'm not trying or that I don't care.
Will anybody please give any ideas about what to do with this. It happens so often and it's pretty dejecting. .
I have been there 3 months and EVERY time I've done my timesheet it's been wrong--despite going over them repeatedly. . It's like I can hardly count! like with some tasks, I have to relearn them every time I do them. My bosses said I'm doing well on the job, but if I can't get the basics like timesheets, excel, all the many things you have to have a memory for--it isn't going to work. Same thing with visual processing. When I try to read, its virtually impossible to keep my eyes from going to the wrong place, or to retrieve what they just said, so I am constantly starting at the beginning.
What makes me laugh is that they call it a Personal Improvement plan." hahahahaha.....a Pip! Pip is crusty stuff or human ailment, or a "non specific disorder." I guess I am a pip then, or I guess you could say, "I am pip." This is another issue: I work with several blind people, and they are given materials in an accessible format. The format that is required from those of us who aren't blind is different. I don't know why we couldn't figure out an accessible format that works.
Problem is for our time sheet, we first have to convert the time to military time--something I am virtually incapable of doing (believe me I've tried--even with a chart)--the conversion thing is a requirement. Then the military time is converted automatically to standard time. Then the database has to correspond exactly with what's on the time sheet.
I think many people would have a tough time with this: for me, I've been trying for 3 months and not getting it right....like I said, my eyes bounce around so even figuring out which line I am on is disorienting. The way my mind works with communication is that I will follow what people are saying for about 3 sentences, then I completely forget what we are talking about. People get angry with me! thinking I'm not trying or that I don't care.
Will anybody please give any ideas about what to do with this. It happens so often and it's pretty dejecting. .
