u/coffeetravelerr

I work in an industry that's well-known to be despicable and I don't fit in because I have a rigid moral compass that may potentially be due to my autism

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I'm never good with people. I was never good with people. I can pretend as much as I can with being sociable to people because I ask them what they like and what happened about them and people seem to like that.

I don't know how to react to banter or even know how to banter. Whenever people do that I feel like I'm a target because I'm looked down upon because of my autism and I feel like people can "sniff" it out that reminds me of how rough it was during high school.

Now I'm in my 30s and I basically work in Finance in Wealth Management. I feel like the reason I was good at it is because I'm very task-oriented and I follow instructions or requests well. I feel determined to solve whatever my client has a problem with. Help them make money, help them save money, or find the source of fraud or error. I have a strong sense of justice and integrity which is why I became one of the best at what I do.

Man do I suck with getting along with coworkers though. I am not competitive at all. I only compete against myself. I feel like this happened in all my jobs from my entry level retail jobs til now. Every office I left they were kinda grateful a little that I'm gone now in a way. Bosses didn't exactly like me too. And they just thought I was trying to one up them.

I don't know how to resolve this issue and how to learn.

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u/coffeetravelerr — 3 days ago
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I work in an industry that's well-known to be despicable and I don't fit in because I have a rigid moral compass that may potentially be due to my autism

I'm never good with people. I was never good with people. I can pretend as much as I can with being sociable to people because I ask them what they like and what happened about them and people seem to like that.

I don't know how to react to banter or even know how to banter. Whenever people do that I feel like I'm a target because I'm looked down upon because of my autism and I feel like people can "sniff" it out that reminds me of how rough it was during high school.

Now I'm in my 30s and I basically work in Finance in Wealth Management. I feel like the reason I was good at it is because I'm very task-oriented and I follow instructions or requests well. I feel determined to solve whatever my client has a problem with. Help them make money, help them save money, or find the source of fraud or error. I have a strong sense of justice and integrity which is why I became one of the best at what I do.

Man do I suck with getting along with coworkers though. I am not competitive at all. I only compete against myself. I feel like this happened in all my jobs from my entry level retail jobs til now. Every office I left they were kinda grateful a little that I'm gone now in a way. Bosses didn't exactly like me too. And they just thought I was trying to one up them.

I don't know how to resolve this issue and how to learn.

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u/coffeetravelerr — 3 days ago