How many here are employed?

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How many here are employed? I made a poll above.

I've had jobs in all three of the areas as various times in my life, but out of work for about 9 months now.
Off the top of my head, I'd say I've been employed for about half of my adult life since leaving education.

I put semi professional because in the next few weeks I'll be starting a paid internship.

I've worked as a data-entry operator/clerk for the past 36 years.

Would this be under the "semi-professional" category?

I'm a electrician/contracts manager.

I hate being in the office and have to take regular trips to the stores to do a few pull-ups and face scrunches and stretch my arms out I prefer travelling round to different places to work as I hate people. I find people so boring a lot of the time, I love it when I meet autistics.

During time between appointments I do mindfulness and also blast out music to clear out my brain. By the end of the day I'm really tired and my brain is fried. I do wish I was not married as I'd then drink booze straight after work. I really don't know how I cope to be honest.

Actually I am self-employment but I am looking for job in marketing especially e-marketing.

I am not sure If I am the best person for this position because I've got sociality disorder. I think that I am never been good with prediction about what think the other people. Aditionally too long contact with the other people is for me sometimes exhausting.

But I try everyday improve my sociality skills.
Maybe it will finish bad for me however I risk.

I like the repetition and the steadiness of my job.

I don't get bored with my job too often.

I feel fortunate I was able to get the job which I'm doing now.

It was because a girl at my other job told me about this job, and it paid about $75 more a week than my previous job, so I went for it. It's a shame, because the girl didn't get the job, and I did.

I didn't know this job would lead to permanent Civil Service status within 12 months, plus a six-month probation period.

I am fortunate, indeed.

Two day a week volunteer at retail/clothing outlet.

Not employed, but soon may be getting on a program where, if you're unemployed but doing volunteer work, you'll continue being payed by Centrelink/social security and won't be pressured to job hunt so long as you're continuing the volunteer work.

As of the 18th March, I will be volunteering every Friday for a nearby coastal conservation organisation. But in terms of finding full-time employment, I believe my chances are disconcertingly low.

To boost my employment prospects I really need to go to uni but my lack of brain power, interest in anything and anxiety in public places makes that nothing more than a pipe dream.

I am now contemplating medication as I feel like I have been struck by a juggernaut of depression once again.

I was self-employed for about three years when me and someone ran an online store!

I guess now I'm technically self-employed again too now that I have my Reiki Master certification, because I can teach it and get paid.

For now, I work at Kmart, so non-professional, but I'm taking online college classes with hopes of becoming a writer someday soon.
I also do dog and cat sitting, so I make some money there too and it is a lot of fun for me.

Against all odds, I'm a teacher. I never thought I would be one. I actually dreaded the mere thought of it. Everyone thought I'd end up working in IT.

But then one day I decided I'd give it a chance and I was surprisingly good at teaching. It helps that English is one of my interests and I have an easy time talking about it, but I was impressed that I could actually teach it.

My job can be very draining and I sometimes have to make changes in my routine to accommodate students' needs, so it's not easy; but I have an arrangement with my employer which allows me to set my own schedule and take a break when I need one, so it ended up working pretty well.

I just left my former warehouse to go work at a different one. A more professional warehouse where I get to do something different.

The main job requirement is to verify inventory numbers with actual physical stock. I get to drive around an order picking lift, and rise 2 or 2 1/2 stories into the air!

My boss now used to be my boss at the last warehouse I was at. Then he left to work at the new warehouse. A few months later, he remembered me and offered me a new job with better pay. 2 days now, and things are going well, and it's not as stressful or exhausting.

I worked at my last warehouse for about 5 years. I am thankful for all the paychecks they gave me, but man that was stressful!

The poll seems to show that we tend to either be professionally employed or not employed at all, with very little employment in between.

Electrical Engineer here, with an MSEE.

Yes, I've been employed full time since college. Although I've always picked jobs involving lots of computer work, data or numbers. The two times I have been forced into more 'social' jobs involving phones or multitasking I have failed spectacularly. I tend to be great at the 'nerdy' tasks that no one else likes and terrible at the 'fun' tasks that others find easy. I now work in IT and love my job. I think the key for anyone with autism is to find their niche and then everything just clicks into place.