Repetitiveness at work

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To some extend I like repetitive jobs. A repetitive job means you can do your work automatically without really having to put a lot of thought in it. Compare to a robot Especially easy when you have a depressed day and cannot concentrate ; no one will notice because you are still doing a good job.

However, my current job is just too repetitive. It is an overload of calls that all look and sound identical, saying the same sentences all over again 300x per day. Also, there is rarely a moment of time between the calls, not a single short break to just take a deep breathe and chat with a colleague to break routine. Every day seems a race against the clock, and time ticks away so slowly with such a boring job. I first covered the clock and then rescheduled my working hours, but none of both helped. I now decided to give up the job and relocate again to be able to get a different job (in Turkey working permits do not allow to change employer when you're foreigner). I do fear however that if I accept another callcenter job the problem will just repeat itself ... if this goes on a bit longer I would almost become afraid of working because I start obsessing about how slowly time ticks away and how repetitive my job is. Being a traveller going from place to place myself, I would love to work in a hotel and deal with tourists and travelling people every day, however I sometimes doubt if an aspie can do such a "public" job...

Some Aspies can work well with the public.

Tim

I don't know. I always hid behind the comfort of doing customer contacts per telephone, but if I do yet another callcenter job I am afraid to be confrontated with the same issues once again. I would love working at the reception of a hotel but I am afraid I just couldn't cope with the social face-to-face aspects of such a job... Maybe I should give it a try though.

Why don't you try to ease yourself into such a role to gain some confidence before making the jump. That is what I would do.

Last year, whilst looking for a career job, I worked behind the bar of a pub. It was brilliant experience; I had to talk to people and socialise and they loved me for doing it.

Do have a go; you CAN do it.

I certainly understand what your talking about when it comes to call centers. I'm lucky now since I'm doing IT support over the phone and the focus to take the time to fix the users problem, not how many calls can you take.

Still you might want to consider a face to face public job. I've worked as a cashier off and on over the years and find it enjoyable and relatively stress free. Unstructured social encounters is where I have a problem. In a cashier position or as a hotel receptionist the role and expectations are pretty much defined by the job itself.

You're maybe right by that. In a hotel desk you follow the rules of the employer and you can hide your social discomfort behind that.

I should try it really. The two countries of my dreams, Israel and Norway, have a massive number of vacancies in the tourism industry and for foreigners it is the best industry to search employment in. If I would have the guts to work in a hotel for a while and get the experience on my CV, it may open the door to Israel or Norway after a while... Maybe I should keep that in mind to keep me motivated and just try it?