The Top 5 Worst Careers for people with Aspergers

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Coaching sports in high school is the worst type of job for an Aspie that I can think of.

The worst possible job I can imagine for myself is knocker at a slaughterhouse

For me, university professor at a large university would be the worst. There is so much bureaucracy, fighting for grants, management, committees, and the like. There is a lot of travel, and good ability to network with people is essential. Teaching at a small college which focuses only on the classroom might not be bad, though.

Any management position would be bad for me. I hate managing people. I tend to take people at their words, and get frustrated when they don't do what they promised. I hate paperwork and budgets.

Any sort of construction work would be a problem for me. I can't build anything without injuring myself. Also, the people who do that sort of work tend to have a rather crude, earthy sense of humor which makes me very uncomfortable.

I can't imagine any sort of military career. There are too many rules and regulations. You have to deal with too many people. The physical requirements would be difficult for me.

Any sort of medical profession would be horrible for me. I don't deal well with sickness and injury. I would have trouble dealing with all of the people. I hate paperwork.

Top worst jobs for me:-

McDonalds
-you get a lot of obnoxious teenagers go in there
-very loud so I wouldn't hear what the customers are asking
-you have to be quick and involves a lot multitasking, which will be too much pressure on me

High school teacher
-I will end up being bullied by my own pupils!
-I'm not bright enough

Customer service desk assistant
-I have difficulty dealing with awkward customers
-I am too ''soft'' on customers, so say if a customer wanted to take something back but had lost the receipt, I would probably let them get away with taking it back without the receipt, because I'm too sensitive for arguments
-I have difficulty with asking the customers the right questions and the right times

Bank assistant
-I am too slow at dealing with money (in other words, no good at maths)
-I wouldn't be able to hear people properly behind the glass (I am half deaf in one ear and the glass makes people's voice sound muffled)
-There seems to be more complicated tasks than just sitting at a desk counting people's money

Bar worker
-I am too shy. End of.

Waitress
-I am too slow to write what the customers want down on paper, but my memory is too poor to remember what they say
-Like I said, my memory is too poor to remember which tables I have asked (might be related to faceblindness)
-I am too clumsy to carry plates and dishes about on trays (might be OK on the trolley)
-Too many people look at you when walking about in restaurants, and that will make me drop things (related to social phobia)


Jobs I CAN do:
-Kitchen assistant (just the kitchen in a restaurant)
-Office assistant (the type where you're not dealing with customers - I went for an interview the other day for an office assistant and my role wasn't anything to do with customers. I hope I get it!! !)
-Factory/industrial worker
-Helper at nursery
....anything not dealing with customers, really. I don't mind a little bit of customer service, like being a shelf-filler in a shop and having some customers coming up to me and asking me where something is. But I don't like the pressure of too much customer responsibility on me.

Worst job for me would be a therapist/counsellor of some discription. I'd get sacked for interupting them and telling them to stop whinging and just pull themselves together. I just can't be doing with all that emotional stuff. (Unless it's mine.)

Funnily enough, I would probably make a good counsellor. I've often given my Mum good advice when she feels angry or scared or annoyed about something, and the advice has always worked. I don't normally interrupt people - in fact, they do most of the talking and I just listen, and I seem to know when it's the right time to talk. And I never tell people to stop whinging because that doesn't really help when somebody is crying out for help. I think that telling somebody to stop whinging can be inappropriate, unless they are sitting there whinging but are not doing anything about their problems, and are not helping themselves when the right opportunity comes up for them to be able to help themselves. Even then, I still rather listen and empathise, than to tell them to shut up or something.

Sounds like stereotypical BS to me. I'm not gullible, I suspect everyone of wrong doing automatically unless otherwise is proven, and I almost always know when people are trying to mess me around. I also think Aspies would make great teachers as long as they can also show a bit of personality when they talk about their chosen subject. I do, however, have crappy co-ordination, but that's because of dyspraxia, not Asperger's, and some Aspies are very good at sports.

If it wasn't for my Dyspraxia I would have been good at sports, because I loved gym and swimming at school. I just couldn't get the right balance, and even though I loved swimming, I couldn't swim properly because I was always afraid of putting my head under the water - but that was due to my ear and sinus problem.

Personally, I find it funny that everyone puts down waitressing as a bad job.

While not officially diagnosed social situations DRAIN me completely. Still, I loved my job as a waitress.


I think the main reason is it's fake socializing. Basically you have a script that you follow so you don't have to worry about being boring or annoying. Also, you only focus on just a few tables for the entire night. (I'll admit that I did often go off the script and get in trouble because "we don't tell the customers that" but still...

Also, It's repetitive (greet, get drinks, take orders, bring food out, refils, check, clean up, repeat.)

Sure, rushes can be stressful, but if you have a small section that's not too bad.

Do you experience any sensory issues like being hypersensitive to lights/sounds/movement? The main reason I couldn't do that job is that being in crowded places with lots of conversations and possibly other noise just completely drains me. After a while in such an environment I can be talking to someone and when I entered I could hear what they were saying but by now I quite literally can't make out what they're saying because I'm too sensitive to the noise around me. I think if you're not hypersensitive to that stuff it would be much much easier.

Inbound call centre for customer service.

I would shovel manure for 8 hours before i'd do that.

Also after being a waitress for 5 years it's a pretty bad job for someone with aspergers too.

Why do people with AS want to define themselves or believe others 'opinions' on the subject?

1.) A police officer- Aspies tend to be very gullible and they lack the traits needed to be a sucessful cop. THey do not have the ability to detect deception or detect any suspicious behavior. - Answer: Wrong people with AS can be quite logical and to the point, far from gullible, they can pick up and see patterns or mimicked behaviours far quicker than others. Those with AS who continually 'believe' they are gullible will become the fruit of their thoughts.
2.) A judge- It is their gullible trait that makes a Judge the worst possible career for Aspies. They lack the abily to detect deception and put all the pieces together. - Answer: Wrong, again, logical thoughts, following patterns, seeking out the lateral rather than the 'pedestrian' thought, legal careers are quite appropriate for logical thinkers.
3.) Football player- Aspies lack the physical coordination. They can't pass a football, or run very fast. They can also be too clumsy. - Answer: Wrong, again you want to slide all people with AS into a box.
4.) Teacher- All though they have above average intelligents, they would make great teachers. This career requires an extremely high level of social competence, which they do not have. Aspies in general become too involved in their subjects and will go on and on about it. Their pedantic behavior will bore their students. The students will also be annoyed by their perfectionism and high expectations Answer: If these are the only 4 jobs you think are inappropriate for people with AS, doesn't that mean there are many which people with AS would thrive in?I find your negativity and saying that people with AS should only choose particular jobs as belittling content to people who are trying to do better with their lives.

Perhaps instead of putting people with AS down and telling them what they are NOT suitable for, you could in fact focus on positive traits?

I thought WrongPlanet was about promoting autism, not belittling people into thinking they aren't good enough?

How about a positive attitute?

None of our posts are supposed to be offensive, in case you haven't noticed, WE ALL HAVE ASPERGERS TOO.

I see what you mean. I don't think I could be a waitress personally because I don't agree with the position itself. I've never understood it. I think it's fine for the cook to make your food and just leave it on the counter while YOU get it yourself!

Are you lazy? Go back there and cook it yourself.

Yes, I am lazy! LOL