I have ADHD and so I work best in sprints. One day will be hyperproductive and I'll get most of the week's work done, and the next day, I'll be able to only do emails and meetings. Does anyone else struggle with this? How do you handle the expectation that you do 1/5 of the week's work each day vs loading it up on hyperfocus days?

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I chose to tell my boss and basically just tell him that I work the way I work. Luckily, my office is pretty flexible: just make up 40 hours a week, and attend the meetings that you are required to. For me, that means that on days I can’t deal with whatever, I just shut my laptop at that time and make up the hours on the days I can deal with work.

I wonder if that is something that is an option for you.

Another option would be medication. It helped me a lot before.

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Lead Scientist: My boss is similar. I think the most important factor is working for a company that’s flexible on the individual and institutional levels. If you’re not supported like this and want to be, you may need to find a new job

Just get the job done. When, where is irrelevant. Are you under proper medical care/ diagnosis? There are many types of ADHD.

I can do some jobs in half the time, others take longer. Nobody counts hours unless you’re working in an Amazon warehouse. Ive seen different people do the same job in 20 and 60 hours (approx)

Upskilling is also very important. Knowledge and hard skills save time. Sadly, we are all so inundated, nobody gives us time to do that , some lucky people are excused from work (under the radar) and given the opportunity. Im certainly not one of them.

Mind asking what type of Scientist you are?

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